UN General Assembly mandates meeting in wake of any Security Council veto
The UN General Assembly decided on Tuesday to automatically meet within 10 days, if the veto is used in the Security Council by one...
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Ukraine war: UN chief arrives for talks in Moscow as ‘messenger of peace’
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed the need to “keep alive the values of multilateralism” amid the war in Ukraine and its fallouts across...
Heightened security fears on Chernobyl disaster anniversary
On the 36th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine, the world is again concerned about the safety of nuclear power plants, amid the...
TEANECK, New Jersey, Apr 26 (IPS) – It was a long, harrowing road for Freshta and Shabaneh, two mothers (their names are pseudonyms) who...
Indigenous Women in Mexico Take United Stance Against Inequality
UAYMA, Mexico, Apr 26 (IPS) – Every other Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. sharp, a group of 26 Mexican women meet for an hour to...
The World Can Stop Capital Flight Now
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 26 (IPS) – Curbing capital flight from developing countries is long overdue. New sanctions against Russian oligarchs show this can...
Poor Water Distribution Infrastructure Gives Jamaica a ‘Water Scarce’ Label
Kingston, Jamaica, Apr 26 (IPS) – It will take billions of dollars and many years to fix a growing problem that has placed Jamaica...
Population and Development Commission: ‘Perfect Storm’ of crises take shape
Against the backdrop of shifting population demographics, conflicts, post-pandemic shocks and climate change, the developing world is on the brink of a “perfect storm”...
UN human rights experts urge United States to ease Afghanistan assets freeze
Alarmed by the critical humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, independent UN human rights experts called, on Monday, for the United States to end its freeze...
UN condemns ‘horrific’ surge of violence in South Sudan
Additional peacekeepers have been deployed to Leer county, South Sudan, following a surge of violence, including rapes, gang rapes, beheadings, burning civilians alive, and...
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