First Person: ‘I rescued over 1000 trafficking victims’
A human trafficking expert at the United Nations has told UN News how she was instrumental in saving over 1000 trafficking victims, mainly in...
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Governments, cities, companies, and communities around the world are taking action to address a significant and growing threat to wildlife, including many species of...
Ukraine war squeezes food supplies, drives up prices, threatens vulnerable nations
Kicking off a three-day meeting on Friday on the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its wider impact on food and energy prices,...
Recent deep cuts to overseas aid budgets by governments, will have “direct, negative impacts” on the ability of the world to reach the 2030...
Unity among nations, in push for greater space security at UN-led talks
A new UN-led push to prevent an arms race in outer space has received wide-ranging support and participation from civil society and Member States...
‘Coalition of the willing’ to ensure healthy diets from sustainable food systems
Ensuring everyone has access to a healthy diet is among the goals of a UN-backed initiative launched on Friday in line with efforts to...
Massive Deforestation in the Congo Basin Will Lead to Poverty
YAOUNDÉ, May 13 (IPS) – Sylvie Djacbou Deugoue is Forest Campaigner with Greenpeace Africa and a 2022 Aspen New Voices Fellow.Growing up amid under...
Humanitarians continue to call for scaling up assistance in the Horn of Africa, where the worst drought in 40 years is affecting some 15...
Ukraine: Amid fresh Russian claims, no trace of secret bioweapons programme
Amid new claims by Moscow of a covert biological weapons programme in Ukraine, the Director of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) affirmed on Friday that the...
One Hundred Years On, Argentine State Acknowledges Indigenous Massacre in Trial
BUENOS AIRES, May 13 (IPS) – It’s a strange trial, with no defendants. The purpose is not to hand down a conviction, but to...
Security Council LIVE: Rising tensions in Gaza, West Bank 
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