UN rights chief concludes China trip with promise of improved relations
At the end of her official visit to China, the first such trip in 17 years, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet announced new areas...
People for Peace: Breaking prison barriers in Central African Republic
Women are often “placed second or even ignored” when they are employed as corrections officers in prisons and other detention centres, according to Téné...
Sahel should be seen as region of ‘opportunity’ despite ‘multiple crises’
The Sahel region of Africa should be considered a region of opportunity. despite the “multiple crises” that people there are enduring; that’s according to...
Every day, United Nations peacekeepers work to protect millions of vulnerable people in increasingly dangerous places in the world’s most fragile political contexts. Read...
COVID and Discrimination Aggravated Maternal Mortality in Latin America
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 28 (IPS) – Brazil had the dubious distinction of champion of maternal mortality in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Amid growing insecurity and gang violence in Haiti, the numbers of desperate people resorting to risky sea crossings has sharply increased. On Friday the...
More countries must “think resilience”, and urgently adopt and improve early warning systems to reduce risks from an increasing number of disasters across the...
5 things you should know about the UN Ocean Conference, a chance to save the planet’s largest ecosystem
The Ocean is the planet’s largest ecosystem, regulating the climate, and providing livelihoods for billions. But its health is in danger. The second UN...
Zambia’s plan to abolish the death penalty adds to the growing global chorus against the practice, the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR, said on...
The head of the UN agency leading the fight against HIV/AIDS, welcomed on Friday a public apology from Chile on a landmark case of...
Meth trafficking across Middle East becoming more advanced, UNODC warns 
An attack on healthcare every six hours, and no one held to account 
Sudan: The harrowing reality of giving birth in a war zone 
How a brutal drought may have helped unleash yellow fever in Brazil