6 in 7 People Worldwide Experience High Levels of Insecurity – Why?
MADRID, Feb 27 (IPS) – Safety and security are at the base of the ‘hierarchy of needs’ pyramid, second in importance only to life’s...
Limiting the damage: UN helps policy-makers tackle climate change
As extreme weather events become commonplace, threatening communities and economies across the world, the UN is helping policy-makers and leaders by projecting the impact...
We must ‘learn from history’, UN Human Rights Council President says
As the conflict in Ukraine deepens and the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva is gearing up to hold...
In full costume and make-up, drag queen Madame Bonjour JohnJ, is teaching children that it’s ok to be different, during storytelling sessions in their...
Secretary-General António Guterres has announced that the UN will launch an appeal to fund its humanitarian operations in Ukraine, amid reports on Saturday of...
Three million Ukrainians already in need – with future repercussions ‘spooling out’ before our eyes
Even before the recent events that “convulsed the world” last week, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator reminded that an eight-year-long conflict in Eastern Ukraine...
A UN project, in association with one of India’s leading clean energy companies, is training women salt farmers in the Indian state of Gujarat...
Russia blocks Security Council action on Ukraine
Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Friday that would have demanded that Moscow immediately stop its aggression against Ukraine and withdraw all...
The President of the UN General Assembly appealed on Friday for greater global solidarity to vaccinate the entire world against COVID-19. Read the...
Without climate action, extreme weather will trigger global humanitarian needs
The impact of extreme weather on Madagascar is an example of the “runaway humanitarian needs” the world will face, unless it takes action to...
Women and girls pay high price in DR Congo Ebola outbreak 
Less than 4 years from development goals deadline, progress shows what’s possible 
Sexual violence against civilians and POW’s in Ukraine widespread and ‘abhorrent’ 
‘Violence will only defer a problem’: UN Assembly President on trust, AI and lessons from the Rohingya crisis