International

Antwerp palm oil producer SIPEF is world's fourth most forest-friendly company

08 May 2024

British innovative, non-governmental environmental organisation Global Canopy looks at the role companies play in deforestation.

Experts from Belgium help resurrect Notre-Dame in Paris

08 May 2024

Following the devastating fire in 2019, more than 1,000 specialist craftsmen will join forces to make the world-famous Notre-Dame in Paris shine more than ever.

Belgian Raphaël Liégeois receives his ESA astronaut diploma

25 April 2024

Raphaël Liégeois has just successfully completed his training and is now a graduate of ESA's European Astronaut Centre in Cologne.

Royal Toone Theatre is now European heritage

18 April 2024

The Royal Theatre of Toone in Brussels has been added to a prestigious list of places with a rich history of European culture.

Scheldt Delta recognised as UNESCO Global Geopark

11 April 2024

In the spring of 2024, UNESCO awarded the Scheldt Delta a quality label for the international value it holds for its ecological, cultural-historical and natural heritage.

A small country with big ambitions!

Covering some 30,000 km², Belgium is not a big country but through its history and its geographic location it has always held an important place in the world, aware that without bridges to others, it would be unrealistic to want to build a fairer and more prosperous world.

For Belgium, effective action on crucial issues such as peace and security, human rights and the promotion of the rule of law, can only be carried out in a multilateral context. Belgium is therefore a founding Member State of many of the great international institutions such as the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the Council of Europe.

Belgium makes a significant contribution to the work of these institutions, while Brussels is home to the headquarters of several of them and many Belgian politicians have assumed important responsibilities while heading up such organisations.

Minister Hadja Lahbib

Based on the open and pragmatic Belgian character, Belgian foreign policy covers universal values, focused on democracy, dialogue and regional integration between countries that may have been in conflict. So as human rights improve and poverty declines and a country opens up to a democratic process, if the economy picks up, development cooperation and economic action can be complementary!

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