To Beat Covid, Beat HIV, & Beat Inequality, Find the Money
GENEVA, May 27 (IPS) – The writer is Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.In this time of intersecting crises –...
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The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening the already difficult situation of older refugees across Latin America, according to a joint assessment published on Wednesday by...
A call to use Africa’s rich cultural and natural heritage as a catalyst for growth and transformation is “the right appeal at the right...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday urged Libya’s unity government and European Union (EU) countries to act to protect migrants...
The UN Security Council met behind closed doors on Wednesday to discuss the derailing of Mali’s transitional government following the apparent forced departure of...
JAKARTA, Apr 07 (IPS) – Residents of Ngadirejo village in Sukaharjo regency, Central Java province, had often found themselves helpless when their wells dried...
During relative calm, growing humanitarian suffering in Syria, a ‘tragic irony’
Violent conflict, terrorism and human rights abuses continue in Syria as its besieged population suffers economic destitution, displacement, detention and abduction, the UN’s Special...
Q&A: If China had a Free Press COVID-19 Pandemic ‘May not Have been so Severe’
BRATISLAVA, May 26 (IPS) – China is one of the worst places in the world for media freedom, according to the global media watchdog...
5 things you should know about ICAO, the UN aviation agency
In response to the apparent forced landing of a commercial passenger plane in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, the International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO, convened...
MONTREAL/VICTORIA, Canada, May 26 (IPS) – Over the past 75 years, there have been many UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions acknowledging Israel’s violations of...
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?’ 
Ebola responders grapple with widening outbreak in DR Congo 
Escalating conflict drives new displacement in Yemen