From 3 to 5 December, some 350 ministers, UN and EU officials, representatives of development agencies and other partners from all over the world took part in the first Global Education Meeting since the adoption of the Sustainable Development Agenda in 2015. This three-day conference held in Brussels focused on the overall progress in meeting […]

On Monday 10 December, to mark Human Rights Day and in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948-2018), the United Nations team in Brussels and the Association Pour les Nations Unies (APNU) - Belgique invite you to the Grand Place, at 6PM, for a reading of the Declaration. […]

A one minute long Indonesian film has won the Grand Prix of the 2018 Mobile Film Festival. This year´s Mobile Film Festival is devoted to human rights in the run-up to the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The requirements for entry are that the movies are one minute long and shot on a […]

On the 4th December, Cine-ONU screened ‘Jaha’s Promise’ at Cinema Galeries in Brussels, in partnership with OHCHR and the European Commission, to mark Human Rights Defenders Day. ‘Jaha’s Promise’ follows the story of Jaha Dukureh who, like most other girls in Gambia, experienced genital […]

3 December 2018 - UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns that the majority of countries most responsible for greenhouse gas emissions are behind in their efforts to meet their Paris pledges. In a speech to kick-off the two-week 24th conference of the parties of the United Nations Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) in Katowice, Poland, […]