United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe

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United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe
AbbreviationUNRIC
FormationJanuary 2004;21 years ago (2004-01)
Type United Nations Information Centre
Legal statusActive
Headquarters Brussels, Belgium
Head
Director
Sherri Aldis (since 2022)
Parent organization
 United Nations Department of Global Communications
United Nations Secretariat
Website unric.org/en/

The United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC) based in Brussels serves as the United Nations (UN)'s communications office across 22 Western European countries.

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As the regional arm of the UN Department of Global Communications [1] , UNRIC builds connections between the United Nations and key European stakeholders, including EU institutions, governments, civil society, media, academia, and the private sector.

UNRIC also provides communications support to the 30 United Nations agencies located in Brussels [2] and works together with the European Union institutions on shared communications priorities such as information integrity.

Countries served

On 1 January 2004, the United Nations Regional Information Centre opened in Brussels, replacing the previous United Nations Information Centres in Athens, Bonn, Brussels, Copenhagen, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Paris and Rome, which ceased operations on 31 December 2003. [3] It has since provided services to the following Western European countries: [4]

References

  1. ↑ Nations, United. "Department of Global Communications". United Nations. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
  2. ↑ "UN BRUSSELS TEAM". United Nations Western Europe. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  3. ↑ "UNRIC". Association for the United Nations in Spain. Association for the United Nations in Spain. n.d. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Nations, United. "United Nations Information Centres - Directory". United Nations. Retrieved 2025-09-02.

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