Around 275 million people used drugs worldwide in the last year of unprecedented upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, up by 22 per cent...
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Latin America Vastly Underspends on Green Post-Pandemic Recovery
BUENOS AIRES, Jun 24 (IPS) – Latin America is investing too little in a green recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, with only 2.2% of...
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 24 (IPS) – In the race between infection and injection, injection has lost. Public health experts estimate that approximately 70% of...
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Jun 24 (IPS) – A confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe By the...
A Time for Systemic Solutions in Latin America & the Caribbean
NEW YORK, Jun 24 (IPS) – The first wave of COVID-19 never ended in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Since the region became...
Humanitarian convoys from Turkey that bring lifesaving aid into northwest Syria must continue, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday. Read...
Madagascar’s hungry ‘holding on for dear life’, WFP chief warns
Thousands of families in southern Madagascar are on the edge of starvation, and “holding on for dear life”, the UN food agency chief said...
Humanitarian convoys from Turkey that bring lifesaving aid into northwest Syria must continue, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday. Read...
Secretary-General underlines UN commitment to Libya
Full implementation of a historic ceasefire agreement and the withdrawal of foreign forces are critical for consolidating peace in Libya, UN Secretary-General António Guterres...
Defense forces, soldiers from nearby countries and other security personnel have been fighting an “asymmetric war” against armed groups, sparking an “unprecedented humanitarian crisis”, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday. Read the full story, “Central African...
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