The UNRIC Info Point & Library issues backgrounders on various subjects that list relevant URLs within the UN system. Included are links to:
- Various UN organizations working on the specific subject
- Relevant UN documents, treaties, declarations
- Secretary-General reports
- Selection of speeches and statements by UN officials
- Articles in UN journals, etc.
Our backgrounders are sorted by ‘country | region‘ , ‘topic‘ and our ‘archives‘. They are available in English, French and/or Spanish:
Countries / Regions
| Afghanistan | EN | FR |
| Belarus | EN | |
| Burundi | EN | FR |
| Central African Republic | EN | FR |
| Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | EN | FR |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | EN | FR |
| Ethiopia | EN | |
| Gaza | EN | |
| Iraq | EN | FR |
| Karabakh | EN | |
| Kosovo | EN | FR |
| Libya | EN | |
| Mali | EN | FR |
| Middle East | EN | FR |
| Myanmar | EN | FR |
| Niger | EN | FR |
| Somalia | EN | FR |
| South Sudan | EN | |
| Sri Lanka | EN | FR |
| Sudan/Darfur | EN | FR |
| Syrian Arab Republic | EN | |
| Ukraine | EN | |
| Yemen | EN | |
| Venezuela | EN | SP |
Topics
| Appointment of the Secretary-General | EN | ||
| Arms Trade | EN | ||
| Artificial Intelligence | EN | ||
| Biodiversity | EN | FR | |
| Civil Society | EN | FR | SP |
| Climate Change | EN | FR | |
| Counter-Terrorism | EN | FR | |
| Desertification | EN | FR | |
| Development | EN | FR | |
| Disability | EN | FR | |
| Disarmament | EN | FR | |
| Drones | EN | ||
| Ebola | EN | ||
| Educational Resources | EN | FR | |
| Extreme Heat / Heatwaves | EN | ||
| Food Insecurity | EN | ||
| Food Waste | EN | FR | |
| Forests | EN | FR | |
| Genocide | EN | FR | |
| Human Rights | EN | FR | SP |
| Information Integrity | EN | ||
| Landmines | EN | FR | |
| Migration | EN | FR | |
| Mpox | EN | ||
| Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) | EN | FR | SP |
| Oceans | EN | FR | |
| Participation of the European Union in the work of the United Nations | EN | FR | |
| Peacekeeping | EN | FR | SP |
| Plastic Pollution | EN | ||
| Poverty | EN | FR | |
| Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict | EN | ||
| Racism | EN | FR | |
| Refugees and Migrants | EN | FR | |
| Responsibility to Protect | EN | ||
| Rule of Law | EN | ||
| Sea Level Rise | EN | ||
| Special Tribunals & other mechanism | EN | ||
| Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) | EN | FR | SP |
| Transitional Justice | EN | ||
| UN Press & Media Contacts | EN | FR | |
| Youth | EN | FR |