From K-Pop heroes to net zero: 5 things to look out for at UNGA 76
The 76th session of the UN General Assembly is due to begin on 14 September, and it will be very different from 2020’s fully...
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INTERVIEW: Amid disease and destruction, new UN Assembly president highlights hope
The incoming President of the General Assembly says that hope is desperately needed for those billions around the world struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic, devastation, and strife. In his first major interview, he told UN News that the General Assembly, as the UN’s most representative body, is ideally placed to...
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Sep 14 (IPS) – Last weekend, U.S. corporate media continued a 20-year repetition compulsion to evade the central role of the...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sep 14 (IPS) – Timely interventions by civil society, including concerned scientists, have prevented many likely abuses of next week’s UN...
Secretary-General António Guterres described Sima Sami Bahous of Jordan, as “a champion for women and girls”, announcing on Monday her appointment to lead the UN’s gender equality and empowerment entity, UN Women. Read the full story, “Gender equality...
Multiple reports of alleged human rights violations in Tigray
UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet on Monday deplored “multiple and severe reports of alleged gross violations of human rights, humanitarian and refugee law” committed by...
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday that beginning next month, funding shortages will force it to suspend lifesaving food assistance for...
$1 billion pledge a ‘quantum leap’ in commitment to Afghanistan: UN chief
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday hailed significant international financial support pledged to the people of Afghanistan following a meeting in Geneva, which nearly...
Raise Retirement Ages
PORTLAND, US, Sep 13 (IPS) – Raise retirement ages! That’s the simple, clear and unavoidable message that economics and demographics are sending to governments...
The UN atomic watchdog reached an agreement with Iran on Sunday allowing the Agency access to surveillance cameras inside its atomic facilities. Read the...
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