Ukraine: Secretary-General calls for probe into Bucha killings
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday called for an independent investigation into the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, a suburb...
First Person: A first in psychological aid, for Ukraine refugees in Poland
Many of the millions of refugees forced to leave Ukraine because of the Russian invasion are traumatized and need mental health support. In one...
First Person: Visions of hell, in Haiti
Samuel (not his real name) grew up near the Haitian Capital of Port-au-Prince, and has seen his childhood home descend into lawlessness and gang...
Commitment will be critical to the success of the two-month truce in Yemen that began on Saturday, the UN Special Envoy for the country,...
Interview: Slave trade reparations ‘essential’, 1619 Project founder tells UN News
New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, best know for the 1619 Project, which frames slavery as one of the core elements of the history...
At the UN Human Rights Council on Friday, Member States adopted a plan of action to tackle disinformation, at the request of Ukraine and with widespread...
War, Displacement & A Global Refugee Crisis: A Wake-Up Call to Increase Refugee Participation
NEW DELHI, India, Apr 01 (IPS) – It has been a month since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has now created one of the...
Can Legal Action Alone Put an End to Child Marriage?
NEW DELHI, Apr 01 (IPS) – On December 22, 2021, the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which seeks to raise the legal...
When Is Too Much Autism Awareness Still Not Enough?
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Apr 01 (IPS) – When is too much Autism awareness still not enough? This thought recurs every April as we near World...
Syria: Rights experts call for humanitarian access to detained children
Humanitarians must have full and unimpeded access to children arbitrarily held in detention centres in northeast Syria, a group of independent UN human rights...
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