‘Invisible’ stateless people could miss out on COVID-19 jabs, UNHCR warns
Millions of stateless people around the world could miss out on COVID-19 vaccinations because they lack identity papers and are essentially “invisible to the...
Famine is already present in four countries but millions more people are at risk, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday, underscoring the...
Mathematician J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. was a Manhattan Project standout despite racism
The Manhattan Project brought together the finest scientific minds in the United States for one urgent purpose: to build an atomic bomb. That included...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 22 (IPS) – COVID-19 has become a “developing country pandemic”, retreating from the North’s mass vaccination. With developing countries...
Three Million in Three Years: Jamaicas Tree-Planting to Tackle Climate Change
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jun 22 (IPS) – By the time he is finished, Dr. Satyanarayana Parvataneni expects he will be responsible for planting over 200,000...
The Importance of Being Listed: Why Politics Threaten the Protection of Children in Armed Conflict
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 22 (IPS) – Frontline workers who document and respond to violations against children have faced a particularly challenging last year, from...
More than 19,300 boys and girls affected by war last year were victims of grave violations such as recruitment or rape, and the COVID-19...
Pandemic ‘rolled back’ sustainable development funding for weak economies: UNCTAD
Financial assistance to the world’s 83 weakest economies fell by 15 per cent in 2020, to $35 billion as a direct result of the...
Human Rights Council urged to support UN chief’s call for a ‘new social contract’ after COVID-19
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Monday urged UN Member States to promote a more inclusive post-pandemic recovery to help the world’s most vulnerable recover from...
‘His words set a standard and will long endure’: UN mourns passing of Edward Mortimer
Friends and former colleagues have been mourning the passing over the weekend of Edward Mortimer, the Chief Speechwriter for former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan. ...
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