Fundamental freedoms squeezed in Ukraine, Human Rights Council hears
The UN Human Rights Council heard on Wednesday that fundamental freedoms in Ukraine have been squeezed in Government-contro…
The UN Human Rights Council heard on Wednesday that fundamental freedoms in Ukraine have been squeezed in Government-contro…
NEW YORK, Dec 15 (IPS) - In recent years, the world has been shaken by protests. From the Arab Spring to the social uprisin…
BENGALURU, India, Dec 02 (IPS) - In her famous speech ‘The Danger of a Single Story’, Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adi…
Dec 02 (IPS) - Last month, at the COP 26 climate conference in Glasgow, a consortium of philanthropies, led by The Rockefel…
Corporate logos and Intellectual Property (IP) receive “greater protection online than we do as human beings”, the UN’s wom…
Lack of opportunities, gangs, organized crime, the ravages of the pandemic and climate change, have triggered the displacem…
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 02 (IPS) - The widespread 21-month-old lockdown, triggered by the corona virus pandemic, had a destruct…
The emergence of the threatening new Omicron variant shows how important it is for the world to end the current “cycle of p…
The coronavirus pandemic will likely cost the global tourism sector $2 trillion in lost revenue in 2021, the UN's touri…
One in five refugee or internally displaced women have faced sexual violence, and the situation continues to worsen globall…
UN-appointed independent human rights experts urged the Chinese authorities on Monday to release on humanitarian grounds, i…
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE, Nov 11 (IPS) - With subsidies of global fisheries back on the World Trade Organisation’s agenda, expert…
As more people flee violence, insecurity and the effects of climate change, the number forcibly displaced now exceeds 84 mi…
Juba, South Sudan, Nov 10 (IPS) - Ayom Wol sits under a tree in South Sudan in the scorching midday sun. He is a newly-trai…
As millions took to the streets of cities around the world on Saturday, demanding greater climate action, some countries ta…
The UN barometer of world food prices has surged to a new peak, reaching its highest level since July 2011, the UN Food and …
Fittingly, the sun broke through the clouds over Glasgow on Thursday as delegations and participants prepared for ‘energy d…
About 22 months since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, and almost a year since the first vaccines were approved, r…
People who use drugs should not be criminalized, the UN agency leading the global fight to stamp out HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) …
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday called on G20 leaders to step up efforts to ensure the global …