Ukraine war drives international food prices to ‘new all-time high’
Global food prices have reached “a new all-time high,” the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday, “hitting the poorest...
Ukraine: UN condemns deadly attack on train station, dozens of civilians killed
In eastern Ukraine, a reported Russian missile attack on a railway station that’s killed dozens of civilians including children, has been condemned by the...
Rights chief highlights urgent need for action over thousands missing in Syria
Twelve years into the war in Syria, thousands of families “remain in the dark” when it comes to the fates of their missing relatives,...
Sub-Saharan Africa under threat from multiple humanitarian crises
The number of hungry people in the Sahel and West Africa has quadrupled over the last three years, currently reaching 41 million, the UN World Food Programme...
Critical funding and timely action are needed to prevent a decaying tanker anchored close to Yemen’s coastline from sparking a major oil spill, the...
Following this week’s crackdown on non-violent demonstrations in Sri Lanka, independent UN human rights experts urged the government on Friday to “ensure that all...
Governments and pharmaceutical companies need to work together in a better way, to deliver vaccines “to every person, everywhere” – not simply in the...
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 08 (IPS) – A legendary quote attributed to Joseph Stalin most likely applies to the United Nations too. “How many divisions...
NEW YORK, Apr 08 (IPS) – The other day a friend asked me “Can Russia be expelled from the General Assembly by a two-thirds...
The Mayan Train and the Fight for Mexico’s Ancient Jungle
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico, Apr 08 (IPS) – Along the wide slash of white earth in southwestern Mexico there are no longer trees or...
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