Energy Transition Evolves in Central America and the Caribbean
MEXICO CITY, May 21 (IPS) – The situation of the energy transition in Central America and the Caribbean was the main issue debated this...
Q&A: Reflecting on Five Years of Educating Children in the Throes of Crises, Emergencies and Displacement
UNITED NATIONS, May 22 (IPS) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the global fund that brings teaching and learning to children in emergencies and protracted...
Manizha Sangin arrived in Russia as young refugee, when her family fled the violence of the civil war in Tajikistan. Today, she is a...
UN agencies appeal for funds as COVID-19 surge eclipses South Asia
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday launched a $164 million appeal for personal protective gear, together with COVID-19 testing and control equipment, to...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged the world’s richest economies to take a central role in ending the COVID-19 pandemic by stepping up support for vaccines for all people, everywhere. ...
The humanitarian community has welcomed the ceasefire agreed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel but warned that the destruction in Gaza will take...
Everyone will lose unless humanity makes ‘peace with the planet’, declares Guterres
Humanity is “waging a war on nature”, threatening biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, the UN chief said on Friday. Read the full...
UN urges worldwide support for cultural sector to aid COVID recovery
The creative and cultural industry has played an essential role the world over throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and deserve more support moving forward, the...
On the heels of recent positive developments, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Libya pointed to renewed hope for peace in the conflict-affected country, and stability across...
Tired with Tokenism, Youth Launch Stronger Campaign for UN Biodiversity Day
UNITED NATIONS, May 21 (IPS) – International Day for Biological Diversity is observed on May 22 under the theme ‘we’re part of the solution.’...
Egypt: Fact-checking site’s entire newsroom jailed as assault on press freedom widens 
Nearly 64,000 flee Nigeria for Niger where a humanitarian crisis is deepening 
Ebola: IOM urges wider surveillance beyond formal routes in DR Congo 
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