In a Watershed Year for Climate Change, the Commonwealth Secretary-General calls for Urgent, Decisive and Sustained Climate Action
London, Sep 08 (IPS) – This November, five years after signing the Paris Agreement and pledging to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius...
Twenty Years After September 11, 2001: Institutions on Decline, But Religion Rising?
NEW YORK, Sep 09 (IPS) – Described as the “worst terrorist attack ever in the United States”, September 11, 2001 is a moment which...
NEW YORK, Sep 09 (IPS) – The Taliban takeover of government in Kabul is just days old, and the eyes of Afghans and the...
Climate action: Guterres hails Latin American and Caribbean leadership
The UN chief on Wednesday commended the leadership of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on climate action. Read the full story, “Climate action:...
Although UN peacekeeping missions can help put a country on the right track following conflict, only a commitment from national governments can keep it there over the long term,...
Mental health and psychosocial support must be seen as integral to all humanitarian, peacebuilding and development programmes across the UN, the Secretary-General said on Wednesday. Read the full story, “Make mental...
COVID-19: ‘Unacceptable’ deals and delays, hampering lifesaving COVAX deliveries
While 80 per cent of citizens in high and upper-middle income nations have had a dose of COVID-19 vaccine, that figure stands at just...
The President of the UN General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, on Wednesday called for an end to nuclear tests, as ambassadors gathered to commemorate the...
The Forbidden Love
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Sep 08 (IPS) – Abandoned by family and friends, transgender people in Bangladesh are subject to extensive daily abuse. The existing and...
Many extreme environmental events have a devastating effect on people’s lives, and a new UN report reveals that many of them are linked by...
From Nuclear Weapons to Artificial Intelligence, a New Test of Humanity’s Restraint 
FRANCE: ‘The Government Should Learn to Respect Its People, Listen to Them and Consult Them’ 
COP31: Why Africa Must Rethink Nuclear Energy 
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