Mia Amor Motley, the Prime Minister of Barbados, urged world leaders to “use the power of the pen” and impose natural disaster and pandemic...
Redouble efforts to end ‘senseless’ war in Ukraine, UN chief tells Foreign Ministers
With the war in Ukraine showing no signs of letting up, countries must increase efforts to prevent further escalation and end the fighting, UN...
Ukraine war-induced crisis affecting women and girls disproportionately: UN report
A new UN report reveals how the Ukraine war and its global impacts on food, energy, and finance are affecting women and girls disproportionately,...
Leadership Council marks ‘new era’ for Yemen, but country remains wary of terrorist threat
President Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi said on Thursday that with the formation in early April of the Presidential Leadership Council as the legitimate representative of...
Somalia committed to tackling twin threats of looming famine and terrorism, President tells UN Assembly
Despite efforts to move past decades of drought and conflict, Somalia is facing some of the most complex crises in the world, its President...
Least developed countries impacted by ‘range of interlinked crises’ – Assembly President
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ukraine war and rising costs are ‘severely and disproportionately affecting’ Least Developed Countries (LDCs), the President of the...
Israeli Prime Minister Lapid backs two-State solution
Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday said a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was “the right thing” for Israel, but he cautioned that...
Sahel security crisis ‘poses a global threat’, Guterres warns
Rising insecurity, including the proliferation of terrorist and other non-State armed groups, coupled with political instability, is creating a crisis in the Sahel that...
Sudan committed to achieve national reconciliation, General Assembly hears
Abdel-Fattah Al Burhan Abdelrahman Al-Burhan, the President of the Transitional Government of Sudan, called for more multilateral action to find sustainable solutions to global...
Inequality in Peru’s Education Sector Deepens in Post-Pandemic Era
LIMA, Sep 22 (IPS) – “When the pandemic hit, I stopped studying, just when it was my last year of school…My parents couldn’t afford...
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