UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes in Brussels

School meals. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a generous contribution of US$1.4 million from the Government of Iceland to provide nutritious meals to 36,000 school chil...

https://unric.org/en/iceland-and-wfp-support-sierra-leone-government-school-meals-programme/

In its new report “Press and Planet in Danger”, published on 3 May to mark World Press Freedom Day, UNESCO reveals that 70% of environmental journalists have suffered attacks related to thei...

https://unric.org/en/world-press-freedom-day-reporting-on-the-environment-an-increasingly-risky-job/

Over one million Rohingya, a Muslim minority from Myanmar, have fled conflict and persecution in multiple waves of displacement. The most significant exodus occurred in August 2017 when 742,000 ...

https://unric.org/en/myanmar-the-rohingya-crisis/

The climate and biodiversity crises have far-reaching effects, not only on the environment and ecosystems but also on billions of people around the world whose stories of upheaval and loss deser...

https://unric.org/en/world-press-freedom-day-2024-journalism-in-the-face-of-the-environmental-crisis/

Three Nordic countries — Norway, Sweden and Denmark — are in the first three places of the World Press Freedom Index 2024. They are followed by the Netherlands in fourth place and Finland in ...

https://unric.org/en/nordic-countries-top-the-press-freedom-index-2/

The Refugee-led Innovation Fund champions the creativity of all displaced and stateless people. It aims to reshape their participation in the delivery of humanitarian work by ensuring they take c...

https://unric.org/en/refugee-led-innovation-fund/

Jazz. Nordic Countries. International Jazz Day 2024 30 April will be hosted for the first time in the African continent, by the city of Tangier, Morocco. The celebration will culminate in an All-...

https://unric.org/en/international-jazz-day-from-tangier-to-landskrona-oslo-to-oulo/

The Fellowship programme for people of African descent is an intensive human rights training for people of African descent, from the diaspora, who are engaged in promoting the rights of people ...

https://unric.org/en/fellowship-programme-for-people-of-african-descent-fsg/

This year’s Petersberg Climate Dialogue (PCD) from 25-26 April 2024 held in Berlin, Germany focuses on the preparations for COP29 in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku as well as on the concrete decis...

https://unric.org/en/high-level-preparatory-meeting-for-cop29-petersberg-climate-dialogue-2024-in-germany/

Ten European cities were the first to be awarded on 12 October 2023 the EU Mission label of “Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities”, which recognises the progress of these urban areas in achieving...

https://unric.org/en/the-33-european-cities-on-track-to-achieve-climate-neutrality-in-2030/

When: 13 May 2024, 9:30AM – 12.30PM CEST Where: Polak Room, Residence Palace, Brussels Event Programme Register online To mark world Portuguese Language Day, proclamimed by UNESCO in 2019, the...

https://unric.org/en/unbt-seminar-embracing-multilingualism-a-spotlight-on-the-portuguese-language/

UNDRR is excited to announce an opportunity for you to contribute to the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) 2024 campaign, “Empowering the next generation for a disaster-free...

https://unric.org/en/empowering-the-next-generation-for-a-disaster-free-future/

Israeli authorities have not provided any supporting evidence to back-up accusations of UNRWA staff having participated in terrorist organisations  according to an independent review. An Indepen...

https://unric.org/en/unrwa-report-no-proof-provided-on-terrorism-links/

Europe witnessed a year of contrasting weather events in 2023, with heatwaves and wildfires alongside flooding and drought, according to the European State of the Climate 2023 report, released jo...

https://unric.org/en/2023-a-year-of-climate-contrasts-in-europe/

When: 25 April 2024, 10:00AM – 11.30AM CEST Where: UN House, Boulevard du Régent 37-40, 1000 Brussels (Conference room, 7th floor). Event Programme Register online This event will gather civ...

https://unric.org/en/unbt-brussels-debate-global-resources-outlook-2024/