A culture of “safety, friends and food” at school has been replaced by “anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy”, with remote learning out of reach...
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ROME and AMSTERDAM, Jul 27 (IPS) – There is nothing honourable about murder. And murdering someone of your own family, your own child –...
Stepping Up to Meet Low-Income Countries Pandemic Recovery Needs
WASHINGTON DC, Jul 27 (IPS) – Low-income countries have been hard hit by the pandemic. Their large financing needs are only likely to grow...
Landmark elections in the Occupied Palestinian territory must be rescheduled soon and include East Jerusalem, three UN independent human rights experts said in a...
Negotiations began on Monday to approve a UN science report which will anchor high level summits later this year, charged with boosting climate action worldwide. Read...
The world is waking up to the importance of mangroves, a senior UN official said on Monday, underscoring the need for everyone to support restoration...
Together, we must tackle growing hunger, urges Guterres
Inefficient global food production is at the root of a huge rise in hunger as well as one-third of all emissions and 80 per...
Latin America Sets an Example in Welcoming Displaced Venezuelans
CARACAS, Jul 26 (IPS) – The exodus of more than five million Venezuelans in the last six years has led countries in the developing...
At least half a million children under five in drought-afflicted southern Madagascar are on the verge of acute malnourishment, two UN agencies warned on Monday. Read the...
Outstanding sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List
An ancient temple in India and a “cultural landscape” in Spain have become two of the latest sites to be registered on the UN’s prestigious World Heritage List. Read the full story, “Outstanding...
Gaza: Children still at risk despite drop in acute hunger 
100 days of Ebola and the race to stop the spread 
South Africa’s Anti-Immigrant Violence Slows SDG Goals, Rips Apart Africans’ Free Movement Call 
Global food supply has become ‘collateral damage’ in conflicts: Secretary-General