Infrastructure Expands in Brazil Despite Crises
RÃ�O DE JANEIRO, Jun 04 (IPS) – Health, fiscal, environmental and political crises have not prevented Brazil from attracting private capital to expand infrastructure,...
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BONN, Jun 04 (IPS) – The following article is part of a series to commemorate World Environment Day June 5You want to breathe fresh...
The Pandemic Should Not Leave Developing Countries Without a Voice (or a Vote)
ROME, Jun 04 (IPS) – Requiring in-person voting to elect the governing bodies of UN agencies may exclude the countries most affected by travel...
Upholding human rights online must be part of global efforts to recover better following the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of UN independent experts said...
Independent UN human rights experts on Friday urged Canadian authorities and the Holy See of the Catholic Church to conduct prompt “full-fledged investigations” into...
Heads of Government, religious leaders, activists and artists joined the United Nations on Friday in a rallying cry to heal the planet, launching the...
Still time to reverse damage to ‘ravaged’ ecosystems, declares UN chief, marking World Environment Day
Amidst the triple environmental threat of biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, Secretary-General António Guterres launched “an unprecedented effort to heal the Earth”,...
DHAKA and NEW YORK, Jun 04 (IPS) – Every two minutes, a girl or woman dies from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications, including unsafe abortions....
Some two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed globally but only 0.5 per cent have reached low-income countries where frontline health workers...
From Non-aligned to One Aligned
LONDON, Jun 04 (IPS) – June 4, 2021 marks 30 years since the killings of an undisclosed number of Chinese protestors at Beijing’s Tiananmen...
‘Make or bake time’: Guterres urges climate justice pact as leaders gather at COP31 
Lebanon: After 48 years patrolling the Blue Line, UN peacekeepers prepare exit 
Hotter World, Older Population: How Long Can Climate COPs Ignore the Obvious? 
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2026