The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday urged authorities in Myanmar to immediately release all journalists who have been jailed for practicing...
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) logo illuminating against the Eiffel Tower on Friday commemorated the agency’s 75th annivesary. Read the full story, “UNESCO celebrates 75th anniversary, logo...
Lake Chad Basin: Fighting terrorism, ‘decisive test’ on biggest challenges of our time
The situation in Africa’s Lake Chad Basin region remains highly volatile, the UN peacekeeping chief told the Security Council on Friday, spotlighting a rising tide...
Climate change may be shrinking tropical birds
In a remote corner of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, researchers have spent decades catching and measuring birds in a large swath of forest unmarred by...
A century after it was discovered, insulin still remains out of reach for many people living with diabetes, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has received credible reports of families in Afghanistan offering daughters as young as 20 days old for future marriage in return for...
Amid growing concerns about the plight of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers at the Poland-Belarus border, the UN rights office and UN refugee agency on Friday urged all parties...
Rich Food from Poor Fish, Making Food and Health Sustainable
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Nov 12 (IPS) – During the COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda, a breastfeeding mother struggled to improve the health of her malnourished child....
NEW YORK, Nov 12 (IPS) – The photos showed blood-soaked concrete, a gashed open thigh, and an injured protester grimacing in pain on the...
Ahead of Thursday’s Security Council meeting behind closed doors on Yemen, the UN Special Envoy, Hans Grundberg, said that a UN-led political process could still be part of a sustainable solution to the conflict. Read...
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