Nearly 8.5% of the world population now live with diabetes, but in Europe nearly 10.3% of European men and 9.6% of European women over 25 years are living with the disease. That amounts to nearly 60 million people. In the Nordic countries, the number of people living with diabetes is slightly lower. On average, 6.8% of the population suffer from […]

On 15 November 2018, Ciné-ONU will be screening: ‘The Chocolate Case’ to mark ‘World Children’s Day’. The film tells the story of three Dutch journalists who uncover child labour in the cocoa production chain, which triggers them to try to persuade large corporations to end these unethical […]

On 6th November, Cine-ONU screened ‘Under The Wire’ at Cinema Galeries in Brussels, in partnership with UNESCO and the UK representationto the European Union to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists and the Truth Never Dies Campaign. ‘ Under The Wire’ tells the story of […]

On 6 November 2018, Ciné-ONU will be screening: ‘Under the Wire’ to mark the‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’. The film is about the war-correspondent Marie Colvin and photographer Paul Conroy. On 13 February 2012, they entered war-ravaged Syria to cover the plight […]

  As part of the 'Back To School' initiative during which UN staff members visit their old school to celebrate UN Day, the UNRIC Deputy Director was invited by Amal Amjahid, the 23-years-old world champion of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to discuss the relevance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of the United Nations for citizens […]