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[ ] Briefing ambassadors at the UN Security Council, Stephanie Koury added that many Libyans have deep concerns, which she shares, about the de facto division of the country. Rival administrations have evolved, one led by the internationally recognized Government…

[ ] Briefing journalists in New York, Deputy UN Spokesperson Farhan Haq said that agency assisting Palestine refugee (UNRWA) estimates that only 65,000 people remain in Rafah, compared to six weeks ago when the southern city hosted 1.4 million displaced…

[ ] Credit: UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) Opinion by Sefa Ikpa (lagos, nigeria) Thursday, June 20, 2024 Inter Press Service LAGOS, Nigeria, Jun 20 (IPS) – Authoritarian overreach is re-defining itself across West Africa, fuelled by…

[ ] Credit: Alain Pitton/NurPhoto via Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Thursday, June 20, 2024 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jun 20 (IPS) – The violence that rocked New Caledonia last month has subsided. French President Emmanuel Macron has recently…

[ ] That’s a record number on the move – “fuelling profound human suffering”, António Guterres added, while at the same time honouring their strength and courage. Drawing attention to the day each 20 June, is also about stepping up…

[ ] “People from the north of Gaza move south and suddenly they get attacked in the south. We read all those contrary instructions as pointing to an attitude of not caring for their lives, destruction and dislocation,” said Navi…

[ ] Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Ndongo Samba Sylla (dakar and kuala lumpur) Thursday, June 20, 2024 Inter Press Service DAKAR and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 20 (IPS) – Developing country governments are being blamed for irresponsibly borrowing too much. The…

[ ] In his message for the day Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated that the protection of healthcare facilities is a “fundamental tenet” of international humanitarian law, which governs the conduct of war. “But attacks on hospitals and healthcare facilities, and…

[ ] The finding follows investigations by the UN human rights office, OHCHR, into six attacks that it has described as “emblematic” of Israeli tactics in the more than eight-month war, involving the suspected use of bombs weighing up to…

[ ] IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath’s fireside chat with Washington Post columnist Heather Long on the findings of a new Staff Discussion Note (SDN) by the Fiscal Affairs Department, which explores the role fiscal policy can play…