The first injection to offer long-lasting protection against HIV is being rolled out in South Africa and Brazil, as an alternative to daily medication,...
NEW YORK, Mar 18 (IPS) – During this year’s sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66), we are eager to...
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The magnitude of civilian casualties and destruction of civilian infrastructure in Ukraine cannot be denied, the UN political chief told the Security Council on...
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 18 (IPS) – The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF), which is expected to provide retirement, death, disability and related...
Over the past two weeks, at least 70 migrants have gone missing at sea and are presumed dead off the coast of Libya, the...
UN Refugee Agency chief Filippo Grandi called on Thursday for sustained international support for Afghanistan’s people, where the country’s humanitarian crisis is worsening. Read...
The vulnerabilities of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) may be different today than they were 50 years ago – when the UN created the category...
Seven months after Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban, the Security Council on Thursday renewed the mandate of the UN special political mission in the...