News - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1. Winner of the Human Rights Tulip for 2024: Community Peacemaker Teams

   This year’s Human Rights Tulip has been awarded to Community Peacemaker Teams in the autonomous Kurdistan Region in Iraq. ...

   News item | 12-12-2024 | 19:14

2. War in Ukraine: €8 million for UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission

   Three years of Russian aggression have taken a heavy toll on the people of Ukraine. Ukrainian civilians have been killed, ...

   News item | 11-12-2024 | 10:49

3. Statement with regard to last week's event 'Wars and Prospects for Building the New State in Sudan: Challenges and Opportunities'

   On December 6, 2024, The Hague Peace Projects, in collaboration with the Institute of Social Studies and the Phanaar ...

   News item | 09-12-2024 | 19:10

4. European coastal countries working together to address Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’

   From 13 to 15 November, 12 European countries on the coasts of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea met in Helsinki and Tallinn to ...

   News item | 15-11-2024 | 15:00

5. The Netherlands presents logo for NATO Summit 2025

   On 24 and 25 June the Netherlands will be hosting the NATO Summit 2025 at the World Forum The Hague. Today the Netherlands ...

   News item | 12-11-2024 | 16:00

6. First development budget cuts announced: overhaul of grants for NGOs

   The government is reducing the budget for cooperation with NGOs from 2026. The government wants to simplify and sharpen the focus ...

   News item | 11-11-2024 | 08:00

7. United Nations adopts Dutch AI resolution

   The Netherlands wants better global agreements on the military use of artificial intelligence (AI). That is why we, together with ...

   News item | 07-11-2024 | 09:13

8. Netherlands Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka Reveals First Round of Gold Sponsors　

   AkzoNobel and Randstad partner up on “Common Ground” in Japan-Netherlands Business Cooperation. The Kingdom of the Netherlands ...

   News item | 15-10-2024 | 10:27

9. The Netherlands at the United Nations General Assembly

   The Kingdom of the Netherlands is attending the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. What topics are going to ...

   News item | 20-09-2024 | 16:42

10. Budget Day 2024: lower cutbacks to embassies; major retrenchment on development aid

    On Budget Day the government presented the central government budget for 2025. Below are the main plans affecting the work of the ...

    News item | 18-09-2024 | 09:06