BERLIN, May 16 (IPS) – The landmark land tenure decision by parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in 2019 offers a...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday appealed for greater harmony one day after 10 people were killed, and three wounded, in a racist attack...
Youths’ Strident Voices Demand an End to Child Labour
Durban, May 15 (IPS) – Children’s voices took centre stage at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, which kicked off...
Alarm Bells for Africa, Child Labour in Agriculture Requires Urgent Action
Durban, May 15 (IPS) – “We want to address child labour in a way that it empowers the parents to take care of their...
Building peace, one project at a time in Colombia
A group of former combatants with the FARC rebel group in Colombia have been reflecting on five years of peace and community building in...
Investigations must be held into the actions of the Israeli security forces, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Saturday, calling...
First Person: ‘I rescued over 1000 trafficking victims’
A human trafficking expert at the United Nations has told UN News how she was instrumental in saving over 1000 trafficking victims, mainly in...
Governments, cities, companies, and communities around the world are taking action to address a significant and growing threat to wildlife, including many species of...
Ukraine war squeezes food supplies, drives up prices, threatens vulnerable nations
Kicking off a three-day meeting on Friday on the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its wider impact on food and energy prices,...
Recent deep cuts to overseas aid budgets by governments, will have “direct, negative impacts” on the ability of the world to reach the 2030...
UN fact-finding mission on Iran focuses on plight of civilians 
Gender equality woefully off track, new UN report reveals 
World News in Brief: Winter aid for Gaza, West Bank; Haiti food production; migrant deaths at sea; human rights funding 
Yemen escalation displaces more than 57,000 children: UNICEF