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Karabakh emergency escalates, thousands still pouring into Armenia: UN agencies
- UN News
Over 88,000 refugees from the Karabakh region have fled to Armenia in less than a week and humanitarian needs are surging, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
‘We know the solutions’: Youth offer UN tips for better world
- UN News
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) wrapped up its high-level weekworld leaders flew home, and the security barricades outside UN Headquarters were stored away for next year. UN News spoke with some first-time participants, celebrities, activists, and journalists about their experiences and whether they felt their messages reached the global stage.
Wanted: A New Local Oversight Structure to Achieve SDGS, Climate Action & Biodiversity Preservation
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Sep 29 (IPS) - The links between Agenda 2030 and SDGs, including climate action and biodiversity preservation are clear and straightforward. Yet, leveraging them, and bringing them to together in a unified framework, remains extremely challenging.
Peru Faces Challenge of Climate Change-Driven Internal Migration
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Sep 28 (IPS) - Nearly 700,000 people have migrated internally in Peru due to the effects of climate change. This mass displacement is a clear problem in this South American country, one of the most vulnerable to the global climate crisis due to its biodiversity, geography and 28 different types of climates.
Nigerian Women Challenge 'Colonialist' Patriarchy
- Inter Press Service
LAGOS, Sep 28 (IPS) - Bukes Saliu wakes up very early every workday to beat the gruesome Lagos traffic to head to a job quite unusual for a woman to engage in Nigeria. She is a forklift operator in one of the busy depots in the coastal city, a task traditionally meant for men in the West African country.
Global Leaders Plead for Peace in Ukraine at UN
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 28 (IPS) - As it did last year, the 2023 United Nations General Assembly has been debating what role the United Nations and its members should play in the crisis in Ukraine.
Human rights defenders face harsh reprisals for partnering with UN
- UN News
Over 220 individuals and 25 organisations across the world faced threats and retaliation for cooperating with the UN on human rights, according to a UN report on reprisals issued Thursday.
UN rights experts slam ‘systemic racism’ in US police and courts
- UN News
Police and criminal justice systems in the United States require urgent reform to eradicate “systemic racism” against people of African descent, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Thursday.
DR Congo: UN mission still disinformation target, as withdrawal speculation grows
- UN News
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains mired in insecurity, characterized by volatility and tensions that show no signs of abating, the head of the UN’s peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO) there, said on Thursday.
Stopping war, stepping up climate action: Francis wraps up UNGA78
- UN News
Ending the war in Ukraine, promoting climate action and ramping up efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) topped the agenda of the High Level Week of the UN General Assembly, the man at the helm of the global platform for dialogue said on Thursday.