Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory illegal: UN rights commission
Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful under international law due to its permanence and the Israeli government’s de facto annexation policies, a UN-appointed...
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Children in Africa five times less likely to learn basics: New report
African leaders gathered in Mauritius on Thursday, to mull solutions to the education gap highlighted by a new UN education agency report which shows...
ROME, Oct 20 (IPS) – That’s why a new ship with a big white “E” will navigate the Mediterranean Sea. The vessel has a...
Developing Countries Battle Climate Change, While the Wealthy Make Frozen Pledges: Will COP27 Usher a New Era?
Cairo, Oct 20 (IPS) – The countdown to the UN Climate Summit COP27, which will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6...
Accelerating Post-Pandemic SDG 6 Achievements on Water & Sanitation
HAMILTON, Canada, Oct 20 (IPS) – Global progress has been staggeringly inadequate against Sustainable Development Goal 6, “clean water and sanitation for all.” According...
Support from UN peacekeepers serving with the mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, has proven decisive in protecting civilians alongside Government efforts and...
Progress on the 2018 peace agreement for South Sudan has been “extremely slow”, UN human rights experts said on Wednesday, calling for urgent action...
Tigray conflict is a health crisis for 6 million people, and ‘the world is not paying attention’: Tedros
The Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged the international community and the media on Wednesday to give the crisis in Ethiopia “the...
Guterres highlights UN partnership with India, as powerhouse for the SDGs
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is in India, and he began his official visit on Wednesday by attending a tribute to the victims of the 2008 terrorist attacks...
A lack of global supply has prompted the international body which distributes oral cholera vaccines during outbreaks and emergencies to temporarily suspend the standard...
Countries must increase AI regulation to avoid ‘existential risks’: Türk 
Civilians bear the brunt, with deadly US strikes in Iran and thousands displaced in Yemen 
Highly persistent toxic waste threatens ‘many, if not all, human rights’ 
Money sent home by migrants nearly doubles in a decade