United Nations in Brussels (official account) brings together over 30 UN entities working with the EU and partners to advance #SDGs, #humanrights, #peace and more.https://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mvqi4mb37s2hThe 2026 Gender Snapshot examines women’s access to power and decision-making, highlighting the continuing gaps in political representation and gender equality.17 Sep 2026 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqi4mb37s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mvo2fzpd6c2kDemocracy is a force for dignity, inclusion & peace. On #DemocracyDay, UNDP teamed up with the City of Brussels for a conversation exploring democratic innovation, citizen engagement and global collaboration. 🔗 Discover more: go.undp.org/NYe16 Sep 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvo2fzpd6c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mvkdvj57h22aSeptember issue of the UNRIC Info Point Newsletter featuring new websites, publications and information products, with the 81st Session of the General Assembly under the spotlight with all the links and information you need to follow what is going on. https://unric.org/en/unric-info-point-library-newsletter-september-2026/15 Sep 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkdvj57h22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3muynwld2qs2rEvery US$1 invested in climate and clean air action could return around US$15 in economic benefits. A new UNEP & CCACoalition report launched on #CleanAirDay finds that tackling climate change and air pollution together can deliver major economic, health and climate benefits. More: bit.ly/3UFnsYq08 Sep 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3muynwld2qs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mtixgvrk7c2iAugust issue of the Brussels UN Info Newsletter featuring new websites, publications and information products! This month's editions takes a look at the various UN Portals providing information on "Wildfires". https://unric.org/en/unric-info-point-library-newsletter-august-2026/20 Aug 2026 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtixgvrk7c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mtivh5xwds2yAs humanitarian funding falls, refugees in Uganda are facing growing pressure to become self-reliant. A new €14 million programme will combine clean energy, financial support and skills training to help refugees and host communities build sustainable livelihoods. https://unric.org/en/eu-wfp-and-giz-launch-energy-and-self-reliance-programme-to-strengthen-livelihoods-in-ugandas-west-nile/20 Aug 2026 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtivh5xwds2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mtiuanaot226For thousands of Palestine Refugees from Syria, daily life in Lebanon remains extremely difficult. New EU support will help families cover essentials while UNRWA continues providing education, healthcare and other vital services. https://unric.org/en/new-eu-funding-helps-unrwa-support-palestine-refugees-from-syria-in-lebanon/20 Aug 2026 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtiuanaot226https://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mtgf52kass2lHumanitarians are being killed, injured, detained and blocked from helping people every day. Stop the violence. Stop the obstruction. Investigate every attack. Prosecute those responsible. Support survivors and families. Join our call to protect humanitarians. #ActForHumanity19 Aug 2026 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgf52kass2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mtf3hdmcds2pUp to 40% of the world's land is degraded, affecting 3.2 billion people. #COP17Mongolia is underway in Ulaanbaatar under the theme “Restoring Land. Restoring Hope.” www.unccd.int/cop1718 Aug 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtf3hdmcds2phttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mss3kaskxc2dThe harms children face online are not accidental. Manipulative designs are built into the business models of dominant digital platforms. Children, Youth and Information Integrity, a new UN brief examines what needs to change and who bears responsibility. Read it: https://www.un.org/en/information-integrity11 Aug 2026 07:25 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mss3kaskxc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mrtx7rxans2lA multibillion-dollar criminal industry that turns job seekers into victims of forced cybercrime is rapidly expanding, warns the @iom.int. Victims from over 80 different countries are being trafficked into the scam centres.30 Jul 2026 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrtx7rxans2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mrfhw4bxis2zThe July issue of Brussels' UN Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new websites, publications and information products - this month's theme is "Artificial Intelligence" ↪️https://unric.org/en/unric-info-point-library-newsletter-july-2026/24 Jul 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfhw4bxis2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mpm5siyo3s2pAI is growing too fast for current safeguards to keep up, the first global scientific body on #AI warns Read the full report from the UN’s Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence 📝 https://un.org/independent-international-scientific-panel-ai/en/preliminary-report01 Jul 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpm5siyo3s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mpgazplms22tCurious to find out more? Come visit us at De Brouckère/bld Anspach 6 (Brussels) until 5 July! #SharedLivesSharedFuture #UN80 @swissmissioneu.bsky.social @bxllaville.bsky.social29 Jun 2026 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgazplms22thttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mpg4ov6qbs23The Lycée Franco-Allemand de Sarrebruck / Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium Saarbrücken invited us to speak