To Effectively Combat Climate Change, Listen and Act on Ideas from the Youth
URBANA, Illinois, Apr 26 (IPS) – Recently, I participated in Kids Climate Summit 2021, a virtual event that gave younger students an opportunity to...
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The UN Special Representative in Iraq expressed “shock and pain” on Sunday over a deadly accident that befell a COVID-19 hospital in Baghdad, the...
First Person: Rohingya refugees traumatized again, after devastating camp fire
A Rohingya refugee and volunteer for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has been telling UN News how his community has been “once again...
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the multiple crises it has sparked, a growing number of countries are approaching and achieving malaria elimination, the UN...
Seeing health ‘opportunities’ in post-pandemic Papua New Guinea: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
The global COVID-19 pandemic could provide “opportunities” to improve health care in Papua New Guinea (PNG) after the crisis is over, according to the...
Underscoring that the COVID-19 pandemic has been a “tragic reminder” of how deeply connected the world is today, the UN chief upheld in a...
ECOSOC chief calls for financial support for small island developing states
Small island developing states (SIDS) must receive financial and international support if they are to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters, the...
90 percent of countries’ health services continue to be disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic: WHO
Over one year into the COVID-19 pandemic and 90% of countries are still reporting one or more disruptions to essential health services. The findings of the...
A shipwreck off the Libyan coast has reportedly claimed the lives of 130 people, despite SOS calls for help, the UN migration agency IOM said on Friday. Read the...
Twenty-three tonnes of urgently needed aid items have reached the eastern Ukrainian province around Donetsk, after a humanitarian convoy crossed the contact line into non-Government-controlled territory, the UN said on...
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Breaking the silence over sexual violence against men and boys in war 
AI for Good: How the UN uses AI to advance human rights 
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