The Asia and Pacific region’s economic recovery from COVID and other global shocks, must be anchored in an inclusive “new social contract”, to protect...
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Tackling the Pandemic of Inequality in Asia and the Pacific
BANGKOK, Thailand, Apr 12 (IPS) – After two years of human devastation, the world is learning to live with COVID-19 while trying to balance...
Africa Commits to Green Recovery from COVID-19 Amid Daunting Challenges
KIGALI, Apr 12 (IPS) – Climate change activist Mithika Mwenda, the Executive Director of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), is not reluctant...
Why Africa is Divided Over the Russia-Ukraine War?
NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 12 (IPS) – While the West has closed its ranks in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the response in...
China Debt Traps in the New Cold War
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 12 (IPS) – As China increases lending to other developing countries, ‘debt trap’ charges are growing quickly. As it...
Ukraine war: Trauma ‘risks destroying a generation’, Security Council hears
Increasing reports of sexual violence and human trafficking in Ukraine – allegedly committed against women and children in the context of massive displacement and...
Decrying the erosion of democracy in Brazil, a UN expert has called for authorities to create and maintain a safe environment conducive to the...
The basic rights of older persons need to be protected today, more than ever before, said the UN human rights chief on Monday, but...
Oman has become the 100th country to ratify a 2006 treaty that protects the rights, pay and conditions of seafarers – a milestone that was...
COVID-19 vaccine access in conflict areas remains critical
Although safe and effective COVID-19 vaccinations are available, the pandemic is still far from over, and countries affected by conflict are in danger of...
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I Sustain My Accusation 
‘The War Must Stop’: Nobel Peace Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk on the Urgent Need to Protect Ukraine’s Women and Children