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General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock warned on Thursday that repeated deadlock in the Security Council has become the "poster child" for wider global gridlock, undermining trust in multilateral institutions.

The lives of people living in Ukraine on the frontline of the war with Russia are becoming more tenuous and support is being provided for those who want to leave as well as those who want to stay in their homes.

What was once hailed as a vehicle for empowerment has, for millions of women and girls, become a source of fear.

BELÉM, Brazil, November 20 (IPS) - The heat in the Hangar Convention Center of the Amazonia, in the northeastern Brazilian city of Belém, has reached the negotiation rooms of the climate summit. Over the past 72 hours, one of the most delicate and ...

BELÉM, Brazil, November 20 (IPS) - The language of agricultural sustainability changes like the seasons - from "climate-smart" to "regenerative," "agroecological," and "nature-positive." Each term reflects good intentions, but the growing list risks ...

PRETORIA, South Africa, November 20 (IPS) - The end of South Africa's G20 presidency does not mean the end of its ability or responsibility to promote the issues it prioritised during 2025. It can still advocate for action on some of these issues ...

BELÉM, Brazil, November 19 (IPS) - At a Conference of the Parties, where science intersects with politics, reaching agreements is often a tricky business. What is inside the last-minute negotiations as the COP presidency tries to get the parties to ...

ADDIS ABABA, November 19 (IPS) - As the COP30 negotiations intensify in Belém, Brazil, civil society organizations and research experts have called out major financial institutions for promoting foreign interests in controlling Africa's land by ...

PUERTO MORELOS, Mexico, November 19 (IPS) - Ezequiel Sánchez, a 63-year-old Mexican fisherman, owes everything to the sea. "My life, my work, my family," he says, pointing around his office, which is located just a block from the ocean in Puerto ...

PORTLAND, USA, November 19 (IPS) - With the longest shutdown of the U.S. government now over, the White House, Congress, the media, and the public have shifted their attention to the contentious and highly political issue of releasing the files ...