As the EU Pay Transparency Directive comes into force this July, the need for concrete action on the gender pay gap has never been more urgent. The ITC-ILO course “Achieving equal pay: ILO policy ...

The Nordic countries continue to top the SDG Index, shows the latest Sustainable Development Report published this year. Finland ranks first this year and 19 of the top 20 countries are in Europe. The ...

A conferência internacional de alto nível sobre IA na saúde, organizada pela OMS/Europa e pelo Governo de Portugal, começou ...

Senior UN officials condemn the military strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran as well as the subsequent attacks by Iran.

For 76 years, United Nations peacekeepers have worked to save and change lives in the world’s most fragile political and security situations. Studies show that more UN Peacekeepers in conflict areas ...

Majority of EU overwhelmingly votes for cesefire in latest UN resolution calling for an 'immediate humanitarian ceasefire' in Gaza conflict.

As we mark 70 years since Ireland joined the UN, what does the UN mean to Ireland, and what does Ireland mean to the UN?

The roughly 450 staff of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat in Bonn work towards the goal set out in the Framework Convention, namely to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the ...

What is Transitional Justice for the United Nations? Since 2004, the United Nations has defined transitional justice as “the full range of processes and mechanisms associated with a society’s attempts ...

A view of United Nations peacekeepers of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). The Egyptian contingent of MINUSMA, based in Douentza in the Mopti ...

UN Women reveals that at least one million women and girls lose access to critical support amid rising demand for services.

What is the crisis about? On 15 April 15, 2023, the fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The armed conflict is affecting millions of lives in ...