A surge in violence fuelled by heavily armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, prompted the UN rights chief on Tuesday to express her deep concern...
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Human rights must be at heart of solution to Sri Lanka crisis : A UN Resident Coordinator blog
The severe economic crisis in Sri Lanka shows no signs of ending any time soon, with the country’s newly installed Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe,...
Africa Expected to Strongly Support Durban Call to Action on Child Labour
Durban, May 17 (IPS) – Global goals to eradicate child labour will not be achieved without a breakthrough in Africa, where most of the...
Rescuing global goals, world’s ‘highest common priority’ – UN chief
For a world in crisis, rescuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “must be our highest common priority,” the UN chief told Member States on...
Floods Drive Urban Solutions in Brazilian Metropolis
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, May 17 (IPS) – “We do everything through parties, we don’t want power, we don’t want to take over the role...
Child Labour: No Quick End to Children Trapped in Tobacco Production
HONG KONG / LOME, May 17 (IPS) – Despite World Day Against Child Labour launched in 2002 by the International Labour Organization (ILO), little...
When Saviours Are the Problem
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 (IPS) – Central bank policies have often worsened economic crises instead of resolving them. By raising interest rates...
Minimal risk of monkeypox transmission in UK following confirmed case
Risk of monkeypox transmission in the United Kingdom is minimal following a confirmed case of the rare and sometimes fatal animal-bourne disease, the World...
First Person: I am a woman, a refugee, ‘I am who I am’
The UN migration agency, IOM, is running migrant centres across six provinces in Turkey as part of its refugee response, which provide migrants, refugees, and host community members, with...
Its Time To Globalise Compassion, Says Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi
Durban, May 16 (IPS) – “I have been talking to leaders of rich countries to address the problem of post-pandemic economic meltdown. We have to work for social...
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