Ukraine: WFP teams up with Uber, in boost for pinpoint aid deliveries
If you’re a Ukrainian living in a hard-to-reach part of a city under fire, the chances of the UN being able to get lifesaving...
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‘Revitalize our seas’ UN chief urges on World Oceans Day
Ensuring a healthy and productive ocean that serves the whole planet, is a “collective responsibility” that can only be fulfilled by working together, the...
Act now to end food, energy and finance crisis, Guterres urges world leaders
Ripple effects from the war in Ukraine have generated a severe cost-of-living crisis which no country or community can escape, UN Secretary-General António Guterres...
Monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic countries warns Tedros; calls for more testing, vaccines to end COVID pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on Wednesday that monkeypox infections in non-endemic countries have passed the 1,000 mark and the risk of it becoming...
War & Peace 2.0: Ukraine Showing the World How to Fight Back
NEW DELHI, India, Jun 08 (IPS) – It has been over 100 days since Russia first invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, turning the...
Food exports must keep flowing worldwide, FAO chief urges
As part of ongoing international efforts to address growing concerns over global food security linked to the war in Ukraine, a top UN official on...
African Solutions to African Problems: Reframing Science Innovation
DURBAN, South Africa, Jun 08 (IPS) – Africa is plagued by many epidemics — from tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS to malaria and wild polio —...
INTERVIEW: ‘Deliver the care our ocean needs – together’, urge co-hosts of UN conference
World Oceans Day marked on 8 June, reminds us of the significant role oceans have in everyday life. Moreover, the 2022 theme – Revitalization:...
A veteran Hungarian diplomat was appointed President of the forthcoming session of the UN General Assembly during an official ceremony in New York on...
Safe food is one of the most critical guarantors for good health, the UN said on Tuesday – the fourth global World Food Safety...
Beyond the Horizon: Raising a Generation to Protect the Blue Pacific 
Once upon a time, insects had 24 legs 
Microbes might get freeze-dried on the moon’s south pole 
Land degradation is costing far more than restoring: UN deputy chief