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Lebensmittel für Menschen in Südsudan: Deutschland ist einer der größten Geber humanitärer Hilfe in Südsudan. Humanitarian assistance in South Sudan
Africa
“Our goal is for people to survive”
Handing out food, building wells, saving human lives: this is how Germany provides humanitarian assistance to the population of South Sudan.
Deutschland engagiert sich seit mehr als 50 Jahren in den Vereinten Nationen.
United Nations
Germany’s commitment to the UN
Germany does its duty through the UN in many different ways, from providing humanitarian aid to participating in peacekeeping missions.
Ricklef Beutin, Ständiger Vertreter Deutschlands bei den UN in New York The UN at 80
UN Ambassador Ricklef Beutin
“Germany is a trusted partner”
Ricklef Beutin has been Germany’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations since August 2025. In an interview, he stood up for multilateralism.
Außenminister Johann Wadephul und Annalena Baerbock, Präsidentin der UN-Generalversammlung The UN at 80
Global crises
Better together
The UN is celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2025. Germany endorses a strong global organisation. However, the organisation faces some major challenges.
UN-Mitarbeiter Daniel Maier The UN at 80
UN mission MONUSCO
Dedicated peacekeeper
In the context of the MONUSCO UN mission, Daniel Maier strives to promote stability and protection for the civilian population in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Hand drauf: Ulrich Krökel mit Lech Wałęsa
Blossoming friendships
A personal look back at 35 years of neighbourly relations between Poland and the reunified Germany by foreign correspondent Ulrich Krökel.
Plakate von 1989 im Deutschen Historischen Museum in Berlin
“We are the people”
German reunification: the motto of the peaceful revolution in 1989 was an appeal against division and in favour of non-violence.
Angie Pohlers
No Young Pioneer’s badge
Angie Pohlers was born in eastern Germany the year the Wall came down. How has she experienced the growing together of East and West?
Feierstimmung am Brandenburger Tor 35 years of German unity
Reunification
Has Germany grown together?
How Germany’s reunification that happened 35 years ago has changed the country at the societal, economic and political level.
Gemälde von Birgit Kinder an der Ostseite der Berliner Mauer.
Growing together
Stefan was born two years before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Although he grew up in united Germany, he can still see traces of the old division today.
East Side Gallery in Berlin
A life without the Wall
In 1989 the Wall fell, and in 1989 our author was born. She belongs to a generation that never experienced a divided Germany.
Heute ist die Mauer in Berlin eine Touristenattraktion.
Germany without the Wall
Taking stock: many things have normalised in the last 35 years, but differences still remain.

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