Ahead of the UN Climate Conference COP26, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Thursday it was time now to act, and put “empty speeches, broken promises, and...
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Greater global solidarity needed to achieve peace and security for Africa
The deputy UN chief on Thursday emphasized the “vital importance” of peace and security in Africa, thanking ambassadors in the Security Council for helping...
Any End to This Suicidal War? (I) The Destruction of the Web of Life
MADRID, Oct 28 (IPS) – Can yet another dispendious world gathering find a way to halt the ongoing suicidal war on Nature, which is...
Green industrial policies will be critical for developing countries to adapt to climate change, UN trade and development body UNCTAD said in a report...
UN commits to long-term support for Afghan mothers and newborns: Najaba’s story
The delivery of reproductive health services, including safe childbirth, has been seriously impacted in Afghanistan, due to the turmoil surrounding the Taliban takeover of...
PENANG, Malaysia, Oct 28 (IPS) – It is well-known that all the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) added together, even those that have been updated,...
How well do you know the UN climate conference and the big issues under discussion? Here’s your chance to test your knowledge, with our...
Victims of trafficking by terrorist groups are too often being punished instead of protected, a human rights expert warned the General Assembly this Wednesday. Read the full...
Although the outcome of the latest meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Committee was “a disappointment”, members must continue their vital work, the UN Special Envoy for the...
Transforming Food Systems To Defeat Hunger
ROME, Oct 27 (IPS) – Mario Lubetkin is Assistant Director General at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)During October, the...
UN chief, Red Cross renew call for rules on lethal autonomous weapons 
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