‘Violence will only defer a problem’: UN Assembly President on trust, AI and lessons from the Rohingya crisis
Khalilur Rahman took the gavel as President of the UN General Assembly’s 81st session amid what he calls a crisis of confidence in the...
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Security Council LIVE: UN peacekeeping under pressure
UN peacekeepers have increasingly been sent into places where there is no peace to keep – under resourced, outgunned and exposed to violence they...
Nepal floods: ‘Apocalyptic’ destruction signals wider climate threat across Himalayas
The catastrophic flooding that swept away entire villages in northern Nepal could occur again in the country or elsewhere in the Himalayas due to...
Yemen’s humanitarian crisis growing by the hour amid spike in displacement
People displaced by the renewed fighting in Yemen have described fleeing for their lives amid shelling and gunfire, aid agencies reported on Friday, while...
Haiti: Child malnutrition crisis worsens amid escalating violence
Haiti is facing a worsening child malnutrition crisis, with an estimated 253,725 children aged 6 to 59 months projected to suffer from acute malnutrition...
The Connection Between Urbanization and Poverty: How Cities Can Reduce Poverty – Or Deepen It
UNITED NATIONS, September 18 (IPS) – Urbanization can help concentrate jobs, services, and investments; however, it can also concentrate unaffordable housing, insecure employment, and...
New UN system platform puts millions of data points at users’ fingertips, says Guterres
How do you make sense of a world facing interconnected crises, from poverty and hunger to climate change, if the facts are scattered across...
Outpacing Foreign Aid, Migrant Remittances Are a Lifeline Ensuring Families Are Fed and Healthy, Says IFAD
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, September 18 (IPS) – Migrants now send home more money than foreign aid, and this is pulling rural families out of poverty,...
The Cost of Excluding Refugees
NAIROBI, Kenya, September 18 (IPS) – For the young women I met through Global Give Back Circle’s HER Lab in Kenya, displacement was not...
WHO Launches New Global Health Strategy for Childhood Cancer Medications
UNITED NATIONS, September 18 (IPS) – When a child is diagnosed with cancer, their chances of survival should not depend on where they live,...
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