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26.04.2024 Article

Climate change – the biggest security threat of our times

The climate crisis is aggravating conflicts, destabilising entire societies and adversely affecting peace and stability around the globe. That is why climate policy is a priority of German foreign policy.

Drought only a few months after the floods in Düzce Province in Turkey
26.02.2024 Article

Striving for progress: Foreign Minister Baerbock travels to Geneva for the Human Rights Council

Around the world, international human rights protection is experiencing almost unprecedented pressure. That is precisely why the Human Rights Council is so important at this time. You can see what is on the agenda for Foreign Minister Baerbock today as the 55th session here gets underway.

Palais des Nations in Geneva, the second-largest UN centre after New York
21.02.2024 Article

Trip by Foreign Minister Baerbock to the G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro and the United Nations in New York

On 21-22 February, the G20 Foreign Ministers are meeting in Rio de Janeiro. Afterwards Annalena Baerbock will travel on to New York, where the second anniversary of the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine will be on the United Nations agenda. Read on to find out more about the trip.

Foreign Minister Analena Baerbock talking to the UN General Assembly
21.02.2024 Article

Germany in the United Nations

Germany is a reliable partner to the United Nations. Germany assumes responsibility and works to strengthen the UN and the international order on the basis of international law, the UN Charter and human rights.

Germany has been a member of the United Nations since 1973 
21.02.2024 Article

Fifty Years of Germany in the United Nations

Germany has been a member of the United Nations for 50 years. Involvement in the United Nations (UN) is a cornerstone of German foreign policy. Germany also works to strengthen the international order on the basis of the Charter of the United Nations.

Logo – 50 Years Germany in the United Nations
19.02.2024 Article

Making the United Nations fit for the future – the Summit of the Future

How can young people be better integrated into global decision-making processes? How can the UN respond even better to global shocks and crises? And how should the digital space be shaped in the future? The United Nations Summit of the Future hopes to find answers to these and many other questions.

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Press releases

  1. 24.04.2024 Press release

    Federal Foreign Office and Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development on UNRWA

  2. 04.04.2024 Press release

    Federal Foreign Office on the extension of the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on the human rights situation in Iran

  3. 25.03.2024 Press release

    Joint statement by the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development on UNRWA

  4. 18.03.2024 Press release

    Human Rights Commissioner Amtsberg on the exchange of the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran with the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva

  5. 20.02.2024 Press release

    Foreign Minister Baerbock prior to her departure for Rio and New York

  6. 25.01.2024 Press release

    Foreign Minister Baerbock on the situation in Gaza

  7. 04.12.2023 Press release

    Foreign Minister Baerbock prior to her departure for Slovenia

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29.09.2020 Video

Speech Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the 75th General Assembly of the United Nations

This year's General Assembly of the United Nations must take place virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Video recording of the speech by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.

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