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In January 2027, a new UN Secretary-General will take office. Ahead of UN Charter Day, we asked UN Youth Delegates and students participating in a Model United Nations at the UN in Vienna: What wo...

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The Head of the UN Office in Vienna and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Monica Juma, was honoured to meet Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, a longstanding friend and supporter of the U...

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"Dies ist der Moment zum Handeln – für unsere Umwelt und für unsere Zukunft." - António Guterres

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"This is the moment to act – for our environment and for our future." - António Guterres

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"An investment in peacekeeping is an investment in a safer future. Let us always support the people who help make peace possible." - António Guterres

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"Eine Investition in die Friedenssicherung ist eine Investition in eine sicherere Zukunft. Unterstützen wir daher jederzeit alle Menschen, die einen Beitrag zum Frieden leisten." - António Guterres

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The Vienna International Centre is home to a number of kestrels who are currently raising their offspring in small nests high up on our towers. This is the livefeed from one of the rooftop nests. T...

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Scientists, presenters and staff at the UN in Vienna were delighted by the tremendous interest in the work of the United Nations: from technologies for detecting nuclear tests to global migration, ...

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Learn about the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and its role in developing harmonized legal rules to improve international trade and commercial relations. uncitral.u...

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Laurent Ziegler, artist and human trafficking survivor, thinks it's important to know that survivors often don't come from faraway countries but can experience trafficking here in Austria and Germa...

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"Frauenrechte sind Menschenrechte. Investitionen in Frauen und Mädchen sind eine der sichersten Optionen, die Welt zum Besseren zu verändern." - António Guterres

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Working together is making a difference and protecting people from the social and economic harms of drugs, says the President of the International Narcotics Control Board Sevil Atasoy. The #INCB 20...

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By working together for over 60 years, we have protected the health of people from the dangers of illicit drugs. Collective action by States through the framework of the international drug control ...

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The Zero Project Conference 2026 at the Vienna International Centre brought together innovators, advocates & experts for one of the world’s largest disability inclusion gatherings. The focus this

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Global launch of the Annual Report 2025 on Thursday 26 February 2026 at 11 a.m. CET

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81 Jahre nach der Befreiung des Konzentrationslagers Auschwitz am 27. Januar 1945 gibt es nur noch wenige Menschen, die über die Ereignisse des Holocaust berichten können. Dirk Peter Adler ist eine...

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On the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, the United Nations in Vienna honoured all victims of the Holocaust at a special event, including a moving testim...

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"On this day – and every day – let us honour the memory of the victims of the Holocaust by reaffirming our shared humanity, upholding human dignity, and defending the values that unite us all." - A...

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"Ehren wir heute wie an jedem Tag das Andenken der Opfer des Holocaust, indem wir unsere gemeinsame Menschlichkeit bekräftigen, die menschliche Würde achten und für die Werte einstehen, die uns all...

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Eighty-one years after the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on 27 January 1945, there are only a few people left who can talk about what happened during the Holocaust. Dirk Peter Adle...

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