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UN seeks US$169 million in aid for Philippine typhoon victims

More than 400 people were killed and hundreds of thousands left homeless after Rai hit the archipelago as a super typhoon in December

Super typhoon’s destruction in Philippines ‘badly underestimated,’ says UN

Scientists have long warned that typhoons are strengthening more rapidly as the world becomes warmer because of human-driven climate change

UN condemns attack on civilians that killed at least 35 people...

Reports said state military forces killed at least 35 people and set their bodies on fire along with their vehicles

Faith-based groups laud UN recognition of access to healthy environment as...

On October 8, the UN Human Rights Council voted to recognize the right to a safe, healthy, and sustainable environment as a human right

Vatican diplomat warns US leaders not to use God for selfish...

“Even just laws can result in injustice when unaccompanied by a just heart,” said Archbishop Gabriele Caccia

World needs action to back COVID vaccines, health care access, Cardinal...

He called for “a renewed examination of how health care systems have largely been overwhelmed by the pandemic"

‘Racism can and must be defeated,’ says Vatican official at UN

“Racism is rooted in the erroneous and evil claim that one human being has less dignity than another"

Civil society urges UN to retain Myanmar ambassador’s accreditation

At least 358 Myanmar and international civil society organizations sent an open letter to members of the UN General Assembly

UN report: Pandemic year marked by spike in world hunger

More than half of all undernourished people in the world (418 million) live in Asia, says the UN report

UN experts’ letter to Vatican has ‘no real teeth,’ says Church...

The letter accused the Vatican of using international agreements to avoid accepting responsibility for abuse committed by Church members

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