NEW YORK, Jun 20 (IPS) – The Islamic Republic of Iran faces widespread anti-government protests amid an economic crisis while doing little to ease...
Plastic Pollution Will Kill All of Us!
Seoul, Tokyo, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Jun 20 (IPS) – This opinion piece is the second in a series written by learners from middle and...
War in Ukraine Triggers New International Non-Alignment Trend
CARACAS, Jun 20 (IPS) – Numerous countries of the developing South are distancing themselves from the contenders in the war in Ukraine, using the...
Who Should Be the Next UN Climate Change Head?
NEW YORK, Jun 20 (IPS) – With Patricia Espinosa due to step down in a few weeks’ time as head of the UN’s climate...
The Secretary-General strongly condemned on Sunday, an attack in Kidal, a city in northern Mali, against a convoy of UN peacekeepers that claimed the...
Amidst escalating needs and soaring hunger, refugees caught in the eye of the perfect storm
Further food ration cuts are imminent for refugees as humanitarian needs multiply around the world while funding struggles to keep pace, the UN food...
The Battle for Covid-19 Vaccines: the Rich Prevail Over the Poor
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 20 (IPS) – The 164-member World Trade Organization (WTO) has implicitly rubber-stamped a widely-condemned policy of “vaccine apartheid” which has discriminated...
Guterres visits refugees resettled in NYC, urges world to ‘stand together in solidarity’
Ahead of World Refugee Day, marked annually on 20 June, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday visited refugees from Iraq and Afghanistan now living,...
In Colombia, decades of violence and armed conflict created significant obstacles to human development and sustainable peace. To encourage the private sector to move...
Building peace: Plotting a route towards democracy in The Gambia
After two decades of dictatorship, The Gambia is on the road towards democracy and respect for human rights, The UN is working closely with...
UN aims to raise nearly $50 million for Nepal flood response 
West Bank: UN rights report warns of forcible displacement from three refugee camps 
UN tells the world: Stop making Africa look small 
Repeated attacks on humanitarian warehouses put vital medical aid at risk in Ukraine: WHO