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Germany fights trafficking in persons in the Horn of Africa

Nairobi, 1 July 2020: Germany and UNODC continue their cooperation to fight trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling in the Horn of Africa. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and…

Vom Klimawandel verstärkte Dürren haben die Region ausgetrocknet.
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German multilateral efforts in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic

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500,000 Euros from Germany for IAEA measures to fight COVID-19

The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy BMWi has pledged 500,000 Euros to support the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA in ist work to fight COVID-19. The IAEA will provide states…

IAEO-Laboratorien Seibersdorf
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COVID-19: Measures at the Vienna International Centre

The Vienna International Centre, home of the United Nations at Vienna, has implemented the following measures: read more

Vienna International Centre
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Commission on Narcotic Drugs meets in Vienna

Vienna, 2 - 6 March 2020: The 63rd session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) covers a wide range of topics and displays more than 100 side events. The CND is the main…

63. Sitzung der VN-Suchtstoffkommission, Wien: Botschafter Gerhard Küntzle
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Germany: Four Million US Dollar Funding for UNODC Projects

Vienna, 28 February 2020: Germany funds four UNODC projects with a total of around four Million US Dollars, ranging from countering illicit arms trafficking in Ukraine to responding to organized crime…

Botschafter Gerhard Küntzle, Jean-Luc Lemahieu, UNODC
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Statement by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the United Nations Security Council - “Supporting the Non-Proliferation Treaty ahead of the 2020 Review Conference”

New York, 26 February 2020: Three months ago, I visited Hiroshima. I stood in the vast empty space that was created by the explosion 75 years ago. I saw the ruined buildings. I talked to…

Außenminister Maas im Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen
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IAEA Conference to Focus on Strengthening Nuclear Security Globally (ICONS 2020)

Vienna, 10 to 14 February 2020: The third international conference on nuclear security is currently meeting in Vienna with around 1,600 participants from 130 member states of the International Atomic…

ICONS 2020, Wien: Deutsche Delegation
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Alliance for Multilateralism – Now at the United Nations in Vienna

Vienna, 22 January 2020: On the occasion of the 57th anniversary of the signing of the Elysée Treaty and the day of the entry into force of the Treaty of Aachen, the German and French Mission to the…

Panel-Veranstaltung Alliance for Multilateralism, 22. Januar 2020, Wien
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Conference to Fight Corruption

Abu Dhabi, 16 bis 20 December 2019: More than 1,300 participants gather in Abu Dhabi to attend the Eighth Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on Corruption (UNCAC). Germany is…

Das Foto zeigt eine Hand, die jemandem Geld aus der Anzugtasche nimmt.
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Visit at IIASA in Laxenburg

Laxenburg, 11 December 2019: During a visit to the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) representatives of the Permanent Mission were briefed about the aims and activities of…

Besuch bei IIASA Laxenburg
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New Access to Space

30 October 2019: Vienna-based United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and Airbus offer a new opportunity for space missions. UNOOSA's  initiative “Access to Space for All” aims to enable…

50 Jahre Mondlandung - Tag der offenen Tür DLR
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Safe Nuclear Waste Management in Germany

October 2019: Germany's safe management of nuclear waste was reviewed by an ARTEMIS team sent by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Website IAEA 

Logo der IAEA am UN-Hauptquartier in Wien.
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German Foreign Minister Maas assumes leading role in banning nuclear testing

New York, 25 September 2019: German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, together with Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum, chaired a conference to push for the entry into force of the…

Außenminister Maas: Vorsitz bei der Artikel-XIV-Konferenz des Atomwaffen-Teststoppabkommens CTBT
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A week focused on multilateralism

Foreign Minister Maas wants to join forces with other countries in New York to find lasting solutions and answers to current crises and future challenges. Along with his French counterpart Jean-Yves…

Bei der Generaldebatte der Vereinten Nationen treffen sich Entscheidungsträger aus der ganzen Welt.
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General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna

