Continuing Venezuela exodus and COVID-19 highlights need for global solidarity for most vulnerable
Vulnerable Venezuelan migrants and refugees who have been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 health and socio-economic crisis, urgently need greater support from the...
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Global Leaders to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed: Stop the Atrocities in Tigray
DILI, Jun 11 (IPS) – Seven highly respected leaders in conflict resolution have issued a call for Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to take...
UN rights chief urges accountability for escalating ‘catastrophe’ in Myanmar
Escalating violence across Myanmar including attacks on civilians must be halted to prevent even greater loss of life and a deepening humanitarian emergency, UN rights...
Why Mixed Messages Could Turn Boris Johnsons Glasgow Climate Summit Dream into a Nightmare
NEW YORK, Jun 11 (IPS) – How are preparations for the Glasgow Climate Summit in November proceeding? Currently, we are more than halfway through...
UN Scientists: Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss. Two Parts. One Problem.
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 11 (IPS) – Earth is in the throes of multiple environmental crises, with climate change and the loss of biodiversity the...
To Improve Global Health Security, We Must Not Abandon Tackling Existing Epidemics
HOVE, United Kingdom, Jun 11 (IPS) – As world leaders come together in the UK for the G7, the global response to COVID-19 and...
Preventing Hunger While Building Peace
BOSTON / NEW YORK, Jun 11 (IPS) – Agroecology can fight malnutrition, curb conflict AND build community self reliance and resilience–in hunger hotspots and...
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jun 11 (IPS) – The international community commemorates World Day Against Child Labour on June 12Among the many daunting issues leaders of...
New research co-authored by the UN Global Compact revealed on Thursday that none of the G7 leading industrial nations’ main stock indices are aligned...
An upsurge in deadly clashes between gangs in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, has displaced more than 5,000 people since the beginning of the month, the United Nations said...
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?’