The number of refugees given shelter in safe host countries plunged last year because of pandemic border restrictions, which continue to hamper the resettlement...
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‘Dont Forget Leprosy’ Campaign Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, Aug 04 (IPS) – A visit to a leprosy facility in Korea with his father, Ryoichi Sasakawa, spurred Yohei Sasakawa to...
WASHINGTON DC, Aug 05 (IPS) – Currently, world population is almost 8 billion, with 3.0 billion more projected before 2100. The process of reducing...
Hunger Will Not Be Defeated Without a Better Environment, Nutrition and Health
ROME, Aug 04 (IPS) – Mario Lubetkin is Assistant Director General at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)The UN Food...
A donor conference to boost support for Lebanon one year after the devastating explosion in its capital, Beirut, represents a “unique opportunity” to renew...
Heavy rains and flooding in Yemen have affected at least 28,000 people, according to initial estimates released by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)...
Work still remains on Syria chemical weapons destruction, Security Council hears
Identifying perpetrators of chemical weapon attacks, and holding them accountable, must remain a priority, a senior UN official said on Wednesday during the latest...
The head of the UN health organization called on Wednesday for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until “at least the end of September” to enable the...
Ethiopia: ‘Heartbreaking’ devastation in Tigray, says UN humanitarian chief
The new UN Emergency Relief Coordinator ended a six-day mission to Ethiopia with a fresh push to get badly needed food and other supplies into the embattled Tigray region. Read the full story,...
China Struggles with Socio-environmental Standards in Latin America
MEXICO CITY, Aug 04 (IPS) – In southeast Mexico, work on the Yucatan Solar Park, owned by the Chinese company Jinko Solar, has been...
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