KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jun 11 (IPS) – The international community commemorates World Day Against Child Labour on June 12Among the many daunting issues leaders of...
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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...
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...
UN agencies scale-up response to address looming famine ‘catastrophe’ in Tigray
The head of the World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Thursday for immediate access to deliver lifesaving assistance to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where ongoing...
New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO), published on Thursday, calls for providing mental health care that respects human rights and focuses on...
Global Progress Against Child Labour ‘Ground to a Halt’ – UN Report
NEW DEHLI, Jun 10 (IPS) – Malleshwar Rao, 27, spent his early years as a child labourer in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad....
Security Council urged to bring multilateralism ‘alive’, to tackle serious global challenges
Rules-based multilateralism is not a simple or appealing phrase, a top European Union (EU) official told the Security Council on Thursday, “but our job...
Nine in 10 African nations look set to miss the September target of vaccinating 10 per cent of their populations against COVID-19, the World...
A football club in the west of England has been recognized by the United Nations for its leading role in setting goals to tackle...
Sudan: Drought and war push Darfur and Kordofan towards famine 
Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize Is a Vote of Confidence in a Global Legal Order under Fire 
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Rise in poverty is ‘a wake-up call for the world’, UN development chief says