With humanitarian needs in Syria at their highest levels since the start of the civil war more than 11 years ago, UN Secretary-General António...
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With eight months remaining, the window of opportunity is closing for South Sudan to meet critical benchmarks required to complete its transition away from...
Lebanon: $3.2 billion plan launched to support local families and refugees
The Lebanese Government, the United Nations and partners on Monday announced a $3.2 billion appeal for the country to address ongoing impacts from the...
NEW YORK, Jun 20 (IPS) – The Islamic Republic of Iran faces widespread anti-government protests amid an economic crisis while doing little to ease...
The UN World Food Programme, WFP, said on Monday that it will have no choice but to make further food ration cuts soon for...
War in Ukraine Triggers New International Non-Alignment Trend
CARACAS, Jun 20 (IPS) – Numerous countries of the developing South are distancing themselves from the contenders in the war in Ukraine, using the...
Plastic Pollution Will Kill All of Us!
Seoul, Tokyo, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Jun 20 (IPS) – This opinion piece is the second in a series written by learners from middle and...
Who Should Be the Next UN Climate Change Head?
NEW YORK, Jun 20 (IPS) – With Patricia Espinosa due to step down in a few weeks’ time as head of the UN’s climate...
The Secretary-General strongly condemned on Sunday, an attack in Kidal, a city in northern Mali, against a convoy of UN peacekeepers that claimed the...
The Battle for Covid-19 Vaccines: the Rich Prevail Over the Poor
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 20 (IPS) – The 164-member World Trade Organization (WTO) has implicitly rubber-stamped a widely-condemned policy of “vaccine apartheid” which has discriminated...
If the UN COP17 Is Serious About Biodiversity, It Needs to Follow the Money 
‘Prioritize Social Inclusion as Rapid Transformations Risk Leaving Millions Behind’ 
Finding Silver Linings Amid Haze of Climatic Uncertainty 
Could your brain data be used against you? UN calls for limits on neurotechnology