Announcing the donation of up to 60 million COVID-19 vaccines to the UN-led COVAX facility, Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s Prime Minister, said that his country...
Hungary’s Foreign Minister on Thursday evening called for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and warned that without it, “massive waves of migrants will hit the...
A decade of war in Syria has left more 350,200 people dead, High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet told the Human Rights Council on Friday, noting...
After a month-long political crisis, Lebanon has embarked on a new phase that will “hopefully mark a promising step on the path of recovery”,...
Ensuring all Afghan girls can be educated must be “a zero condition” for the Taliban, before international recognition of their de facto authority, UN...
The President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas on Friday called on the UN Secretary-General to convene an international peace conference and said that to ensure that this initiative is not open-ended, Israel must withdraw...
Replacing Monopolies with Impact Rewards
Sep 24 (IPS) – Impact Funds would make the business of innovation more cost-effective and enable a triple win for the potential beneficiaries of...
Scientific Panel’s Scoping Report Instructive for Global Food Systems Transformation
DOMINICA, Sep 24 (IPS) – On September 10th, on a sweltering summer afternoon, three fishers drove a van around the residential community of Castle...
Cyprus President determined to get negotiation with Turkey process back on track
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades told UN Member States on Friday that he is determined “to set the negotiation process” with Turkey “back on track”, on the basis of the UN framework and the...
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday that she continues to be alarmed by “persistent allegations” of “widespread and systematic torture” of protesters...
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