Haiti: UN sounds alarm over worsening gang violence across Port-au-Prince
The UN human rights office said on Saturday it was deeply concerned by worsening violence in and around the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and rising...
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A safe space for Venezuela’s indigenous women
Venezuela’s rural, remote, indigenous communities have been particularly affected by COVID-19 and the country’s socio-economic crisis; community gardens help Wayúu women from Rio Negro...
Following two years of virtual meetings due to COVID-19, the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) closed on Friday at UN Headquarters...
The head of the UN Country Team in Sri Lanka has urged senior politicians to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in line with...
Hundreds of Millions of Human Workers Treated Worse than Robots
MADRID, Jul 14 (IPS) – While the world’s big private business pours billions of dollars in producing automatic machines and assuring their optimal functioning,...
Champion young people as ‘drivers of change’, UN chief urges
Young people must be recognized around the world as “drivers of change” and empowered to become “fully engaged in decisions affecting their future,” said...
COVID-19 fuels slowest rate of childhood vaccination in three decades, leaving millions at risk
Official data published by UN agencies on Friday shows the largest sustained decline in childhood vaccination rates in approximately 30 years, with 25 million...
South Africa ‘on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence’, UN experts warn
A group of independent UN human rights experts have condemned reports of escalating violence targeting foreign nationals in South Africa, and called for accountability...
Achieving the SDGs in Extraordinary Times
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 15 (IPS) – The start of the “Decade of Action” to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has also...
The conviction of an Iranian official by a Swedish court for his part in the mass execution and torture of political prisoners was welcomed...
Europe’s Hera mission is ready to double down on asteroid science 
Gaza winter aid: ‘No more delay’, Fletcher tells governments stalling on support 
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