US plan to increase refugee resettlement welcomed by UNHCR
United States President Joe Biden’s proposal to raise the target for refugee resettlement there in the coming fiscal year to 125,000 people, has been...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sep 21 (IPS) – As developing countries struggle to cope with the pandemic, they risk being set back further by restrictive...
“We will continue to stand in solidarity with all victims of terrorism. They will not be forgotten”: that was the message from UN Counter-Terrorism chief Vladimir Voronkov on Monday, at a...
UNESCO hails return of looted ancient Gilgamesh tablet to Iraq
The Gilgamesh Dream Tablet – one of the oldest surviving literary works in history – is to be returned to Iraq by the United...
Despite the economic devastation wrought by COVID-19, the new technology sector continued to thrive and prosper last year, the UN’s intellectual property agency said...
NEW DELHI, India, Sep 20 (IPS) – Last year, as the world grappled to survive the Covid-19 Pandemic, Megan Fernandas an accountant living in...
Food Experts’ Expectations for Global Food Systems Transformation
DOMINICA, Sep 20 (IPS) – Dubbed ‘the People’s Summit, the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) hopes to put the world back on a...
Call for ‘decisive action now’ to avoid climate catastrophe
Speaking alongside the UK Prime Minister in New York on Monday the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has called on world leaders for “decisive action now to avert...
World leaders, BTS, join Guterres in call to get SDGs back on track
The world “is challenged like never before”, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, but the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) still offer a roadmap to get back on track. Read the full story, “World leaders,...
Fundamental Changes Needed at UN Summit to Tackle Global Food Insecurity
BRIGHTON, UK, Sep 20 (IPS) – COVID-19 has exposed numerous fractures in global food systems that leave millions at risk of food insecurity. Like...
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