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Syria: Effort to buttress human rights since Assad’s fall, ‘only the beginning of what needs to be done’
- UN News
Summary executions and other violations continue in Syria nearly a year after the fall of the Assad regime, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
Mozambique’s displaced facing massive needs as attacks intensify
- UN News
The ongoing emergency in northern Mozambique continues to worsen as prolonged attacks by non-state armed groups in Nampula trigger one of the largest displacement surges of the year, the UN warned on Friday.
Businesses Impact Nature on Which They Depend — IPBES Report Finds
- Inter Press Service
PRETORIA, December 4 (IPS) - Nature is a double-edged sword for global business. A groundbreaking report will reveal how businesses profit from exploiting natural resources while simultaneously impacting biodiversity.
‘Low- and Middle-Income Countries Need Better Data, Not Just Better Tech’
- Inter Press Service
CLERMONT-FERRAND, France, December 4 (IPS) - During the Global Development Conference 2025, development experts and researchers kept warning that low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) were being pushed into a wave of digital transformation without the basic statistical systems, institutional capacity, and local context needed to ensure that AI and digital tools truly benefited the poor.
For 78 Years, the Palestinians have Been Denied their Inalienable Rights & their Right to Self-Determination
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, December 4 (IPS) - For seventy-eight years, the question of Palestine has been on the agenda of this General Assembly, almost as long as the institution itself.
Fresh Lens For Nuanced Multifaceted Climate Solutions Needed
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, December 4 (IPS) - “I see more philanthropic support aligning with systems thinking, linking climate stability, biodiversity protection, Indigenous leadership, and community resilience,” says Michael Northrop, Program Director at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
UN and partners back new measures to help millions move from vulnerability to opportunity
- UN News
A major UN meeting in Doha wrapped up on Thursday with a renewed drive to help the world’s poorest countries move towards long-term stability and prosperity, as senior officials urged stronger global partnerships to ensure that development gains are not lost once States exit the Least Developed Country (LDC) category.
UN support helps Gaza mothers give birth amid collapsing health system
- UN News
Every week in Gaza, at least 15 women give birth outside any health facility, often without a trained midwife, pain relief or basic medical supplies.
Deadly storms sweep South and Southeast Asia, leaving over 1,600 dead
- UN News
From Sri Lanka’s central highlands to Indonesia’s flood-swollen river basins, a wave of climate-fuelled cyclones and monsoon rains has unleashed one of the deadliest weather patterns south and southeast Asia has seen in years, killing more than 1,600 people, displacing hundreds of thousands and affecting millions.
African football legends join forces to give a red card to polio
- UN News
Six African football legends are urging the continent to unite and step up efforts to vaccinate every child against the life-threatening polio virus.
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