Gender Sensitivity Key to Achieving Climate Justice
Toronto, May 27 (IPS) – While the climate crisis affects virtually every aspect of life, its impacts are not felt equally. Read the full...
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Food Banks are Early Warning Systems for Emerging Food Crises, but also a Key Solution
CHICAGO, USA, May 27 (IPS) – For months, the specter of a global hunger crisis has been looming. The war in Ukraine is a...
Resolve the conflict, don’t just manage it, top envoy tells Israelis, Palestinians
Israelis and Palestinians must push beyond the paradigm of managing the conflict and move towards resolving it, the Special Coordinator for the Middle...
‘Protracted political impasse’ further polarizing Libya
Despite UN efforts, political, economic and security deadlock continues in Libya, the UN political affairs chief told the Security Council on Thursday, adding that...
Afghan authorities urged to address serious human rights challenges
Afghanistan is at a crossroads and the de facto authorities, the Taliban, must pursue a path towards stability and freedom for all citizens, especially...
Climate Change Poses Risks: COP27 Presents Unique Opportunity for Africa
UNITED NATIONS, May 26 (IPS) – Ambassador Maria de Jesus dos Reis Ferreira was appointed in February 2018 as the Permanent Representative of Angola...
African nations leading the way on ‘food systems transformation’: Guterres
African countries are at the vanguard of a vital transformation of food systems to simultaneously address food security, nutrition, social and environmental protection – all...
5 ways UN Peacekeeping partnerships drive peace and development
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...
What We Know About Mass School Shootings in the US – and the Gunmen Who Carry Them Out
May 26 (IPS) – When the Columbine High School massacre took place in 1999 it was seen as a watershed moment in the United...
Peacekeepers’ Day ceremony honours service and sacrifice of UN blue helmets
The United Nations paid tribute to the men and women serving under its flag in some of the most dangerous places in the world...
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Beyond the Horizon: Raising a Generation to Protect the Blue Pacific 
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