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Jun 27 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses autonomous weapons systems and the campaign for regulation with Nicole van Rooijen, Executive Director of Stop Killer Robots, a global civil society coalition of over 270 organisations that campaigns for a new ...

NEW YORK, Jun 27 (IPS) - I've spent much of my life in the machinery of international development, navigating acronyms, crises, and committee rooms with stale coffee. Through it all--amid war zones, climate summits, and remote island consultations- . ...

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 27 (IPS) - In the US, the success of a business enterprise or the value of real estate is reflected in a repetitive and alliterative phrase: "LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION".As the UN continues its plans for system-wide ...

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 (IPS) - The Trump administration announced on June 23 that a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran had been reached following 10 days of conflict between the two nations and the United States' bombardment of three nuclear ...

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 2025 (IPS) - United Nations member states this week reiterated their commitment to the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity--at a time when world powers are failing to meet these ...

FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil, Jun 26 (IPS) - Living with her neighbours, getting to know them and chatting with them is what Lucila Neves enjoys most in the community orchard of Portal de Ribeirão, a neighbourhood in the south of Florianopolis, considered ...

MALÃ & JOHANNESBURG, Jun 26 (IPS) - A meeting of parliamentarians in Malé, the Maldives, pledged to provide an enabling environment for emerging women leaders by supporting them and promoting a political culture rooted in mutual respect, ...

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 (IPS) - The demand for cobalt and other minerals is fueling a decades-long humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In pursuit of money to support their families, Congolese laborers face abuse and life ...

Deadly hostilities continued along the front-line regions of Ukraine on Wednesday, displacing civilians and damaging civilian infrastructure, the UN has reported.

The conflict-impacted people of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) urgently need much more international assistance than they are getting today, the UN's top aid official said on Thursday.