Trapped behind bars: Reforming Haiti’s broken detention system
Most of those people died “as a result of lack of medical care, unsanitary cells, insufficient food, and limited access…
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Social development, up close: UN News goes inside the Doha summit
At the Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha, our team piloted a quick, digestible format designed to bring…
Not just dreams, but rights: Social justice in focus at Doha summit
The Global Coalition for Social Justice Forum brought together ministers, workers’ and employers’ organizations, UN agencies and civil society to…
Doha Social Summit: Path to fairer societies begins in the classroom
The vast Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) – filled with delegations, students, civil society groups and policymakers from around the…
Global alliance meets in Doha to confront hunger crisis
Addressing heads of state, ministers and international partners, President of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock said today’s hunger crisis…
Flags raised in Doha as leaders gather for UN social development summit
The ceremony marked the United Nations’ official assumption of the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) as the venue where world…
World News in Brief: Funding cuts curb development, human rights in Belarus update, Ebola and mpox in Africa
Speaking in Geneva, she said the world was facing “declining respect for human rights and multilateralism”, with conflicts, debt, and…
$31 trillion debt is holding back developing countries, UN trade summit hears
Addressing the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)’s 195 Member States in Geneva, Rebeca Grynspan said that 72 per cent of…
Ministers from Europe and beyond commit to address housing emergency
In response, more than 30 ministers and senior government representatives meeting in Geneva on Wednesday committed to stronger policies and…
UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by deadly protests in Madagascar
“The Secretary-General has been closely following the situation in Madagascar and is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life…