ECW Interviews Three Inspiring #Youth4EiE Advocates on International Youth Day
Ecuador, Malawi, Lebanon, Aug 12 (IPS) – On this International Youth Day, ECW interviewed three inspiring #Youth4EiE Advocates – Nataly Rivas, Angela Abizera, and...
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The Hunger Factory (II): The Modern Horsemen of the Apocalypse
MADRID, Aug 12 (IPS) – While often too quickly attributing -quasi exclusively- the world unprecedented hunger tragedy to the current proxy war in Ukraine,...
On 14 August 2021 a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, destroying, or rendering uninhabitable tens of thousands of houses across three departments in the...
From the Field: Young Fijians work with older generation for a sustainable future
On the island nation of Fiji, young people are working in solidarity with their elders, benefiting from their knowledge and experience to protect the...
Vessel to collect first humanitarian wheat shipment under Ukraine grain deal
A UN-chartered vessel should soon arrive at the Ukrainian port of Yuzhny, also known as Pivdennyi, to collect wheat that will help feed millions of...
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, announced on Friday that the High Commissioner will travel over the weekend to Bangladesh. Read the full story,...
‘Immensely bleak’ future for Afghanistan unless massive human rights reversal, experts warn
The international community must dramatically increase efforts to urge the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to adhere to basic human rights principles, a group...
United States: Concrete actions needed to ‘lay the scourge of racism to rest’ – UN expert
UN-appointed independent human rights experts commended the United States on Friday for adopting the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, but asked about measures being taken to...
International Youth Day celebrates “the power of partnerships across generations,” the UN chief said in his message for the day. Read the full story,...
The United Nations humanitarian agency (OCHA) warned on Friday that at nearly $34 billion, the funding shortfall for aid operations is the biggest it’s...
Gaza: 340 children killed despite ceasefire agreement – UNICEF 
Security Council LIVE: Sudan’s war spreads as drones and hunger take a deadly toll 
Guterres urges faster action and financing to stop biodiversity loss 
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