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. ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting a South African consortium in establishing the first COVID-19 mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub, the UN agency...
South Sudan, the UN’s youngest Member State, is marking its tenth anniversary of independence amid languishing political progress and a range of humanitarian challenges,...
Canada Must Acknowledge its Problematic Bill 21
NEW DELHI, India, Jun 21 (IPS) – The June 5th attack on the Muslim family in London, Ontaria, has left many in Canada in...
Sowing Water: A Cuban Farm’s Bid for Sustainability
HAVANA, Jun 21 (IPS) – Cuban farmer José Antonio Casimiro found in the ageold technique of sowing water an opportunity to meet his farm’s...
50 years ago, UFO sightings in the United States went bust
What happened to UFOs? — Science News, June 26, 1971 Since 1968 the number of UFO sightings has dropped off, along with public interest...
The Dictators Daughter or the Farmers Son?
LIMA, Peru, Jun 21 (IPS) – The writer heads the office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) in Lima, Peru.Peru’s first round of elections on 11...
New images clarify how glasswing butterflies make their wings transparent
Most butterflies sport colorful, eye-catching patterns on their wings. But some species, like the glasswing butterfly, use mostly transparent wings to hide in plain...
Hunger is ‘an avoidable tragedy’ in a world of plenty: Türk 
UN condemns deadly wave of drone strikes in war-torn Sudan 
Guterres honours Indonesian troops who paid ‘ultimate sacrifice’ 
‘Season of fear’: Escalating Israeli attacks on West Bank olive farmers, deadly strikes on Gaza