Two children killed in airstrike on Tigray refugee camp
“Refugees are not and should never be a target”, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Thursday, following reports of a deadly...
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Environmental Disasters Creating More Migrants Within Countries – Podcast
KATHMANDU, Jan 05 (IPS) – In the final months of 2021 you likely saw countless media reports of migrant men, women and children getting...
Fifty-five journalists and media professionals were killed last year, latest UN data showed on Thursday, with nearly nine in 10 killings since 2006 still unresolved. Read the full story,...
UN urges restraint in Kazakhstan, with dozens reportedly killed
Amid alarming reports of deadly violence in Kazakhstan, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Asia have called for...
COVID-19: New Year brings renewed WHO appeal for vaccine equity
The highest number of COVID-19 cases so far in the pandemic were reported last week across the globe, the head of the World Health...
The UN’s benchmark food and commodity prices index rose sharply on average through 2021, compared with the previous year, the Food and Agriculture Organization...
NEW YORK, Jan 06 (IPS) – Unless the Republicans and Democrats put the nation above their party and personal interests, our democracy will face...
A Fast-Spreading Pandemic has Reduced an Additional 100 Million People into Poverty
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 06 (IPS) – The UN’s highly-ambitious goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 has been severely undermined by a rash of...
Each day ‘a new adventure’ for UN humanitarian air service worker
“Every day is a new adventure”, as part of the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) in Syria, according to a young staff member who helps aid workers check in, board and fly safely between the capital, Damascus, and her home...
UN disarmament chief urges Syria to come clean on chemical weapons
Syria’s declaration of its chemical weapons programme cannot be considered accurate due to gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs told the Security Council on Wednesday. Read...
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