NEW YORK, Apr 06 (IPS) – Prime Minister Bennett’s “neutrality” in the Russian war against Ukraine is outrageous and contemptable. It runs contrary to...
UN humanitarian aid convoy reaches Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine
An eight truck convoy of life-saving humanitarian aid provided by the UN and humanitarian partners reached Sievierodonetsk on Tuesday, in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region,...
The first trial of a person accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region, has got underway at the International...
Guterres unveils first recommendations of UN crisis group, set up in wake of Ukraine invasion
António Guterres released the initial recommendations of his Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy and Finance (GCRG) on Tuesday, set up in response...
Ukraine’s President calls on Security Council to act for peace, or ‘dissolve’ itself
In an impassioned address to the Security Council that evoked the ashen destruction wrought during the Second World War, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday described...
Ahead of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, we spoke with the best female wheelchair racer of all time. She is...
What can the UN do? 5 of your questions answered
The current war in Ukraine, following the Russian invasion, has sparked all sorts of questions about the United Nations, particularly the role of the...
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday urged authorities in Sri Lanka to defuse tensions peacefully, after a state of emergency was declared...
The introduction of a series of measures in El Salvador in response to a rise in gang killings, has prompted the grave concern of...
The world’s plant protection body met on Tuesday, aiming to set new plant health standards to both safeguard human wellbeing and preserve food security,...
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