SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 22 (IPS) – COVID-19 has become a “developing country pandemic”, retreating from the North’s mass vaccination. With developing countries...
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Three Million in Three Years: Jamaicas Tree-Planting to Tackle Climate Change
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jun 22 (IPS) – By the time he is finished, Dr. Satyanarayana Parvataneni expects he will be responsible for planting over 200,000...
The Importance of Being Listed: Why Politics Threaten the Protection of Children in Armed Conflict
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 22 (IPS) – Frontline workers who document and respond to violations against children have faced a particularly challenging last year, from...
More than 19,300 boys and girls affected by war last year were victims of grave violations such as recruitment or rape, and the COVID-19...
Human Rights Council urged to support UN chief’s call for a ‘new social contract’ after COVID-19
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Monday urged UN Member States to promote a more inclusive post-pandemic recovery to help the world’s most vulnerable recover from...
Pandemic ‘rolled back’ sustainable development funding for weak economies: UNCTAD
Financial assistance to the world’s 83 weakest economies fell by 15 per cent in 2020, to $35 billion as a direct result of the...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting a South African consortium in establishing the first COVID-19 mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub, the UN agency...
‘His words set a standard and will long endure’: UN mourns passing of Edward Mortimer
Friends and former colleagues have been mourning the passing over the weekend of Edward Mortimer, the Chief Speechwriter for former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan. ...
South Sudan, the UN’s youngest Member State, is marking its tenth anniversary of independence amid languishing political progress and a range of humanitarian challenges,...
Canada Must Acknowledge its Problematic Bill 21
NEW DELHI, India, Jun 21 (IPS) – The June 5th attack on the Muslim family in London, Ontaria, has left many in Canada in...
Renewed Hostilities In Yemen Inflame Displacement and Regional Risks 
One Man’s Quest to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Mali 
Ukraine: Attacks on education threaten an entire generation, UNICEF warns 
Back to school in Haiti: ‘Madame, can you stop what the gangs are doing to us?’