at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium to a group of 101 students. We talked about the work of the #UN, UN-EU Partnership, international cooperation and #HumanRights.29 Jun 2026 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpg4ov6qbs23https://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mp6nmavfrc2tFriday is #CharterDay. On this day 81 years ago, 50 nations came together in San Francisco, USA, to create a new organization founded on peace, prosperity & human rights. The principles laid out in the Charter remain as relevant as ever. https://un.org/en/about-us/un-charter26 Jun 2026 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6nmavfrc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mowznnspxk2vUN SG António Guterres launched a global Call to Action on Methane. In an address at the London Climate Action Week, he pointed out that the world had phased out leaded gasoline and eliminated ozone-depleting chemicals. “Methane pollution must be next”. https://unric.org/en/global-action-cut-methane-emissions/23 Jun 2026 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowznnspxk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3moue7mdajc2pSpecial Address by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the Global Response to the Climate and Energy Crises 🗓️Tuesday, 23 June 🕙10:00 AM CEST 📺Livestream: https://un.org/en/climatechange/LCAW2026 webtv.un.org/en youtube.com/unitednations #ActNow #ClimateAction22 Jun 2026 07:25 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3moue7mdajc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mohylqew2c2d'Almost every child in the world is now exposed to at least one climate hazard, such as floods, droughts, storms or extreme heat,' said Tom Slaymaker of UNICEF 'This is not a warning of what is to come. It's a recognition of our current reality.'17 Jun 2026 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mohylqew2c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mofbu5pau22wTackling fragility requires more than emergency response. At @euinemergencies.ec.europa.eu Partners’ Dialogue, Bertrand Bainvel, Director @unicef.org EU, speaking on behalf of the UN, highlighted how stronger humanitarian, development and peace cooperation can help address root causes of fragility.16 Jun 2026 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofbu5pau22whttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mocqgxydos2qFollowing the recent Andes virus (ANDV) #hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship, a globally coordinated outbreak research initiative involving investigators and institutions across 21 countries has begun. https://www.who.int/news/item/12-06-2026-twenty-one-countries-launch-coordinated-andes-virus-research-initiative-following-hantavirus-outbreak15 Jun 2026 07:16 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mocqgxydos2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mocqbjp6ws2q5 FACTS on Artificial Intelligence - Governance, Science and Global Cooperation #AIGovernance #DigitalCooperation15 Jun 2026 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mocqbjp6ws2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mo3bjegrr227From supporting agriculture in Afghanistan to the protection of the Sonian Forest in Belgium. 46 life-size portraits put human faces to the global work of the United Nations. 'Shared Lives, Shared Future' 📍10–25 June: Place de la Bourse | 25 June – 5 July: 6 Boulevard Anspach #UN8012 Jun 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3bjegrr227https://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mnxbnpefyc2f🌍 What does the United Nations do in our daily lives? "Shared Lives, Shared Futures", an outdoor exhibition marking the UN’s 80th anniversary, opened today in Brussels. 📍 Brussels, 10 June-5 July 🗣️ Free, 24/7, in French, Dutch and English #UN80 #BuildingOurFutureTogether10 Jun 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxbnpefyc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mnwsvnjh6c2bJune issue of the Brussels UN Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new websites, publications and information products! This month's topic is "Forests". ➡️https://unric.org/en/unric-info-point-library-newsletter-june-2026/10 Jun 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwsvnjh6c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mnwnrjwyw22hSeveral Brussels internship opportunities with multiple language profiles desired. 🚨 Apply by 2 July for Public Information (EN+Da, NL, FR, EL, IT, NO (Bokmål and Nynorsk) or PT) https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/278599 🚨 Apply by 7 July for Social Media (EN or FR) https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/27878110 Jun 2026 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwnrjwyw22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mnwb6yte6c2dOur lives are connected, our challenges are mutual, and our future is intertwined. 📷10 June-5 July, Brussels, #UN80 Photo Exhibition. https://unric.org/en/shared-lives-shared-future-a-un-exhibition-comes-to-brussels/10 Jun 2026 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwb6yte6c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mnrtd43lfs2zWhat is #EUBeachCleanup? A global campaign bringing people together to tackle marine litter. Every action count: organise a clean-up, join an event, raise awareness, help protect our seas. Help us stop marine litter. Join the #EUBeachCleanup08 Jun 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrtd43lfs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/unbrussels.org/post/3mnhqomlr622xThe European Union (EU) and WHO have reinforced their cooperation to support national authorities in responding to the ongoing #Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda https://unric.org/en/eu-who-ebola-response-africa/04 Jun 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:vvn2xaka2uiw2vc6jbe6my7u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhqomlr622x