Sudan: Blood on Foreign Powers’ Hands
LONDON, September 21 (IPS) – Sudan’s civil war grinds on. It’s close to three and a half years since the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)...
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US Visas for Ruthless Autocrats to Address UN– but not for Palestinian Leaders
UNITED NATIONS, September 21 (IPS) – When Yasser Arafat was denied a US visa for his second visit to New York to address the...
The right to development: Why equity, not charity, is a human right
Compare two children born in the same year: one in a country with functioning schools, social services, fair elections and a dynamic economy and...
United Nations Least Developed Country Category – Curse or Boon?
SYDNEY, September 21 (IPS) – The UN General Assembly will soon vote – most likely favourably – on Bangladesh’s request to postpone the country’s...
The race to build a pandemic-proof world
Six years after COVID-19 killed millions, battered health systems, disrupted lives and brought the global economy to a virtual standstill, the world is still...
Why the UN General Assembly still matters
More than eight decades on, the UN General Assembly remains the place where the UN’s 193 Member States come together to debate the defining...
UN Crime Congress: Technology is transforming crime – and the response to it
Sitting in her Vienna office ahead of a pivotal UN gathering in Abu Dhabi, Monica Juma is focused on a simple reality: crime has...
Less than 4 years from development goals deadline, progress shows what’s possible
For Benin, making progress on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has meant finding new ways to finance development. Read the full story, “Less...
Women and girls pay high price in DR Congo Ebola outbreak
The deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has taken a disproportionate toll on women and girls, many of whom...
Sexual violence against civilians and POW’s in Ukraine widespread and ‘abhorrent’
Over 1,000 cases of sexual violence against civilians and prisoners of war (POWs) in Ukraine have been documented from the start of Russia’s invasion...
COP17: The world has a plan to save nature. Is it working? 
Flour sacks turned flood barriers: Gaza faces another winter without safe shelter 
WHO scales up Ebola readiness in 22 countries across three continents 
Ukraine: Civilian casualty rates among ‘deadliest’ in years, as energy attacks intensify