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UNITED NATIONS, Jun 27 (IPS) - Since 1989, the United Nations (UN) has recognized June 26 as the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in an effort to raise awareness around the global drug problem and foster a more ...

GENEVA, Jun 27 (IPS) - In an era defined by the gig economy and pervasive job insecurity, advocating for permanent contracts within the United Nations might seem anachronistic, even counterintuitive.

The interim authorities in Syria have taken important steps in recent weeks to address past violations, the Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the country said on Friday in an update to the UN Human Rights Council in ...

A decade after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), development is facing serious headwinds - including what UN officials describe as a "silent crisis" of surging debt service payments in low-income countries.

Three years into the conflict in Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) continue to pursue a military solution, violating international law and the rights of civilians in the process.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, warning that the humanitarian crisis has reached "horrific proportions" and that the world must not let the suffering of Palestinians be ...

As the Foreign Ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a draft peace agreement in Washington this Friday, tensions and violence continue to grip eastern DRC.

Myanmar is spiralling deeper into humanitarian catastrophe, the UN's top human rights official warned on Friday, as escalating military attacks, crippling aid restrictions and collapsing international support push millions toward starvation and ...

The first delivery earlier this week of urgently needed medical goods to enter Gaza in months will provide scant relief to the enclave's people, who continue to be shot and killed in their search for food, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said ...

The head of UN Peacekeeping affirmed the critical role played by the "blue helmets" in Lebanon and Syria during a press conference at Headquarters in New York.