UN Deeply Troubled by Impending Cuts on Development Aid by Rich Nations
UNITED NATIONS, May 30 (IPS) – The four-month-old Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has triggered a hefty increase in military spending among Western nations...
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UN rights chief concludes China trip with promise of improved relations
At the end of her official visit to China, the first such trip in 17 years, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet announced new areas...
People for Peace: Breaking prison barriers in Central African Republic
Women are often “placed second or even ignored” when they are employed as corrections officers in prisons and other detention centres, according to Téné...
Sahel should be seen as region of ‘opportunity’ despite ‘multiple crises’
The Sahel region of Africa should be considered a region of opportunity. despite the “multiple crises” that people there are enduring; that’s according to...
COVID and Discrimination Aggravated Maternal Mortality in Latin America
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 28 (IPS) – Brazil had the dubious distinction of champion of maternal mortality in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Every day, United Nations peacekeepers work to protect millions of vulnerable people in increasingly dangerous places in the world’s most fragile political contexts. Read...
5 things you should know about the UN Ocean Conference, a chance to save the planet’s largest ecosystem
The Ocean is the planet’s largest ecosystem, regulating the climate, and providing livelihoods for billions. But its health is in danger. The second UN...
More countries must “think resilience”, and urgently adopt and improve early warning systems to reduce risks from an increasing number of disasters across the...
Amid growing insecurity and gang violence in Haiti, the numbers of desperate people resorting to risky sea crossings has sharply increased. On Friday the...
Weathering a ‘Perfect Storm’ of Cascading Crises
GENEVA, May 27 (IPS) – Rebeca Grynspan is Secretary-General of UNCTADClimate change, COVID-19, the war in Ukraine – these crises threaten to derail development...
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