The head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia told the Security Council on Wednesday that with the recent election of President Gustavo Petro,...
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IPBES, IPCC Joint Winners of the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity 2022 Dedicated to Climate Change
Nairobi, Oct 13 (IPS) – IPBES’ assessment report on the Sustainable Use of Wild Species, released in July 2022, painted a troubling picture of...
Millions of Girls Abused in the Name of Toxic Masculinity
MADRID, Oct 13 (IPS) – A common feature to religions – including the monotheistic ones – is that groups of males have self-proclaimed themselves...
How Digital Can Drive a Green Recovery
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 13 (IPS) – As much of the world was starting to glimpse recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, it now finds itself...
The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to support Uganda as the Government there responds to a deadly Ebola outbreak, agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...
The UN General Assembly passed a resolution by a large majority on Wednesday, calling on countries not to recognise the four regions of Ukraine...
Venezuelan refugees and migrants struggle to survive in Latin America and the Caribbean
The spiraling cost of living, fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, and high unemployment rates, have made it difficult for many Venezuelan refugees and migrants...
Business leaders deliver bold solutions to unlock long-term investment in SDGs
Top business executives joined the UN chief on Wednesday to present transformative solutions for bridging the estimated $4.3 trillion-dollar financing gap for countries the...
Africa: Response to climate crisis doesn’t match ‘magnitude of the challenge’
African States are on the front line of the climate crisis, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, but far more...
Doubts about Chiles Green Hydrogen Boom
SANTIAGO, Oct 12 (IPS) – In Magallanes, Chile’s southernmost region, doubts and questions are being raised about the environmental impact of turning this area...
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