Rio+20: The Future We Want

"Rio+20”is the short name for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2012 – twenty years after the 1992 Earth Summit. It is an opportunity to look ahead to the world we want --a future with more jobs, more clean energy, greater security and a decent standard of living for all.The UN team in Brussels has been engaging closely with the European institutions as they make their preparations for Rio+20.

United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York

General Assembly grants EU higher participation status

The General Assembly on 3 May 2011 voted to upgrade the status of the European Union’s (EU) participation at the United Nations 192-member body. The General Assembly resolution (A/RES/65/276) on the participation of the EU in the work of the UN was adopted by 180 UN Member States and will allow senior EU representatives to present to the Assembly the common positions of the European bloc. Syria and Zimbabwe abstained and 10 countries did not vote.

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European Parliament building in Brussels

Our Views: contribution to the European agenda

The United Nations Team in Brussels actively contributes to the European institutional decision-making processes by using the opportunities available to it to inject into them a UN perspective. To make its voice heard, the Team through a number of platforms and communication forms regularly expresses its views on key European issues making sure that internationally-agreed UN priorities are part of the European policy debates.

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MDGs - the Brussels perspective

World leaders agreed to recommit political will and financial resources to achieve key global development targets in health, hunger, poverty and education made a decade ago to be reached by 2015. The UN team in Brussels has been focusing its partnership work with the European institutions to maintain Europe’s strong engagement in advancing on those targets known as the Millennium Development Goals.

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United Nations - European Union Partnership Report

This sixth annual Partnership Report Improving Lives: Partnership between the United Nations and the European Union in 2010 conveys results of a vibrant partnership that spans over 110 countries across the globe. Through photos and text, the report gives a glimpse of our work on the ground.

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Rio+20: The Future We Want
EU Status at UN
Our Views
MDGs – the Brussels perspective
UN-EU Partnership Report

NEW eLearning Course online!

Joint EC-UNDP Task Force on Electoral Assistance

The new eLarning course on Effective Electoral Assistance is available online and free of charge. You can register independently and start the course immediately and at the end you will receive the EC-UNDP-International IDEA Certificate!

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Joint UN Commentary on EU Directive on preventing and combating trafficking

““Prevent. Combat. Protect” the joint UNHCR, OHCHR, UNICEF, UNODC, ILO and UN Women commentary on selected articles of the EU Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting victims.

At a time when the Member States are embarking on the transposition of the Directive into national legislation,

On Right to development

UN BrusselsTeam marks 25th anniversary of Right to Development with appeal to European Parliament:

"use the Right to Development as the lens through which to scrutinize all EU policies"

The week ahead

About the UN Team in Brussels

The United Nations team brings together 26 specialised agencies, funds and programmes spanning the development, humanitarian and human rights work of the UN. The Director of the UN Office in Brussels is the representative of the UN Secretary-General to the European Union institutions. The team works to build understanding and support for UN system activities within the EU institutions and amongst a wider public in Europe.