1. News stories
   

   "No person should be punished for loving someone," Mogherini says

   Across the globe, cultural, traditional or religious values continue to be used to justify persecution, discrimination, bullying and ill-treatment against LGBTI persons. Even in countries with legal protection, stigmatisation due to homophobia, transphobia and biphobia remains high. It is our duty

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 17/05/2019

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   Human rights and democracy in the world: EU annual report 2018 adopted

   At a time when human rights are challenged on a daily basis with many attempts to undermine the universality and indivisibility of human rights, the EU has remained at the forefront of the protection and promotion of human rights and democracy, be it in international forums, bilaterally with

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 13/05/2019

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   Empire State Building in EU colours on 9 May

   To celebrate Europe Day 2019, New York City's iconic landmark, the Empire State Building, will be lit up in the European Union's flag colours, blue and yellow, for the eleventh time- this year on Thursday the 9th of May.

   Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to the UN in New York - Publication date: 25/04/2019

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   EU continues its support to OPCW to make the world safe from chemical weapons

   The goal of a world free of chemical weapons is one the EU is upholding through its support to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The EU has just agreed to continue its funding of the OPCW with €11.6 million over the next three years. The OPCW's mission is to

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 05/04/2019

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   Time for Action: the EU at the 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

   At the United Nations, the European Union and its Member States are at the forefront of the efforts to promote all human rights of all women and girls. We want them to achieve equal rights in all aspects of life, from education, health and family planning, to the labour market, the economy and

   Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to the UN in New York - Publication date: 10/03/2019

6. News stories
   

   EU-UNRWA: Every child deserves education

   EU committed to continue its support to UNRWA in helping Palestine refugees go to school, receive healthcare and have access to jobs. High Representative met UNRWA Commissioner-General.

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 25/01/2019

7. News stories
   

   70 years- Universal Declaration of Human rights

   EU launches campaign to celebrate 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 03/10/2018

8. News stories
   

   EU-UN Spotlight Initiative- Latin America Regional Programme officially launched

   Today, at a high level event at UNGA a new programme has been announced to help eradicate femicide in Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 27/09/2018

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   Together for strong multilateralism: President Juncker, High Representative/Vice-President Mogherini and United Nations Secretary General Guterres relaunch EU- UN cooperation

   23 September 2018, New York- President Jean-Claude Juncker and High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini met today with United Nations Secretary General António Guterres in New York, in the margins of the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly, and expressed their

   Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to the UN in New York - Publication date: 24/09/2018

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    UN Security Council to Host Open Meeting of Syrian Voices on Preventing a Deathtrap in Idlib- 7 September

    On Friday, 7 September, 2018, from 12:00–1:00 pm, the UN Security Council will host an Arria-Formula Open Meeting to highlight the dire humanitarian situation in Idlib and the possible consequences of a further military escalation, and to provide Syrian voices with a platform to inform an

    Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to the UN in New York - Publication date: 05/09/2018

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