General Assembly President at Palau conference, outlines key ocean health measures
Addressing the Our Ocean Conference in Palau on Thursday, the President of the UN General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, urged the international community to expand...
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West Africa: WFP working to feed millions amid record hunger, rising costs
The conflict in Ukraine is driving up global food and fuel prices which is affecting efforts to feed millions in West Africa, where hunger...
Africa experiencing longest-running decline in COVID-19 infections
COVID-19 cases in Africa have fallen for the past 16 weeks, and deaths have dropped during the last eight, marking the longest-running decline in...
ECW, Strategic Partners Bring Relief to Child Refugees Fleeing Ukrainian Conflict
Nairobi, Apr 14 (IPS) – A brutal war now engulfs the young lives of an estimated 7.5 million children in Ukraine. Caught in the...
More than 870,000 people who fled abroad since the Russian invasion on 24 February, have now returned to Ukraine, UN humanitarians said in their latest emergency...
Climate Risk Insurance in Pacific Small Island Developing States: Possibilities, Challenges and Vulnerabilities
CANBERRA, Australia, Apr 14 (IPS) – The World Bank lists Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga,...
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 14 (IPS) – UN Secretary-General at a Press Conference to Launch a new report on the global impact of the ongoing...
Justice critical to fighting sexual violence in conflict
Women’s rights are human rights, and universal in times of war and peace, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, urging...
UNHCR calls for better oversight of UK ‘Homes for Ukraine’ scheme
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has highlighted the need for “adequate safeguards” and vetting measures to be put in place against the possible exploitation of Ukrainian...
Ukraine war a crisis impacting us all: Guterres
On Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres presented the first detailed policy brief to be issued by the Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy...
WHO calls for urgent health action across the Eastern Mediterranean 
Yemen: WFP warns of potential ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ as fighting blocks aid delivery 
Security Council LIVE: Libya in the spotlight amid ‘encouraging progress’ 
Health workers tackle taboos over drinking with new AI tool