Time to negotiate end to ‘unwinnable’ war in Ukraine, Guterres declares
It’s time for a diplomatic solution to be found to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, amidst signs of hope that progress can be made...
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Water & Sanitation Crisis Escalates as Yemenis Mark World Water Day
IBB Governorate, Yemen, Mar 22 (IPS) – As Yemen enters its 8th year of an escalating conflict, 21.7 million of my fellow Yemenis are...
Zimbabwe Crackdown on NGOs Could Impact Election Observation
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE, Mar 22 (IPS) – Zimbabwe is pressing ahead with a controversial bill that critics say seeks to criminalise the operations of nongovernmental...
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Mar 22 (IPS) – In an opinion piece published in PassBlue on 15 March 2022, historian Stephen Schlesinger asked, “Where is the...
The UN’s top rights official said on Monday that amidst a “profound crisis” facing access to basic human rights in Myanmar following the coup in...
New UN report looks underfoot, to solve global water crises
While groundwater accounts for 99 per cent of all running freshwater on Earth, it is often undervalued, mismanaged, and overexploited, according to a report...
First Person: Witnessing the pain of Ukraine refugees wrenched apart
The UN has helped tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees to cross into Poland and other neighbouring countries. Chris Melzer, spokesperson for the UN...
South Sudan: ‘hellish existence’ for women and girls, new UN report reveals
Widespread sexual violence against women and girls in conflict is being fueled by systemic impunity, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South...
UN chief warns against ‘sleepwalking to climate catastrophe’
The goal to limit future warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, highlighted in the Paris Agreement on climate change, and driven home in last November’s COP26,...
More than 2 attacks a day on Ukraine health facilities; 6.5 million now internally displaced
As the total forced to flee their homes in Ukraine rises above 10 million, attacks on healthcare facilities there due to Russia’s continuing bombardment...
UN Secretary General Expresses Sadness Over Lives Lost in Nepal-Tibet Flash Floods 
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