UN chief appeals: ‘Forge a path to safety’ during a 4-day Holy Week humanitarian truce
This year, Orthodox Holy Week is being observed under a “cloud of a war” that totally negates the Easter message of unity, the UN...
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Young people key for COVID recovery and a sustainable future
Youth activism has been “pushing the world forward,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet told Day 1 of the Economic and Social...
Migrants and Health Workers Play Complex ‘Game’ on Europe’s Fringes
Bihać, Bosnia, Apr 19 (IPS) – Supported by the European Journalism Centre*Responding to several shouts Viraj emerges from the ruins of his shelter in...
Ukraine: Security Council urged to ‘put aside’ divisions, end ‘senseless war’
As five million people have already fled Ukraine and another seven million are displaced internally, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements...
Invading Russian forces have almost completely destroyed Mariupol, a port city in southern Ukraine. Former resident Alina Beskrovna recalled to UN News, a month-long ordeal sheltering...
NEW YORK, Apr 19 (IPS) – “The war in Ukraine is a European …and a Christian… matter… It does not require the involvement of...
Ukraine: Aid agencies step up relief deliveries as humanitarian situation worsens
Amidst devastating Russian shelling and attacks on health care facilities and personnel, UN aid agencies said on Tuesday that they continue to mobilize inside...
Sri Lankan Economic Crisis Inflicted by Self-Serving Elite
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 19 (IPS) – Once deemed a basic human needs success story, Sri Lanka (SL) is now in its worst...
African-born advocate and refugee, reflects on being a Black woman in the US
On the heels of Black History Month in February, Women’s History Month in March and the appointment of the first Black female Justice to...
The United Nations commended on Monday a new signed Action Plan to safeguard children affected by armed conflict in Yemen. Read the full story,...
Gaza winter aid: ‘No more delay’, Fletcher tells governments stalling on support 
Protecting the Climate Means Protecting Territorial Rights 
I Sustain My Accusation 
‘The War Must Stop’: Nobel Peace Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk on the Urgent Need to Protect Ukraine’s Women and Children