With just seven weeks to go before the end of the year, the World Health Organization (WHO) is asking Member States to immediately establish a high-level working group, to reach...
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Wednesday’s announcement that China and the United States have agreed to collaborate more closely on climate action was hailed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres...
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Nov 10 (IPS) – With the UN climate change conference – COP26 – continuing this week in Glasgow, it’s obvious that...
Nearly 240 million children worldwide, or one in 10, live with disabilities and experience deprivation in indicators such as health, education and protection, according to a new report released by the...
Salaries for Afghanistan health workers sends ‘message of hope’ to millions
By the time the Taliban took over Afghanistan in mid-August, at the main hospital in Maidan Shar, a city of 35,000 in the center...
Woman Police Officer of the Year represents ‘best of the United Nations’
This year’s UN Woman Police Offer of the Year Award was officially handed over to Superintendent Sangya Malla on Tuesday, for her groundbreaking work...
Diversity should be viewed as a powerful benefit, rather than a threat, particularly in countries experiencing conflict, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, during a Security Council debate focused on the...
Efforts to boost COVID-19 vaccine production should be matched by access to the syringes needed to inject them – and there could even be...
Women bear the brunt of the climate crisis, COP26 highlights
Women took the global stage on Tuesday to show that climate change isn’t gender neutral, and that climate action needs them: investing in women...
COP26 Adapting to the Climate Crisis
OTTAWA, Canada, Nov 09 (IPS) – Look up any map showing today’s global humanitarian crises and you’ll find it awash in red alerts more...
Land degradation is costing far more than restoring: UN deputy chief 
Rohingyas in Myanmar suffering ‘heartbreaking’ misery and cruelty 
As wars spread, the global food system unravels 
One million children in Afghanistan face deadly malnutrition