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UN Geneva Press Briefing: UN WOMEN, IFRC, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNRWA, WHO - 10.10.25

🎥 Updates on the Situation in Ukraine; 🎥 Mental Health in Humanitarian Emergencies; 🎥 Urgent International Support Needed for the Forcibly Displaced in the Sahel; 🎥 Ceasefire Agreement Between Israel and Hamas; 🎥 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to María Corina Machado; 🎥 Announcements.

New UNECE guidelines propose way to measure well-being beyond GDP - 10.10.25

UNECE has released a new set of guidelines with recommendations on how to define well-being dimensions, select and compile statistical indicators, identify relevant data sources and disseminate and communicate results effectively to the public.

📻 Podcast I The Locarno Treaties and the Transformation of International Politics - 10.10.25

As we commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Locarno Treaties of 1925, this episode explores the treaties' place in the "long 20th century," examining how leaders like Gustav Stresemann, Aristide Briand, and Austen Chamberlain sought a new European order in a transformed Atlantic and global setting after the First World War.

🎙️ Podcast: When AI Speaks for Nations - The Ethics of AI Use in Deliberations | Eleonore Fournier-Tombs - 8.10.25

This is AI x Multilateralism, a playlist of conversations at the Commons, our space at the UN Library and Archives Geneva for sharing knowledge on multilateralism. In this series, we’re joined by experts who help us unpack the many ideas and issues at the nexus of AI and international cooperation.

Happening at UN Geneva

Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law

13 - 14 October 2025 - Tempus building of Palais des Nations

The fifth session of the Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law will be held on 13 and 14 October 2025.

In accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 52/22, adopted on 3 April 2023 the theme of the fifth session of the Forum is "Democracy and climate change: focusing on solutions".

UNCTAD 16 Press conference

13 October 2025 at 2:30 p.m.

Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UN trade and development, will hold a press conference ahead of the 16th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD16) that will take place from 20 to 23 October 2025 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The theme of UNCTAD-16 is "Shaping the future: Driving economic transformation for equitable, inclusive and sustainable development".