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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
BRUSSELS, 1 February 2012, The European Commission, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today announced the launch of a multi-country initiative to enhance women’s participation in peace-building and post-conflict planning and economic recovery.
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!
Invitation to the Brussels presentation of "Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing", the final report of the United Nations Secretary General's High-level Panel on Global Sustainability.
Monday, 6 February 2012, starting at 18h00
in the Maelbeek room of the Résidence Palace (rue de la Loi 155, 1050 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.
Secretary-General’s five imperatives to shape the world of tomorrow
