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KDE endorses the UN's Open Source United (OSU) initiative.

https://ev.kde.org/2026/02/18/kde-joins-osu/

OSU aims to coordinate and scale open source efforts across the United Nations system.

Alongside other FLOSS organizations, KDE will support the effort to connect UN teams, partners, and the global community to share, discover, and reuse open source solutions.

#UN #UnitedNations #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

KDE e.V.

KDE endorses the UN's Open Source Principles

The UN Open Source Principles are comprised of eight guidelines and provide a framework to guide the use, development and sharing of open source software across the United Nations. This is part of the UN's Open Source United (OSU) initiative, which aims to coordinate and increase open source efforts across the United Nations system.

KDE

@kde@floss.social · last week

KDE endorses the UN's Open Source United (OSU) initiative.

https://ev.kde.org/2026/02/18/kde-joins-osu/

OSU aims to coordinate and scale open source efforts across the United Nations system.

Alongside other FLOSS organizations, KDE will support the effort to connect UN teams, partners, and the global community to share, discover, and reuse open source solutions.

#UN #UnitedNations #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

KDE e.V.

KDE endorses the UN's Open Source Principles

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Michael Downey 🧢

@downey@floss.social · 4 weeks ago

🇺🇳 At the @OpenForumEurope EU Open Source Policy Summit, our UN Open Source United team co-chair announces the next UN Open Source Week, 22-26 June. Hope that many of you can join us in New York. Read more and express your interest here:

https://www.unopensource.org

#UNOSW #UnitedNations #UN #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #EU #Europe #NYC #NewYork #UNHQ

Omar Mohsine stands at a microphone holding a copy of a report titled "UN Open Source Week 2025".

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Michael Downey 🧢

@downey@floss.social · 4 months ago

🇺🇳 :freesoftware: 🇪🇸 Congratulations to the City of Barcelona on being the first city-level government to endorse the UN Open Source Principles.

As all levels of government, cities in particular can greatly benefit from what free software offers to support more trustworthy digitialization of public services.

Excited to see even more cities demonstrating publicly their support for FOSS!

https://www.barcelona.cat/infobarcelona/en/tema/science/barcelona-is-the-first-city-in-the-world-to-endorse-the-un-open-source-principles_1567058.html

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #UN #UnitedNations #Barcelona #Spain

Members of the CIty of Barcelona & UN Open Source teams pose for a group photo after their signing of the UN Open Source Principles.

Michael Downey 🧢

@downey@floss.social · 4 weeks ago

https://www.unopensource.org

#UNOSW #UnitedNations #UN #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #EU #Europe #NYC #NewYork #UNHQ

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Tjeerd Royaards

@royaards@newsie.social · last month

The immediate Greenland crisis seems averted, but which button will Lil' Dictator push next?

#Trump #Greenland #NATO #UN #Europe

Cartoon showing Donald Trump sitting in a giant baby activity center chair with large colorful buttons in front of him labeled with the symbol of nuclear weapons and 'War' and 'Tariffs'. He is positioned in front of a large viewing glass. Behind the glass the earth is desperately holding his hands to the glass while a machine drills a hole in Venezuela and a large claws grabs Greenland. Behind Trump stand someone from the UN (doing nothing), Usrsula von der Leyen from te EU (looking angrily at the plug that provides power to the activity center) and Mark Rutte (who smiles and is serving Trump a coke.).

Tjeerd Royaards

@royaards@newsie.social · last month

The immediate Greenland crisis seems averted, but which button will Lil' Dictator push next?

#Trump #Greenland #NATO #UN #Europe

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RememberUsAlways

@RememberUsAlways@newsie.social · 2 months ago

"Under the rules established by the #UN Charter, military action – the use of force – is only lawful if it has been authorised by a resolution from the UN Security Council (as outlined in Article 42 of the Charter), or if the state in question is acting in self-defence."
#Ukraine
#Gaza
#Venezuela
#UnitedNations
#NewsRewind
https://theconversation.com/venezuela-gaza-ukraine-is-the-un-failing-272703

RememberUsAlways

@RememberUsAlways@newsie.social · 2 months ago

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot · 2 months ago

🇺🇸 🇻🇪 🇺🇳 🗨️ "The Secretary-General is deeply alarmed by the recent escalation in #Venezuela, culminating with today’s United States military action in the country, which has potential worrying implications for the region. Independently of the situation in Venezuela, these developments constitute a dangerous precedent. The Secretary-General continues to emphasize the importance of full respect—by all—of international law, including the #UN Charter."

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/01/1166698

#Maduro #UnitedNations

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@moritzbhv.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · 2 months ago

Colombian President #GustavoPetro calls for #UN to meet "immediately" after explosions heard in #Caracas. #Venezuela #Colombia

Moritz #Ukraine Supporter 🌊🌊🌊

@moritzbhv.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · 2 months ago

Colombian President #GustavoPetro calls for #UN to meet "immediately" after explosions heard in #Caracas. #Venezuela #Colombia

Michael Downey 🧢

@downey@floss.social · 3 months ago

🇺🇳 Statement by #UN Secretary-General Guterres:

"I strongly condemn today's unauthorized entry into the UN Sheikh Jarrah compound held by #UNWRA in #OccupiedEastJerusalem by Israeli authorities.

This compound is inviolable & immune from any other form of interference.

I urge #Israel to immediately take all necessary steps to restore, preserve & uphold the inviolability of UNRWA premises & to refrain from taking any further action with regard to these premises."

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166530