As the global aid community marked World Humanitarian Day on Thursday, UN chief António Guterres paid tribute to all those who help people in need and urged support for the day’s #TheHumanRace campaign, which aims to protect the most...
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The global initiative to save the planet’s biodiversity on land and water must not be allowed to threaten the world’s most vulnerable people, a...
Community-Based Solutions Alleviate Water Shortages in Central America – In Pictures
SAN SALVADOR, Aug 19 (IPS) – Access to water is a constant struggle in Central America, a region with more than 60 million people,...
NEW YORK, Aug 19 (IPS) – The writer is Features Editor, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Steven Butler describes it as “mass panic.” As...
UN launches strategy for digital transformation of peacekeeping
The Organization and its 12 peacekeeping missions around the world must fully embrace new technology in the face of ever-changing challenges, the UN chief...
COVID-19: Funding plea to combat Delta variant, call to suspend booster roll-out
During Wednesday’s World Health Organization briefing on COVID-19, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for funding to fight the spread of the deadly Delta...
Haiti: Earthquake leaves mounting death toll, injuries and extensive damage
Four days after a devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit south-western Haiti, the level of destruction and desperation is becoming increasingly evident, the United Nations said...
How Many More Innocent Lives Must be Lost in Tigray, asks Adama Dieng
Aug 18 (IPS) – Despite a June 30 unilateral ceasefire declaration by Ethiopian President Abiy Ahmed, United Nations agencies say a recent escalation in...
Community Inclusion Currencies: Money for the People Podcast
KATHMANDU, Aug 18 (IPS) – Do you think it’s possible to transform communities that are stagnating from a lack of currency into places where...
Defend trans community rights: Bachelet tells Copenhagen forum
Amidst an “alarming rise in hateful discourse” against transgender people globally, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) warned that this community still...
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