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United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe

Field	Value
name	United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe
type	United Nations Information Centre
abbreviation	UNRIC
leader_title	Head
leader_name	Director
Sherri Aldis (since 2022)
status	Active
formation
logo	United Nations Regional Information Centre Logo.svg
headquarters	Brussels, Belgium
website
parent_organization	United Nations Department of Global Communications
United Nations Secretariat

Sherri Aldis (since 2022) United Nations Secretariat

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.

As the regional arm of the UN Department of Global Communications, 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 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. It has since provided services to the following Western European countries:

Andorra
Belgium
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Holy See
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
San Marino
Spain
Sweden
UK

References

Nations, United. "Department of Global Communications".
"UN BRUSSELS TEAM".
. (n.d.). ["UNRIC"](http://www.anue.org/en/content/unric). *Association for the United Nations in Spain*.
Nations, United. "United Nations Information Centres - Directory".

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