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Looking for information on Sea Level Rise?

Then check out the selected online resources highlighted in our new backgrounder:

UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Sea Level Rise - Selected Online Resources Backgrounder with selected online resources on sea level rise, e.g. UN entities, conferences & events, official documents & publications

https://stories.undp.org/what-is-multilateralism-in-2024

What is multilateralism in 2024? - United Nations Development Programme | UNDP A quick primer on international cooperation and why we need it more than ever

Looking for information on mpox (monkeypox)?
Then check out our new backgrounder:

UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Mpox Mpox backgrounder - Links to UN organizations, news stories, press releases, infographics, etc.

The 2024 edition of The UN Card brings an update to 10 actions of the UN that show in quantifiable terms how the daily work of the UN and its agencies affects the lives of people around the globe.

Download the visuals in PDF version for the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/5n74mme8

ICELAND
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - State party's report

CRPD/C/ISL/1
https://undocs.org/CRPD/C/ISL/1

7 Things You Need to Know About Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis by UN Humanitarian on Exposure 1. People in Sudan are suffering their sixteenth consecutive month of war, with no end in sight. As fighting, disease, and hunger close in, a staggering 26 million people, or more than half of the population, need humanitarian assistance. The international community must step up.

SWEDEN
International Human Rights Instruments - Common core document forming part of the reports of States parties

HRI/CORE/SWE/2024
https://undocs.org/HRI/CORE/SWE/2024

NORWAY
International Human Rights Instruments - Common core document forming part of the reports of States parties

HRI/CORE/NOR/2024
https://undocs.org/HRI/CORE/NOR/2024

GERMANY
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - State party's report

E/C.12/DEU/7
https://undocs.org/E/C.12/DEU/7

MALTA
Human Rights Committee - Concluding observations

CCPR/C/MLT/CO/3 (Advance unedited version)
https://tinyurl.com/meh9ermw

The UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter for August 2024 is now available:

UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter: August 2024 monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications

The Annual Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization is now available:
English, French & Spanish - https://undocs.org/A/79/1

Mind the Gap: Bridging the AI divide will ensure an equitable future for all Mind the Gap: Bridging the AI divide will ensure an equitable future for all In a joint report, the ILO and the UN Office of the Secretary General’s Envoy on Technology warn that without international action, the AI revolution could widen the gap between high and low-income countries. 7 August 202...

Among the new inscriptions on the World Heritage List are:
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble, Germany
- Via Appia. Regina Viarum, Italy
- Moravian Church Settlements, Germany, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America
- Te Henua Enata - The Marquesas Islands, France
- The Flow Country, UK

More info: https://www.unesco.org/en/world-heritage/committee-2024

Moravian Church Settlements The Moravian Church Settlements is a transnational serial extension of Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement (Denmark), already inscribed on the World Heritage List. The extension includes three ...

New joint UNECLAC / UNECE report: "Reversing direction in the used clothing crisis: Global, European and Chilean perspectives"
https://unece.org/media/press/392815

From the rapid development of new technologies to competition for natural resources, the world is increasingly affected by global crises that are not just amplifying and accelerating but appear to be synchronizing with devastating consequences. This new UNEP Global Foresight Report in partnership with the International Science Council provides insights on 8 critical global shifts that exacerbate the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.

More details and key insights: https://www.unep.org/resources/global-foresight-report

LUXEMBOURG
Committee on Enforced Disappearances - State party's report

CED/C/LUX/1
https://undocs.org/CED/C/LUX/1

The UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter for July 2024 is now available:
https://unric.org/en/unric-info-point-library-newsletter-july-2024/

UNESCO designates 11 new biosphere reserves
https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-designates-11-new-biosphere-reserves-1

Among these:
- Kempen-Broek Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (Belgium, Kingdom of the Netherlands)
- Colli Euganei Biosphere Reserve (Italy)
- Julian Alps Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (Italy, Slovenia)
- Val d'Aran Biosphere Reserve (Spain)
- Irati Biosphere Reserve (Spain)

Data visualization tracks myriad dangers faced by refugees and migrants on land routes across Africa | UNHCR A new data visualization ("Death in the Desert") published today draws on interviews with more than 31,000 refugees and migrants to map the land routes they take extending from the East and Horn of Africa and West Africa through the Sahara Desert towards North Africa and the Mediterranean coast. It....

“On this journey, no one cares if you live or die.”

Many refugees and migrants take extremely dangerous land routes across Africa, towards the Mediterranean.

Our new report with IOM - UN Migration and the Mixed Migration Centre outlines the horrors people face on their journeys and the routes-based protection response that is needed: https://bit.ly/4eJNWxD

MALTA
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Malta
Views on conclusions and/or recommendations, voluntary commitments and replies presented by the State under review

A/HRC/56/17/ADD.1
https://undocs.org/A/HRC/56/17/ADD.1

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2024 has been published:
https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2024/
see also: https://tinyurl.com/kx4rc52u

Algorithms should not control what people see, UN chief says, launching Global Principles for Information Integrity The United Nations launched new Global Principles for Information Integrity on Monday, emphasizing the need for immediate action to address the harms caused by misinformation, disinformation and hate speech.

EUROPEAN UNION
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - State party's report

CRPD/C/EU/2-3
https://undocs.org/CRPD/C/EU/2-3

The 2024 UNECE Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Progress Report is now available:

Innovation, infrastructure financing and trade can help the UNECE region to revive SDG progress | UNECE The 2024 UNECE Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Progress Report shows that the UNECE region is far off-target when it comes to meeting commonly agreed SDG indicators. Spanning across Europe, North America, the Caucasus and Central Asia, Türkiye and Israel, the region is currently on track to ach...

Together with Ipsos, we asked 33,000+ people about their perceptions toward refugees.

The findings show us the enduring public support for the right to seek safety and is a heartening sign of solidarity in our crisis-ridden world.

👉 https://bit.ly/3z312FQ

📢 Landmark new report: Commercial Determinants of NCDs 📢

Chronic diseases account for 90% of deaths in the Region. New research highlights how big industries fuel them, obstructing health policy and targeting the vulnerable.

https://bit.ly/3yYJmeq

The UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter for June 2024 is now available:
https://unric.org/en/unric-info-point-library-newsletter-june-2024/

UNRIC Info Point & Library Backgrounder: June 2024 This is the June 2024 edition of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter.