United Nations : Global food prices reach highest value in a decade, says FAO (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
The international prices of a basket of key agricultural food commodities rose sharply in May, to reach their highest value since September 2011, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said.

United Nations : Calls for action on ocean protection (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
The President of the United Nations General Assembly Volkan Bozkir has told a high-level debate on oceans that the world cannot afford to delay action on ocean protection.

Opinion : Slower population growth - the good and the bad (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
Results from the 2020 population censuses in the United States and China recently made headlines.

Opinion : Africa's forgotten crisis (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
A few weeks ago, I traveled with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi to the Modale refugee site in the Nord-Ubangi province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).