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Amid climate disruption, an AI revolution, war and growing hunger, "the need for the United Nations has never been greater," Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, presenting a $3.3 billion programme budget proposal for next year - a .. ...

Approximately 800 million young people entering the labour market in developing economies over the coming years will not find jobs unless countries act, the head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) warned on Tuesday, as the agency launched two ...

The UN Special Representative on Violence Against Children has called for stronger global action to protect boys and girls caught up in a growing number of crises, as current efforts fall short.

Russian attacks in recent days on on Ukraine's two largest cities have again killed and injured civilians, damaged homes and civilian infrastructure, the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) said on Tuesday.

$228 billion is a staggering amount of money to find, but that's exactly what communities around the world are faced with every year, to rebuild housing after disaster strikes.

Fewer people from West Africa are reaching Europe by sea, but the journey has not become safer, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on Tuesday.

UNITED NATIONS, October 13 (IPS) - The United Nations has once again revived a longstanding problem that has been left lingering behind closed doors for decades - racism and racial discrimination at the UN Secretariat.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, October 13 (IPS) - The protracted demise of dollar-gold convertibility and associated fixed exchange rates did not end dollar hegemony. With crucial and timely help from political allies, confidence in the dollar system has .. ...

PRETORIA, South Africa, October 12 (IPS) - The awarding of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to distinguished South African jurist and international judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay is about more than just the recognition of an exceptional individual in the . ...

KATHMANDU, October 12 (IPS) - Nearly three decades ago, in the final stretch of Nepal's civil war, Dr Brandon Kohrt sat with parents whose sons had been conscripted as child soldiers and never returned.