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.
In collaboration with the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (oiip), the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna hosted a panel discussion titled “The UN Summit of the Future – Main Takeaways and practical aspects to reinvigorate multilateralism” at the United Nations Headquarters in Vienna.
Want to gain exciting insights into the world of the United Nations in Vienna? A virtual edition of the Shadowing Programme will take place from 24 October to 24 November 2024. It will offer students the opportunity to have a one-hour virtual encounter with a UN staff member and join a virtual career workshop. More information
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
Around 110 like-minded delegates from 12 different countries came together to take part in the first ever Vienna International Centre Model United Nations Conference (VICMUN) to engage in international affairs and act as global diplomats.
In a landmark art project for Vienna, a giant mural has been painted on one of the towers of the United Nations building. The importance of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and shaping our common future is the focus of the street artwork by Australian artist Fintan Magee.
The biggest street art in Vienna has been inaugurated today at a special ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in the city, with representatives of Host Country, City of Vienna, 22nd municipal district, the United Nations and the Calle Libre Street Art Festival as well as the artist himself, Fintan Magee.
The biggest mural in Vienna is being inaugurated at a special ceremony at the Vienna International Centre with representatives of the Host Country, City of Vienna, 22nd municipal district, the United Nations and the Calle Libre Street Art Festival as well as the artist himself.
Around 50 school pupils took over the Vienna International Centre (VIC) on World Environment Day to lay out how they would like their city to look in the future.
The biggest mural in Vienna is soon to be painted on the wall of the Vienna International Centre (VIC) in cooperation with the Calle Libre Street Art Festival, the UN family in Vienna and other partners.
Creating a better future is impossible without the input of young people. This is why more than 100 students from different Austrians schools gathered at the Vienna International Centre and devised their demands for a better future.
There was an inspiring and motivating atmosphere within the premises of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna when high school students from the HTL Spengergasse, a school for higher technical education, came to the UN in Vienna to play an interactive board game called “World Climate Game”. While playing the participants had the unique opportunity to understand the global consequences of climate change and explore various courses of action at different levels.
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.
#ZeroCon24 - It's a wrap for one of the world’s largest meetings on disability inclusion at the United Nations in Vienna. Have a look at the highlights with Ghada Waly, Director-General of the UN Office at Vienna, Martin Essl, founder of Essl Foundation, and inspiring testimonies from awardees and participants.
Watch the video / Photos of the opening & White Hands Chorus NIPPON.
In today's world, it is more important than ever for young people to understand how politics and diplomacy function. Using their voices, approximately 140 students from 20 different schools in Vienna gained insights into the internal processes of the United Nations.
#ZeroCon24 - one of the world’s largest gatherings for disability inclusion is taking place at the Vienna International Centre next week. Looking forward to another empowering session bringing innovators, experts and advocates together for a future without barriers. Watch the video / More information
Listening to a fairy tale from the booth of a UN interpreter, making fruit salad with cucumber, discharging a fire extinguisher – perhaps not what nine new Visitors Service tour guides were expecting during their induction programme at the UN in Vienna. Read more
In 2024, the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust on 27 January marks 79 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. This year, the United Nations is paying tribute to the bravery of all those who stood up to the Nazis, despite the grave risks.
During a two-day Model United Nations simulation conference, students from various universities across Austria came together at the Vienna International Centre (VIC) to discuss different aspects of environmental migration to find common ground and come up with solutions.
Approximately 130 students participated in this year’s Shadowing Programme to learn about the work of the United Nations and its career opportunities.
Shoppers and visitors explored an exhibition and a new lounge dedicated to the Sustainable Development Goals at Westfield Shopping City Süd and participated in various activities related to the work of the United Nations in Vienna and around the world.
The United Nations family in Vienna joined the Austrian Foreign Ministry and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to mark the 30th anniversary of the World Conference on Human Rights and the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Around fourty English- and German speaking students and young graduates attended the Long Night of Companies, a career event organized by UNIPORT, the Career Service of the University of Vienna.
United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna, in cooperation with the University College for Teacher Education (Pädagogische Hochschule PH Wien) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Austria, welcomed 20 English teachers for a workshop on teaching the SDG and Human Rights.
As part of the two-day event "Making the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) tangible - Conflicts over resources on land", 27 teachers from Vienna and other federal states visited the United Nations Headquarters in Vienna.
The UN in Vienna and the Essl Foundation celebrate a decade of partnership for disability inclusion. The Zero Project conference showcases innovative solutions for people with disabilities.
From 19 – 20 February 2023, an international policy hackathon on Climate Justice took place at the Vienna International Centre, organized by the Austrian Non-Governmental Organization, Südwind, in co-operation with UNIS Vienna.
The ceremony at the UN in Vienna for the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust marks 78 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
For the first time since the pandemic, 123 students of the University of Vienna and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU Wien), convened in-person at the UN Headquarters in Vienna to simulate the Committee on Sustainable Energy of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
Interactive workshops were offered by the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna in cooperation with Austrian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) ZARA Training to teach teachers more about on how to sensitize and engage young people to help stop the spread of false information in the digital world and tackle discrimination and hate speech.
The UN family in Vienna celebrated this year’s United Nations Day (24 October) with an exhibition about how they are contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), at the “Westfield Donau Zentrum”, the biggest inner-city shopping centre in Vienna.
Around sixty children in Vienna and Bratislava joined a series of Danube Art Masters workshops on the banks of the River Danube not far from their schools, aimed at creatively encouraging children to care about and protect our rivers and oceans.
By resolution 71/258, the General Assembly decided to convene in 2017 a United Nations conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
"Throughout his tenure, Mr. Fedotov demonstrated great skill and sensitivity in helping Member States overcome differences and chart a path of shared progress on some of the most complex issues on the international agenda." — António Guterres
As people flee the war Ukraine in their millions, the role of human rights and sustainable development in education looms larger than ever. Against this backdrop, the United Nations in Vienna welcomed English teachers on 15 March for a special workshop.
The Ciné-ONU Vienna and Budapest virtual screenings of the documentaries “Box for Life” and “The Last Survivors” screened on 24th and 27th January to mark the day echo this message.
The COVID-19 pandemic is more than a health crisis; it is an economic crisis, a humanitarian crisis, a security crisis, and a human rights crisis. This crisis has highlighted severe fragilities and inequalities within and among nations. Coming out of this crisis will require a whole-of-society, whole-of-government and whole-of-the-world approach driven by compassion and solidarity.
The United Nations headquarters in Vienna is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, marking four decades of diplomacy in the heart of Europe.
On his first official visit to Austria, UN Secretary-General António Guterres met the President, Chancellor and Foreign Minister as well as staff working at UN Headquarters in Vienna.
The United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) and the City of Vienna celebrate 35 Years of 'UNO City'.
Vienna, along with New York, Geneva and Nairobi, is one of the four headquarters of the United Nations. Discover how connected the work of the United Nations family in Vienna is with your everyday activities.
The Vienna International Centre (VIC), home to the United Nations family in Vienna and, along with New York, Geneva and Nairobi, one of four United Nations headquarters worldwide, marks its 30th anniversary in 2009.
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the inauguration of the Vienna International Centre on 23 August 1979, the United Nations Information Service issued an information kit on the VIC and the Vienna-based Organizations.
