Discrimination against poor people ranks with racism, sexism, U.N. human rights expert says
New York, October 28 – Children from low-income families have been denied entrance to certain schools and landlords have closed the doors to possible tenants
New York, October 28 – Children from low-income families have been denied entrance to certain schools and landlords have closed the doors to possible tenants
New York, October 26 – Plans submitted by countries to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute to earth warming, have failed their targets and
Note: A new United Nations study launched at the World Health Summit in Berlin says the pandemic, conflict and climate change have had devastating impacts
Geneva/New York, October 17 – Lives will be lost unless governments embark on increasing benefits and wages in line with rising inflation, a U.N. poverty
New York, October 12 – The United Nations General Assembly voted 143-5 to demand that Russia “immediately and unconditionally” reverse its decision to annex four
Press release from the Institute of Development StudiesNew Research on the impact of Covid-19, spanning 42 low- and middle-income counties, has identified macroeconomic and social
New York, October 8 – The United Nations General Assembly will debate Russia’s annexation of four regions in Ukraine and possibly vote on a resolution
New York, October 7 – The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for world assistance and solidarity with the people and government of
New York, September 30 – Russia cast a negative vote and effectively blocked UN Security Council members from adopting a resolution that would have condemned
New York, September 30 – Russian President Vladimir Putin formally signed documents to annex four Ukrainian regions and declared that Ukrainians living in the areas
New York, September 26 – World leaders ended their week-long general debate in the UN General Assembly annual session with calls to end Russia’s war
New York, September 22 – UN Security Council members strongly criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin for threatening to use nuclear weapons in the war in
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