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German Aerospace Center DLR on United Nations Space Activities

The activities of the United Nations Office on Outer Space Affairs UNOOSA are highlighted in the new DLR brochure “Countdown”, page 48: “UNITED IN SPACE - UN promotes sustainable space activities to…

DLR-Broschüre
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Relaunching conventional arms control

Disarmament, arms control and non‑proliferation play an important role in Germany’s foreign and security policy. The rapid speed of technological development creates the need to develop new…

Neustart für Rüstungskontrolle
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IAEA Commemorates World Cancer Day 2019

Vienna, 1 February 2019: Anja Nitzsche, Section Head at the “Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy” (PACT) explains the important contribution of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to…

IAEA Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT)
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Germany's engagement for humane prison conditions

Vienna, 28 January 2019: The “Friends of the Nelson Mandela Rules” met to symbolically present a pair of Nelson Mandela's shoes to Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on…

Friends of the Nelson Mandela Rules, Treffen 28. Januar 2019: UNODC-Exekutivdirektor Yury Fedotov, Botschafter Gerhard Küntzle, Botschafter Tebogo Seokolo, Südafrika
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New treaty on Franco-German friendship celebrated in Vienna

22 January 2019: Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron sign a new treaty on Franco-German friendship in Aachen to amend the Élysée Treaty of 1963 which played a crucial role in the historic reconciliation…

Botschafter Küntzle, Botschafter Falconi
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Germany Supports UNODC Programme on Alternative Development in Myanmar

14 December 2018: Finland, Germany and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) signed agreements amounting to 6.1 million euro in support of UNODC's alternative development programme.…

Schlafmohn
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Wassenaar Arrangement: Plenary Chair Statement 2018

Vienna, 10 December 2018: The United Kingdom published its statement as 2018 Plenary Chair for the Wassenaar Arrangement on export controls for conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies.…

Transport mit LKW, Schiff und Flugzeug
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Germany supports project in Tunisia by International Centre for Migration Policy Development ICMPD with 1.5 million Euro

Vienna, 6 December 2018: Through a voluntary contribution exceeding 1.5 million Euro, Germany supports the work of the Vienna-based International Centre for Migration Policy Development…

Ambassador Küntzle and Mr. Spindelegger sign funding agreement on ICMPD project in Tunisia
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Germany funding IAEA Laboratories

Vienna, 29 November 2018: The German Head of Delegation at the Ministerial Conference, Frank Heidrich, confirmed Germany's strong support for the renovation of the IAEA Research Laboratories in…

IAEO-Ministerkonferenz 2018, ReNuAL-Veranstaltung
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Ministerial Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency has started

Vienna, 28 - 30 November 2018: This year's Ministerial Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has a focus on the peaceful use of nuclear technology as a contribution to achieving…

Rede Dr. Heidrich, BMWi, anlässlich der IAEO-Ministerialkonferenz 2018 in Wien
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Germany to contribute 1.5 million Euro to UNIDO projects

Vienna, 27 November 2018: Ambassador Küntzle and the Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), LI Yong, signed two project agreements with a total amount of…

Unterzeichnungszeremonie UNIDO-Generaldirektor Li und Botschafter Küntzle
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State Conference on Organized Crime Opens in Vienna

Vienna, 15 - 19 October 2018: The Ninth Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) in Vienna will focus on i.a. firearms, human…

Illegaler Waffenhandel - ein Sicherheitsrisiko.
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New video on nuclear test detection co-sponsored by Germany

New York, 27 September 2018: Germany has co-sponsored a new video on the detection of nuclear test detonations worldwide. The video was presented in New York during the Ministerial Meeting of the…

CTBTO-Verifikation
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General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency opens in Vienna

Vienna, 17 September 2018: The 62nd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meets in Vienna from 17 to 21 September 2018: Opening Statement of the Director…

62nd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 17 September 2018
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IAEA: Ambassador Küntzle presents credentials

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Ambassador Gerhard Küntzle, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Office of the United Nations and to other International…

Ambassador Küntzle, IAEA Acting Director General Malavasi
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Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the opening of the 16th Ambassadors Conference at the Federal Foreign Office

Berlin, 27 August 2018: Foreign Minister Heiko Maas opened this year’s Ambassadors Conference at the Federal Foreign Office together with Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland. We Germans in…

Fassade
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CTBTO: Ambassador Küntzle presents credentials

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO): Ambassador Gerhard Küntzle, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Office of the United Nations and to other…

CTBTO: Botschafter Küntzle überreicht Beglaubigungsschreiben
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Ambassador Küntzle presents credentials: United Nations Office at Vienna

