New ECOSOC President aims to ease crises which have ‘engulfed our societies’
Bulgaria’s UN Ambassador banged the gavel as President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the first time on Monday with a vow...
Australian authorities must speed up the repatriation of their nationals held in detention centres in Syria following the recent confirmation of the death of...
Landmark guidelines aim to protect children uprooted by climate change
New UN-backed guidelines issued on Monday aim to protect, include and empower children forced to flee their homes due to the climate crisis, marking...
Libya: Human rights abuses, political stalemates, electoral delays mar progress
The overall situation in Libya remains “highly volatile”, Martha Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for political affairs and peace operations, told the Security Council on Monday....
The independent UN human rights expert for Myanmar called for a strong international response on Monday following the executions of four pro-democracy activists by...
‘Do one thing’ to save lives on World Drowning Prevention Day: WHO
More than 236,000 people die annually from drowning – among the leading causes of death for those aged one to 24 years, and the...
Unleashing Mangrove Superpower Through Soft Coastal Engineering
Nairobi, Jul 25 (IPS) – The swish of calm waters followed by unexpectedly high tides and violent waves is now too familiar for the...
Here’s what to do when someone at home has COVID-19
I’m one of 40 percent or fewer of Americans who have managed to avoid getting COVID-19. I have been avoiding it like a potentially...
Ancient DNA links an East Asian Homo sapiens woman to early Americans
A previously undetected Homo sapiens population inhabited what’s now southwestern China around 14,000 years ago and contributed to the ancestry of ancient Americans. This...
First Person: I go to sleep and wake up to the sound of gunfire
A young man whose community has been at the epicentre of the violence that has been raging between rival gangs in the troubled neighbourhood...
‘Invest with Iraq’: PM sets out vision for new economic future 
‘No one speaks on behalf of Lebanon’: PM Salam asserts State authority at UN 
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Tuvalu urges decisive global action as rising seas threaten its future