'Landmark decision’ gives legal teeth to protect environmental defenders
A 46-strong group of countries across the wider European region has agreed...
Fears grow for the lives of 5 Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli prisons
Israel has been urged to either release or charge five Palestinian prisoners currently on...
Conditions worsen for stranded migrants along Belarus-EU border
At least eight people have died along the border between Belarus and the European...
Libyan Government plan needed to end ‘dire situation’ of asylum seekers, refugees
The Libyan government must immediately address the dire situation of asylum-seekers and...
UN values of peace, development and human rights ‘have no expiry date’
At a celebratory concert in New York on Thursday night, marking the anniversary of the foundational...
Madagascar: Severe drought could spur world’s first climate change famine
More than one million people in southern Madagascar are struggling to get enough to...
WHO announces plan for ‘profound transformation' following sexual abuse allegations in DR Congo
The suffering of survivors of sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by World Health Organization...
Plastic pollution on course to double by 2030
Plastic pollution in oceans and other bodies of water continues to grow sharply and could more than...
Women in leadership ‘must be the norm’, Security Council hears
We can no longer exclude half of humanity from international peace and...
Up to 180,000 health workers may have died from COVID-19
Between 80,000 and 180,000 health and care workers may have died from COVID-19 between January of 2020 and May of...
