UNECE

30/05/2026

🚨Proper use of seat belts ensures the effectiveness of other lifesaving technologies, e.g. airbags.

✳️In Austria, 99% of front-seat occupants now wear a seat belt
✳️In Tunisia, seat-belt use rose from 10% to 45% in 2 years
✳️In Jordan, total fatalities fell 13.4% due to better enforcement

29/05/2026

UNECE's Seed Standard protects agriculture & enables , increasing 🥔production through ⤵️

🌱higher & more stable yields
⚠️reduced spread of pests & diseases
🔗 greater efficiency in the value chain

Where potatoes grow, livelihoods flourish🌍

28/05/2026

Join us on for our webinar “Slow Fiber: The Ethical Side of Fashion Beyond Aesthetics”.

📆 5 June 2026
🕒 14:30–16:45 CEST
🌐 Online (Teams)

Together with speakers from across the UN system and beyond, we will explore how the “Slow Fiber” approach can help shape a more sustainable fashion industry by promoting natural, durable, and traceable and responsibly procuded materials.

Join us to explore how rethinking materials and production systems can shape a more ethical, circular, and climate-aligned future for fashion.

Register 👉 https://unece.org/forests/events/slow-fiber-ethical-side-fashion-beyond-aesthetics

28/05/2026

loss and waste is one of the largest and most under-addressed inefficiencies in global food systems. With post-harvest loss rates at 25.4% in 2023, fruits and vegetables are the most affected commodity group.

The 🆕 UNECE guidance aims to address the issue in both fresh and dried produce ⏩https://unece.org/sustainable-development/press/unece-develops-new-guidance-reduce-food-loss-fresh-and-dried-produce

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27/05/2026

🔷The new United Nations Open Source Portal centralizes open source initiatives across the UN system, including the eTIR National Application released by UNECE.

Open source software is a practical way for governments and partners to share trusted building blocks so that countries can modernize faster without starting from scratch.

As an early contribution to this effort, UNECE's eTIR National Application enables Contracting Parties to the TIR Convention, as well as partners, to freely review, customize, and integrate the application within their national customs systems, supporting seamless with the eTIR International System.

In simple terms, this means faster, more transparent and secured transit procedures with no paper and fewer manual steps, while enabling countries to reuse and improve a digital public good at no licensing cost.

Together, these developments strengthen the UN’s commitment to openness, interoperability and digital transformation.

🔶UN Open Source Portal ▶️ http://opensource.un.org

🔶eTIR National Application ▶️ https://opensource.unicc.org/un/unece/transport/etir-national-application

25/05/2026

is an essential part of modern life, but it also has harmful effects on the environment & our health🌍💨

(Transport, Health & Environment Pan-European Programme) by UNECE and WHO Regional Office for Europe helps governments to transition to clean, safe, & inclusive 🛣️

24/05/2026

of the consignment note under the UNECE is expected to deliver tangible benefits for governments, operators & users alike ⤵️

🪙reduced administrative costs
👮faster border & roadside controls
🔎improved real-time visibility of goods in transit

23/05/2026

At , UNECE focused on priority areas for housing & resilient cities, including:

🏘️Affordable
⚠️Disaster prevention & preparedness
🪙Access to finance
🌱Land management
🏙️Integrated recovery approach🇺🇦
🏛️Partnerships with local government

➡️https://unece.org/media/press/414100

23/05/2026

At UNECE focused on priority areas for housing & resilient cities. incl.:
🏘️Affordable
⚠️Disaster prevention & preparedness
🪙Access to finance
🌱Land management
🏙️Integrated recovery approach🇺🇦
🏛️Partnerships with local government
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21/05/2026

🇺🇳 UNECE & partners showcase recovery planning in Kharkiv supported by as an e.g. of integrated ‑led urban recovery & reconstruction @ the World Urban Forum

Key developments shared include 🇺🇦 updating its housing policy legal framework & coordinated planning approaches

Read more about UN4UkrainianCities 👉https://www.un4ukrainiancities.org/events/wuf

21/05/2026