UN Vienna - Stories

  • Countering misinformation and hate speech in the digital world

    Countering misinformation and hate speech in the digital world

    13/12/2022

    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.

  • Shoppers in Vienna find out more about the work of the United Nations

    Shoppers in Vienna find out more about the work of the United Nations

    21/10/2022

    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.

  • Primary school children join Danube Art Master

    Primary school children join Danube Art Master

    31/08/2022

    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.

  • First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

    First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

    21/06/2022

    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.

  • English teachers attend workshop at the UN in Vienna

    English teachers attend workshop at the UN in Vienna

    15/03/2022

    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.

  • 40 Years of the Vienna International Centre

    40 Years of the Vienna International Centre

    23/08/2019

    The United Nations headquarters in Vienna is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, marking four decades of diplomacy in the heart of Europe.

     

  • UN Secretary-General receives warm welcome on visit to Vienna

    UN Secretary-General receives warm welcome on visit to Vienna

    15/05/2018

    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.

     

  • 35 Years of the Vienna International Centre

    35 Years of the Vienna International Centre

    23/08/2014

    The United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) and the City of Vienna celebrate 35 Years of 'UNO City'.

     

  • 30 Years Vienna International Centre

    30 Years Vienna International Centre

    23/08/2009

    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.

     

  • 25 Years Vienna International Centre

    25 Years Vienna International Centre

    23/08/2004

    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.