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Jan 30, 2025 · The United Nations in Western Europe - UNRIC Brussels - covers 22 countries in 13 languages, informing and engaging Europeans

UNRIC represents the UN’s Department of Global Communications in Western Europe and engages with partners, civil society, media, public institutions, the academic community, the private sector, think thanks and the creative community. UNRIC also provides support to United Nations agencies located in Brussels and works together with the European Union institutions.

UN Secretary-General new year´s message 2025. “Even in the darkest days, I’ve seen hope power change”, declares the Secretary-General of the United Nations in his message to the world for 2025

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Oct 5, 2023 · Seventy-five years ago, the United Nations General Assembly enshrined the global right to education within the articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.. Since then, every nation has ratified at least one human rights treaty recognizing the right to education.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the world’s best plan to build a better world for people and our planet by 2030. Adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, the SDGs are a call for action by all countries – poor, rich and middle-income – to promote prosperity while protecting the environment.

The SDG Summit in September 2023 marked the beginning of a new phase of accelerated progress towards the SDGs, at the halfway point to 2030. By adopting the Political Declaration, Heads of State and Government reaffirmed their commitment to effectively implement the 2030 Agenda, and recognised the urgency to attain the SDGs, amid a global context marked by insecurity, competition, and global ...

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Denmark and Norway were founding members of the United Nations in 1945, Iceland and Sweden joined a year later, 1946 and Finland in 1955. The five Nordic countries are a part of the so-called Western-Europe and others group at the United Nations.