Schools are reopening. COVID-19 is still here. What does that mean for kids?
As the delta variant of the coronavirus sends case counts surging, millions of U.S. children are heading back to school in person, many for...
UN pledges full support to Nagasaki voices fuelling ‘powerful global movement’ against nuclear arms
António Guterres has reaffirmed the full support of the United Nations to amplifying the powerful testimony of the survivors of the atomic bomb that was...
UN Preaches Transparency to the Outside World but Fails to Practice it in its Own Backyard
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 09 (IPS) – The United Nations has long preached the wisdom of transparency and accountability to the outside world, but has...
BRIGHTON, UK, Aug 09 (IPS) – The writer is Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and co-director of the Humanitarian Learning...
For women in e-commerce, ‘entrepreneurship means freedom’
Entrepreneurship can mean more freedom for women according to the first Latin-American advocate of eTrade for All, an initiative developed by the United Nations...
A weaving project is helping to close the decades-long divide between the two communities in Cyprus, with assistance from the UN mission in the...
Mali violence threatens country’s survival, warns UN human rights expert
Rapidly spreading violence in Mali is threatening the State’s very survival, the UN independent expert on the human rights situation in the country said on Friday. Read the full story, “Mali violence threatens country’s survival, warns...
Ceasefire in Tigray more urgent than ever: UN relief chief
A ceasefire in Tigray on humanitarian grounds is needed now more than ever if a massive aid operation across frontlines is to succeed, the...
With the war in Afghanistan now in “a new, deadlier, and more destructive phase”, the top UN official in the country appealed on Friday...
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, said on Friday that escalating hostilities over the past two days involving Lebanese and Israeli forces have created “a very dangerous situation” in the volatile border region. Read the...
The Dollar-Gold Standard’s Lingering Demise 
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The Global Leaders Network Pushes to Protect Women’s and Children’s Health 
The Takeaway: UN General Assembly debate Day 5