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Progress on tobacco fight, but new nicotine products pose increasing threat
While many countries are making progress in the fight against tobacco use, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report shows some are failing to...
Practically all peacekeepers and staff have now left the hybrid UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), in line with its drawdown plan, a senior...
Child Rights Experts Warn that Displaced Children and Young People Risk Being Wiped Out of the Education System
NAIROBI, KENYA, Jul 27 (IPS) – The difficulties in accessing education faced by children and young people forcibly displaced from their homes were today...
The UN independent expert on the human rights situation in Myanmar on Tuesday called for a “COVID ceasefire” for the country, as infections and deaths soar even as the military...
A culture of “safety, friends and food” at school has been replaced by “anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy”, with remote learning out of reach...
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...
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...
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