NETHERLANDS, December 13 - News item | 13-12-2022 | 13:18 The global Black Lives Matter protests were one of the reasons the Ministry of Foreign Affairs commissioned an investigation on racism within its own organisation. The conclusions of the …
NETHERLANDS, December 8 - News item | 08-12-2022 | 17:24 The Human Rights Tulip for 2022 is awarded to the Viasna Human Rights Center in Belarus. Minister of Foreign Affairs Wopke Hoekstra presented the prize at a ceremony in the Peace Palace. ‘The work …
NETHERLANDS, December 8 - News item | 08-12-2022 | 18:02 This winter the Netherlands is supporting Ukraine by providing a shipment of materials so the country can repair crucial energy infrastructure. It includes transformers, switch components and cables …
NETHERLANDS, December 6 - News item | 06-12-2022 | 11:58 It is estimated that one in three women will experience physical or sexual abuse in her lifetime. ‘That’s got to stop,’ says Pascalle Grotenhuis, Ambassador for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. …
NETHERLANDS, December 1 - News item | 01-12-2022 | 15:41 The global Orange the World campaign raises awareness of violence against women and girls. The campaign takes place each year from 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence …
NETHERLANDS, December 1 - News item | 01-12-2022 | 11:12 In collaboration with the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands is organising a summit on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain: the REAIM Summit 2023. The international conference …
NETHERLANDS, November 28 - News item | 28-11-2022 | 09:36 There are three candidates left in the running for the Human Rights Tulip 2022, the prize awarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs each year to international human rights defenders. Foreign …
NETHERLANDS, November 18 - News item | 18-11-2022 | 09:00 Working for a pharmaceutical company in the 1980s, pharmacist Bolade Soremekun went in search of a source of energy to keep medicines and vaccines cool. ‘I discovered that solar energy was by far …
NETHERLANDS, November 18 - News item | 18-11-2022 | 13:13 The Netherlands is keen to reduce inequality and to achieve gender and LBGTIQ+ equality all over the world, so the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working on a feminist foreign policy. But what does …
NETHERLANDS, November 12 - News item | 12-11-2022 | 18:12 At the COP27 Resilience Hub on 12 November 2022, the Champions Group on Adaptation Finance and climate vulnerable countries hosted a ministerial event. At the event, members jointly pushed for …
NETHERLANDS, November 8 - News item | 08-11-2022 | 09:48 In 2022 a new Dutch initiative is being launched: Human Rights Week will take place from 5 to 10 December. What are human rights? And why are they important? Those are the questions that the …
NETHERLANDS, October 25 - Dutch Design Week 2022, currently being held in Eindhoven, will bring together designers and entrepreneurs from all over the world. What’s on this year’s programme? And what’s the significance of this annual event for the …
NETHERLANDS, October 21 - News item | 21-10-2022 | 09:27 Each year the Ministry of Foreign Affairs awards a human rights defender somewhere in the world a prize: the Human Rights Tulip. In 2022 the award ceremony will take place on 8 December during Human …
NETHERLANDS, October 14 - News item | 14-10-2022 | 08:00 The war in Ukraine has prompted the largest refugee flows Europe has seen since the Second World War. Millions of people have fled to neighbouring countries like Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, where …
NETHERLANDS, October 1 - News item | 01-10-2022 | 18:36 Nicaragua has unilaterally severed diplomatic relations with the Netherlands. The direct cause was the Netherlands’ decision to definitively terminate its financial contribution to the Nicaraguan …
NETHERLANDS, September 26 - News item | 26-09-2022 | 09:28 As a result of extreme rainfall, one-third of Pakistan is under water. The floods are affecting 33 million people. Villages and infrastructure have been washed away and 700,000 cattle have drowned. …
NETHERLANDS, September 23 - News item | 23-09-2022 | 09:40 The European tender for the Netherlands Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka has officially been launched with its publication on tenderned.nl. Market parties are being asked to come up with proposals for …
NETHERLANDS, September 21 - News item | 21-09-2022 | 20:33 The Netherlands is making extra funding available to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in developing countries. This was announced by Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation …
NETHERLANDS, September 21 - News item | 21-09-2022 | 15:38 At the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Minister of Foreign Affairs Wopke Hoekstra has announced that in February 2023 the Netherlands will host an international summit on the …
NETHERLANDS, September 17 - News item | 17-09-2022 | 19:30 The Netherlands will release an additional €7.5 million for salvage operations to secure the FSO Safer, a floating oil storage vessel off the coast of Yemen. Minister for Foreign Trade and …