The 63rd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meets in Vienna from 16 to 20 September 2019: Statement by Secretary of State Andreas Feicht IAEA…

62nd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 17 September 2018
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Statement by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on International Day against Nuclear Tests

html_twitter_2019_ctbto Foreign Minister Heiko Maas issued the following statement in Berlin today (29 August 2019) on International Day against Nuclear Tests: Disarmament and arms control…
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Open house at BGR seismic station GERES

html_twitter_2019_Freyung 25 August 2019: Open house at the seismic station near Freyung: Operated by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (GBR) the station is part of the…
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Joint Activities of UN Office for Outer Space Affairs and University of Bonn

Vienna, 19 June 2019: An agreement was signed today by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the University of Bonn outlining future joint activities in the field of “space and…

OOSA und die Universität Bonn planen gemeinsame Aktivitäten im Bereich Weltraum und Desaster-Management
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Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

Vienna, 20 to 24 May 2019: The 28th session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice focuses on combating crimes related to intolerance and discrimination. The…

Hammerschlag bei Gericht
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New Project Agreement with UNODC

Vienna, 8 May 2019: Today Ambassador Gerhard Küntzle and UNODC Director of Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs Jen-Luc Lemahieu signed a project agreement amounting to 1.8 million euros…

 UNODC-Direktor für Politikanalyse und Öffentliche Angelegenheiten Jean-Luc Lemahieu, Botschafter Gerhard Küntzle
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Honored as “Best Friends of ReNuAL”

Vienna, 29 April 2019: Former Ambassador Friedrich Däuble and South African Ambassador Tebogo Seokolo were honored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as 'Best Friends of ReNuAL' for their…

Botschafter Tebogo Seokolo, Südafrika, und Botschafter a.D. Friedrich Däuble mit dem IAEO-Team in den Seibersdorf-Laboratorien
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Germany supports UNODC with 1.24 million US dollars so far this year

Vienna, April 2019: So far, Germany has pledged an amount of 1.24 million US Dollars to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as voluntary contributions for five projects in 2019. With…

Deutsche Flagge weht über dem Wasser im Wind.
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Parliamentary group of CDU Saxony-Anhalt visits UNODC and the IAEA Laboratories in Seibersdorf

Vienna, 17 March 2019: Today the executive board of the parliamentary group of CDU Saxony-Anhalt under Chairman Siegfried Borgwardt, Member of the Regional Parliament, was welcomed by Ambassador…

Besuch CDU-Landtagsfraktion Sachsen-Anhalt in Seibersdorf: Manfred Gröning, IAEO; Markus Kurze, Parl. Geschäftsführer; Lars-Jörn Zimmer, stv. Fraktionsvors.; Siegfried Borgwardt, Fraktionsvors.; Ulrich Thomas, stv. Fraktionsvors.; Dirk Berg, Ständige Vertretung
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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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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…

Waffen werden unbrauchbar gemacht.

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Together for a strong EU: launch of the Trio Presidency in Slovenia

The start of the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union also marks the start of the Trio Presidency with Portugal and Slovenia. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is travelling to the Slovenian capital Ljubljana for the Launch.

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A packed agenda – Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu meet in Berlin

For the first time in months, the two foreign ministers met again in person today. There was plenty to discuss – the impact of the COVID‑19 pandemic, relations between Turkey and the EU, and the situation in Syria and Libya.

Foreign Minister Maas with his Turkish counterpart Çavuşoğlu
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Presidency of the Council of the EU: Germany takes the baton from Croatia

When the two Foreign Ministers met in Berlin, Maas thanked Croatia for its crisis management at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. For Germany, the focus is now on economic and social reconstruction in the EU.

Germany assumes Council Presidency

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    Foreign Minister Maas before leaving for Slovenia

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    Speech by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Pandemics and Security at the Open debate of the UN Security Council (Video conference)

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    Foreign Minister Maas before today’s Security Council debate on pandemics and security

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