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APEX, North Carolina / DUBLIN, Ireland, Apr 17 (IPS) - A third possible candidate for UN Secretary-General is Alicia Bárcena. Mexico's current Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Bárcena boasts a professional background that is both broad and deep.

Actor Sung Kang turns 52 and filmmaker John Madden turns 75, among the famous birthdays for April 8.

Another birthday crossed off the chart, but how do you know if you have crossed the elusive line into maturity?

Instability driven by climate change could threaten democracies in the future, even though representative governments are best equipped to provide solutions,...

NEW YORK, Sep 08 (IPS) - Twenty years ago this month, a colleague saved me from a likely gruesome death. He insisted I stay in his Baghdad office of the World Food Programme (WFP) for a hot drink. "You can't leave us without trying the tea I made for you! The best in Iraq."

NEW YORK, Aug 22 (IPS) - 14 June has become a black day for the UN High Forum on The Culture of Peace (HLF-CoP) convened by the successive Presidents of the UN General Assembly since 2012.

By Nikhil Vaish PART I: American Adventurism, Non-Interventionism, Trumpism and Afghan Chaos PART II: The Misunderstanding of Vladimir Putin PART III: China Awakens Under Xi Jinping PART IV: Crony Cap

Sudan's descent into violent conflict and humanitarian catastrophe came under the scrutiny of the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday, as Member States called an emergency session of the body in Geneva.

British Columbia's three-year trial aims to address its opioid crisis. The legislation has been welcomed, but some think it's still too conservative.

Today in History Today is Monday, March 21, the 80th day of 2022. There are 285 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 21, 1965, civil rights demonstrators led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began their third, successful march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. On this date: In 1685, composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany. In 1935, Persia officially changed its…

Joe Biden was an enthusiastic proponent of the 78-day bombing of Serbia and Montenegro and wanted to send in ground troops.

The consequences of global population changes will affect billions of people, and therefore, we will need to revise migration policies and implement new changes in their economic models.

Is it a necessary concession for humanitarian reasons, or part of a trend toward normalization?

Geneva Peace Week hosts people from around the world who aren't just hoping for peace, but creating it. Their stories point to what's possible.

NEW YORK, Sep 25 (IPS) - The Summit of the Future has now ended, but the real and present world is still on fire. As the General Assembly, an annual ritual where dozens of heads of state descend on New York, kicks off, key questions about the role and future of the United Nations, a body that was created to maintain international peace and security almost 80 years ago, remain unanswered.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to former UNRWA spokesperson Chris Gunnes about distributing aid in Gaza and how aid organizations interact with Hamas in order to do their work.

Education drives economic growth and individual well-being. Secondary education, in particular, plays a crucial role. In recent decades, this recognition has encouraged several African countries to make secondary education free. One example is Ghana's Free Public Senior High School (FreeSHS) policy, initiated in 2017.

Despite its problems, the continent is showing positive signs for democracy. Will that lead to a new future for its 1.2 billion citizens?

On Aug. 19, 2003, Sergio Vieira de Mello, the United Nations' representative to Iraq, was killed in a car-bomb attack on U.N. headquarters in Iraq.