UN hails new anti-corruption network, as ‘important step’ to build trust, promote justice
With factors contributing to transnational corruption becoming increasingly complex, the UN launched an initiative on Thursday to “empower all countries” to find practical solutions...
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Indian Muslim minority targeted during COVID-19 pandemic
NEW DELHI, India, Jun 03 (IPS) – A Muslim call centre operator at a COVID-19 ‘war room’, who once saw himself a COVID-warrior, is...
TORONTO, Canada, Jun 03 (IPS) – This week*, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is expected to endorse recommendations on agroecological and other...
An area of land roughly the size of China needs restoring if the planet’s biodiversity and the communities who rely on it are to...
Child Marriage and Domestic Violence: What We Found in 16 African Countries
NAIROBI, Jun 03 (IPS) – The number of girls who marry before their 15th birthday has remained unchanged for 20 years in most countries...
Elderly people often have to give up cycling, due to a fear of injury, but Cycling Without Age, a movement which began in Denmark,...
We won’t allow corruption to continue unchecked: UN Assembly president
The effects of corruption are “detrimental to all of society”, the President of the UN General Assembly said on Wednesday during the first day...
Staggering health needs emerge in Gaza, following Israel-Hamas conflict
Senior UN health agency officials on Wednesday called for unhindered humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, citing growing concerns about urgent health needs there. ...
Invasive pest spread another fallout from climate change, UN-backed study finds
Climate change is making pests which ravage important agricultural crops even more destructive, heightening threats to global food security and the environment, a UN-backed...
Mali: Military must ‘scrupulously’ respect human rights and free civilian leaders
A UN independent human rights expert said on Wednesday that Mali’s new military authorities should “scrupulously respect human rights” and release all leaders detained...
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