14 August 2018: The new Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany, Gerhard Küntzle, presents his credentials to the Deputy Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna…

Botschafter Küntzle überreicht Beglaubigungsschreiben beim VN-Büro Wien
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Ambassador Küntzle presents credentials

Vienna, 16 August 2018: Ambassador Gerhard Küntzle, Permanent Representative of Germany, presented today his credentials to UNIDO Director General LI Yong. Ambassador Küntzle reiterated Germany's…

Ambassador Küntzle presents credentials to UNIDO Director General Li Yong
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World Day against Trafficking in Persons

30 July 2018: On the 2018 World Day against Trafficking in Persons, the United Nations on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna focuses on ‘responding to the trafficking of children and young people’. This…

World Day against Trafficking in Persons
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Danube Day 2018

29 June 2018: The focus of this year's “Danube Day” will be “a healthier Danube”, stressing the importance of a healthy river and healthy people. “Danube Day” is the world's largest…

Fischaufstiegshilfe Nussdorf
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World Drug Report 2018 is out

Vienna, 26 June 2018: On World Drug Day 2018, the United Nations World Drug Report 2018 is being presented at Vienna. This major tool for stakeholders around the world fighting against drug abuse…

World Drug Report 2018
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50th anniversary of the first United Nations Conference on Outer Space

Vienna: From 18 to 21 June 2018 the United Nations commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the 1968 UN Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. During “UNISPACE+50” international…

Weltraumtechnologie
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Federal Foreign Minister Maas in New York

8 June 2018: Germany is ready to assume responsibility once more for peacefully resolving crises as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. Particularly at the current time, we need a…

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas submits his vote in the elections for the non-permanent members of the Security Council.
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Statement by France and Germany, IAEA Board of Governors, 5 June 2018

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY JUNE BOARD OF GOVERNORS – Agenda point 4) Report of the Programme and Budget Committee STATEMENT BY FRANCE AND GERMANY   Monsieur le Président,   J’ai l’honneur…

Ambassador Däuble, Statement at IAEA Board of Governors meeting, 5 June 2018
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Statement by Ambassador Däuble, HCoC Annual Conference 2018

The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCoC)  HCoC Annual Conference of States Signatories 28 to 29 May 2018 Statement by Ambassador Friedrich Däuble, Permanent…

Nachbau des Aggregats 4 A4 auf der Startrampe im Außenbereich des...
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UN Convention against Corruption celebrates 15th anniversary

New York, 23 May 2018: The United Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) celebrates its fifteenth anniversary. This treaty marks the first time an international tool against corruption, money-laundering…

Corruption harms 
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Ambassador Däuble opens side event “Nelson Mandela Rules” during 27th session of the UN Crime Commission in Vienna

   Opening Statement by Ambassador Friedrich Däuble at the High Level Event on Nelson Mandela’s Centenary, 15 May 2018     Minister, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear friends of the…

UN Crime Commission, 27th session 2018, Vienna: Opening by Ambassador Däuble at the high-level side event Nelson Mandela Rules
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Ambassador Däuble on Cybercrime at the UN Crime Commission Session in Vienna

  Remarks by Ambassador Friedrich Däuble Federal Republic of Germany   on the occasion of the   27th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on Item 5…

Criminal Justice
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UN Secretary General Guterres addresses the Crime Commission in Vienna

Vienna, 14 May 2018: The Secretary General of the United Nations Mr. António Guterres addressed the delegates at the opening of the 27th session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and…

UN Secretary General at the 27th session of lthe UN Crime Commission in Vienna 2018

Federal Foreign Office news

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Reconstruction, reforms and reconciliation

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas assures Mohammed al-Halbousi, Speaker of Iraq’s Parliament, of Germany’s support for reconstruction efforts following the end of the IS reign of terror.

Foreign Minister Maas meets the Speaker of Iraq’s Parliament al-Halbousi.
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Maas in Brussels: Spotlight on Syria, Yemen and Venezuela

At the Foreign Affairs Council, the EU pushes for a political process in the conflict regions.

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Brussels
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Letting ourselves be guided by Humboldt’s enthusiasm 

In his speech marking the opening of the Humboldt season of events, Federal President Steinmeier called for more scientific curiosity and environmental protection.

Federal President Steinmeier in Colombia

Federal Foreign Office press releases

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    Opening Remarks by Minister of State Niels Annen at the SWP Conference on U.S. Foreign Policy under the Trump Administration

  2. Speech

    We are not losing anything by acting European.

  3. Interview

    “A world without rules is a bad world”

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