Standing up for peace

Wanted: young German and African managers. A new initiative is fostering cross-border business cooperation.

The peace and conflict researcher Thorsten Gromes examines how societies find peace after a civil war.

German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has begun a visit to #Germansoldiers in West Africa. The CDU politician arrived in Niamey, the capital of #Niger, on Sunday.

Cardinal Marx talks about the work of the churches for a peaceful world.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas explains why a kindergarten in a former rebel camp can be a symbol of peace.

The peace researcher Simone Wisotzki explains why equal rights make the world safer.

A sought-after mediator in international conflicts: how Germany intends to expand this role.

Ursula Müller is the highest-ranking German woman at the UN. Women are underrepresented in leadership positions at the UN. The aim is to change this.

Five years after Rana Plaza: how Germany is championing better social and environmental standards in the textile industry worldwide.

What has changed five years after the collapse of the Rana Plaza textile factory in Bangladesh? A GIZ project manager reports.

Can the Agenda 2030 goals be reached? Here are the views of Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme.

Daily patrols, vast distances, living in containers: on the everyday life of the UN Observer Mission in Western Sahara.

The International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers takes a stand against exploitation: where children are especially at risk.

Volunteer aid worker Marc Winzen tells how the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) provides international emergency aid.

Lieutenant Josephin-Marie G. is a member of a UN mission.

How German companies take on responsibility for human rights worldwide.

They risk their lives for their ideals: Fifteen strong women and men receive the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law.

At a meeting in Mexico, politicians from all over the world are working on a pact for migration. Germany is contributing important ideas.

Germany increases its financial commitment to countries in Africa.

250 politicians and experts will soon be discussing the state of the world – and possible consequences of Germany’s domestic political situation for Europe.

The tasks of German blue-helmet soldiers in Lebanon and the current political situation.

How Germany supports the two countries that have suffered gravely under war and crises.

International voices on Germany’s involvement in the United Nations

International cooperation plays an important role in German foreign policy. Germany’s commitment to the United Nations

Poverty, migration, climate change – the Brandt Commission was already demanding answers to these issues 40 years ago. And for a long time it did so in vain. An interview with Germany’s Federal Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel.

Former Federal president Horst Köhler is to be appointed new UN emissary for the conflict in the Western Sahara.

Ambassador Hinrich Thölken, Germany’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Rome, on the fight against hunger in the world.

Ambassadors and senior German employees in international organizations present insights into their work in the deutschland.de series “Foreign posting”.