The Smurfs are teaming up with the United Nations and UNICEF to raise their voices for a better world for every child. The joint global campaign encourages people, especially children, to empower themselves and others and create a plan for a better world.
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.
To mark the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, Ciné-ONU Vienna screened the documentary “The Agreement” by Raeshem Nijhon at Top Kino Cinema. The film tells the story of how the world came together to establish the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 to address the world’s biggest issues.
In cooperation with the Slovak National Institute for Education and Youth (NIVAM), the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna invited teachers from all over Slovakia to attend the workshop "Teaching the United Nations and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” at the United Nations Headquarters in Vienna.
This United Nations Day we are featuring the work of the United Nations organizations in Vienna to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. From advancing science and technology to driving sustainable development, from fighting drugs and crime to promoting a culture of peace and equality - the UN Vienna family's work is having a positive impact around the world. Explore these inspiring stories here.
From the first inspiration to the final brushstroke - watch the story behind "Woman with Dove - Shaping Our Common Future". Celebrating 45 years of the Vienna International Centre - working together for peace, justice, equality and sustainable development. Watch the documentary
Teachers and educators play a crucial role to foster students’ understanding of human rights and sustainable development. More than 80 teachers from Vienna, Burgenland and Lower Austria recently came to the Vienna International Centre (VIC) to take part in a series of teachers workshops to learn more about teaching resources and offers for school classes to engage their students with these topics
Technological advances have transformed space exploration, making it more accessible but also more commercially driven, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) Director Aarti Holla-Maini has been telling UN News, ahead of International Day of Human Space Flight.
Millions of people around the globe are engaged in the platform economy, looking for job opportunities online. "The Gig Is Up”, directed by Shannon Walsh in 2021, shines a light on numerous stories of gig workers and the benefits and threats that people in this shadow workforce face.
The world’s population will reach 8 billion in the middle of November – a testament to scientific breakthroughs and improvements in nutrition, public health and sanitation. But as our human family grows larger, it is also growing more divided.
Our Common Agenda is an agenda of action, designed to strengthen and accelerate multilateral agreements – particularly the 2030 Agenda – and make a tangible difference in people’s lives.
The Ocean Conference, the first United Nations conference on this issue, presents a unique and invaluable opportunity for the world to reverse the precipitous decline of the health of the oceans and seas with concrete solutions.
