62 journalists killed in 2020, just for doing their jobs: UNESCO
In 2020 alone, according to UN cultural agency UNESCO, which works to protect media workers, 62 journalists were killed just for doing their jobs. Between 2006 and 2020, over 1,200 professionals lost...
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Multiple mediation efforts are underway in Sudan one week after the military seized power, UN Special Representative for the country, Volker Perthes, told journalists...
UNAIDS upholds decriminalization, access to services, on International Drug Users’ Day
People who use drugs should not be criminalized, the UN agency leading the global fight to stamp out HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) said on...
As the world on Monday passed yet another sombre pandemic milestone – five million lives lost to COVID-19 – Secretary-General António Guterres called on...
Risky business: Why Sustainability is now Central to Mitigating Risk
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Nov 01 (IPS) – The Middle East Green Initiative launched in Saudi Arabia last month was hailed by the UN’s deputy...
COP26: Enough of ‘treating nature like a toilet’ – Guterres brings stark call for climate action to Glasgow
As the World Leaders Summit opened on day two of COP26, UN chief António Guterres sent a stark message to the international community. “We...
After a 20-Month Lockdown, UN Plans to Return to Near-Normal by Mid-November
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 01 (IPS) – The United Nations, which suffered a pandemic lockdown over the last 20 months– with most staffers tele-working from...
The eyes of the world are on Glasgow, Scotland, as the United Nations climate summit known as COP26 opens with UN diplomats and politicians...
Reducing methane emissions vital for climate action, but not ‘get out of jail free card’
A new reporting hub to reduce methane emissions – a powerful greenhouse gas responsible for at least a quarter of global warming – was...
Record greenhouse gas concentrations have pushed the planet into uncharted territory, with repercussions likely for current and future generations, warned the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) this Sunday. Read the full...
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