European Union at the UN New York

News: the 65th Commission on the Status of Women #CSW65 has adopted conclusions on women's participation and the elimination of violence. The EU would have preferred to see a much more ambitious outcome. The systematic attempts by some UN Member States to derail the process shows that the pushback against women’s rights continues.... We must redouble efforts to promote gender equality. The pushback will not impede the overwhelming momentum to achieve full gender equality. Next week’s #GenerationEquality Forum will present a vital moment for activists, feminists, youth and allies to achieve transformative change. The EU will take full part in these efforts. EU statement: https://eeas.europa.eu//eu-statement-united-nations-65th-c

Today, an overwhelming majority, 181 UN Members supported the launch of a political declaration on equitable global access to COVID19 vaccines. The EU was a member of the core drafting group. Here's our statement: https://eeas.europa.eu//eu-statement-%E2%80%93-united-nati

Today at the UN, we commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination #FightRacism. On the same day, European leaders held the first EU Anti-racism Summit, a kick-off moment for the implementation of the EU Anti-racism Action Plan. In the EU, we will continue to strongly oppose all forms of discrimination including on grounds of sex, race, ethnic or social origin, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, disability, age, sexual orientation, and gender identity. We reject all forms of incitement to violence or hatred, and hate speech, online and offline.

Protecting the human rights of all women & girls and protecting the environment are two sides of the same coin. Tune in 17 March at 9am EDT to hear from Women Environmental Human Rights Defenders

This year's #SakharovPrize for Freedom of Thought honours the people of #Belarus dedicated to the defense of human rights and democracy. Congratulations to the courageous Belarusian people.

Sneak peek of tomorrow's#UN75 event on #TheFutureWeWant as youth shares the stage with high-level #EU and @UnitedNations officials. The event starts at 3pm on our @EUatUN YouTubehttps://youtube.com/watch?v=1A8au53W5Dg... Here's @euyorch musician Dominik

Greener more attractive humane This is how we want the world of tomorrow to be. A world that we will build with the new European Bauhaus, a movement based on sustainability, inclusiveness and aesthetics to bring the European Green Deal closer to people.

Climate change, conflict and povertyall exacerbated by the pandemichave combined to create a humanitarian crisis over a vast swath of Africa, affecting 13.4 million people. Today the #EU steps up its support.

European Youth Orchestra's Catarina Koppitz describes a world without music and what the UN means to her -- ahead of our special virtual event on #TheFutureWeWant with youth, leaders and artists on 22 October at 15:00 ET #un75

The humanitarian crisis in Central Sahel, covering Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, is one of the fastest growing in the world. Conflicts, food shortages, climatic... change, extreme poverty and the coronavirus outbreak are taking a heavy toll on local communities. Today, the EU, the UN, Denmark and Germany are meeting to draw attention to the crisis in an event that brings together donors, international organisations and the representatives of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Attendees discuss the way forward and how the countries can get out of the spiral of violence and humanitarian crises they are currently facing. To that end, the EU pledges additional funding for humanitarian actions, as well as to address the food crisis in the region, in cooperation with the World Food Programme. The people of Sahel deserve our full attention. We continue to stand with them. #SahelNow

A world without music would be an empty place just like a world without the UN would be a place with more conflict, inequality & poverty ~European Youth Orchestra musician Julien Ritsch invites us to celebrate #UN75 LIVE: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1A8au53W5Dg 22 October at 15:00 ET

Join us for a special public event celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations #UN75 and the 70th Anniversary of the Schuman Declaration #EU70 featuring the EUYO - The European Union Youth Orchestra and UN Youth Delegates in conversation with global leaders on the The Future We Want.

#EU Virtual event #UN75 "The Future We Want" - The Voice of Youth, Leaders and Artists, will go live on Thursday, 22 October 2020, 3.00pm-4.00pm EST/9.00pm-10.00pm CET, on youtube - the link to follow soon

EU and FIACAT events - Global trends: getting closer to the abolition of the Death Penalty, 9 October 2020

Justice systems are run by humans, and are therefore exposed to mistakes, aggravated by influences, social stigma and political pressures, particularly in countries with no real independent justice system, and no functioning system of checks and balances. Join us to #AbolishDeathPenalty. https://eeas.europa.eu//%E2%80%9Cglobal-trends-getting-clo

The conflict in eastern Ukraine is in its 7th year, with 3.4 million people in need of humanitarian aid. Today, the EU has announced an additional 10 million in humanitarian funding to support the most vulnerable people amidst the coronavirus pandemic and help them prepare for winter. Read more: https://europa.eu/!Rw93bw

True to the rules and principles of the UN Charter, the EU reasserts that human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated. Without respect for human rights, there can be no lasting peace, reconciliation, no security nor stability, and no enduring development and prosperity. Read Ambassador Skoog's Statement at the UN General Assembly Third Committee General Debate on Human Rights: https://eeas.europa.eu//eu-statement-%E2%80%93-united-nati