The UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict on Tuesday urged authorities in Guinea to abide by their commitment towards impartial and independent...
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Sexual abuse and exploitation allegedly carried out by World Health Organization (WHO) staff during the UN health agency’s response to an Ebola outbreak in...
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has caused and perpetuated “truly shocking” inequality that has affected the world’s most vulnerable individuals, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on...
Following a decade of appalling suffering and losses in Syria, and amid a current period of relative calm, now is the time to push...
A lack of food, hunger and malnutrition affect every country in the world, the UN said on Tuesday, in an urgent appeal for action...
More than 200,000 lives could be saved annually if the goals of a new global strategy to defeat meningitis are achieved, the World Health...
Human-Rights and Immigrant Advocates Confront Renewed Attack on Asylum
SEATTLE, US, Sep 28 (IPS) – A widely condemned Trump administration program designed to slash legal immigration to the United States, initially terminated by...
Guterres calls for accelerated action on jobs, poverty eradication
Almost two years into the COVID-19 crisis, a huge divergence in the recovery is undermining global trust and solidarity, according to a new policy brief...
Extreme Weather the New Normal if Global Warming Increases at Current Speed
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 28 (IPS) – Rondrotiana Barimalala is a climate researcher at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and a lead...
When Taliban Ministers Avoided Eye Contact With Senior Female UN Officials
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 28 (IPS) – When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan during 1996-2001, the United Nations was engaged in a losing battle for women’s...
UN report warns of reprisals against those who collaborate in defence of human rights 
Gaza: At least 20 killed in deadly building collapse, search for survivors continues 
Security Council LIVE: ‘Being a woman is a crime in Afghanistan,’ civil society briefer declares 
AI, climate and conflicts top Guterres’s agenda ahead of General Assembly