Now in its second year, the municipality of Milano is organizing the #STEMinthecity initiative. 300 Italian & European girls and young women came together to learn about the opportunities of pursuing STEM-related education. During the opening session at the Scala theatre, the young audience was listening to inspiring stories from scientific […]

12 April 2018: More than 13 million people are now in desperate need of humanitarian assistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where violent conflicts have spread to new parts of the country. The crisis is on the same scale as Syria when it comes to people in need for aid, but it is referred to by the UN Office for the Coordination of […]

10.4.2018 – The prohibition on the use of chemical weapons is not only absolute, it has also been fully supported by virtually every country everywhere: a total of 192 States have ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention, which entered into force in April 1997, making it one of the most universally subscribed to Conventions in existence. […]

Today is the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace and the United Nations Team in Brussels is delighted to announce that they will be taking part in the second edition of the BXL TOUR, a festive cycling race taking place in Brussels in June this year. The 2018 edition will be 28Km, mirroring the 2019 Tour de France (TdF) […]

3.4.2018 – Pledges announced today at the United Nations pledging conference for Yemen, co-hosted by Sweden and Switzerland, represent more than $2 billion. Compared to last year’s conference, where $ 1,1 billion was reached, the commitments have nearly doubled. “It is my pleasure to announce that this Pledging Conference […]