Ukraine: $1.7 billion appeal launched to help refugee exodus, host countries
Rockets have been “raining down” on Ukraine’s cities and hundreds of people have been killed or injured since the Russian military offensive began, the...
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South Sudan: Condemnation for attempted ambush on food convoy
A peacekeeper is in stable condition a day after being shot during an attempted ambush on a UN convoy in South Sudan, the UN...
Scrap harmful laws that increase discrimination, UNAIDS urges
Everyone has the right to live a healthy, full, and productive life with dignity, regardless of their HIV or other medical status, the UN...
Protect the defenders of the planet, UN rights chief urges
The world must be made a safer place for people working to protect the planet, who sometimes pay with their own lives for their...
UN humanitarians call on combatants to spare Ukraine civilians as aid ramps up
Well over 600,000 people have fled Ukraine in under a week, since Russia’s military offensive began, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday, as they issued...
UN Environment Assembly opens, sets sites on ending plastic pollution
Delegates were looking to advance a global agreement on plastic pollution, among a series of draft resolutions on biodiversity and health, green economy, and...
Human rights ‘inescapable and powerful’: Guterres
The answers to some of the world’s most pressing problems are rooted in human rights, UN Secretary-General António Guterres affirmed on Monday. Read the...
Before It Kills, War Whispers
ROME, Mar 01 (IPS) – A small yellow puppet hangs from the butt of a gun. The eyes and shorts of the figure that...
Inflation Targeting Voodoo
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 01 (IPS) – All over the world, people expect policies by central bankers trained in economics to have a...
Will Russia Follow USSR Expelled from League of Nations for Invading Finland in a Bygone Era?
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 01 (IPS) – The Russian Federation, condemned worldwide for invading a founding member of the United Nations– and violating the UN...
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