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Next UN Secretary-General should champion human rights

Blog / 17th February 2026

The threats to the global human rights system demand a courageous leader at the UN who will put human rights at the heart of its agenda.

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‘What did these Cuban children do?’: US embargo blamed as infant mortality soars

Article / 13th February 2026

Infant mortality is on the rise in Cuba as the Trump administration tightens a decades-long economic embargo on the island nation in hopes of toppling a socialist government that’s outlasted a dozen US presidents.

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Don’t blame the UN for the world’s problems

Blog / 11th February 2026

The UN is weaker and more delegitimised than ever, but it would be a mistake to blame the institution for the world’s problems: the UN simply mirrors our fractured geopolitical reality.

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Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief

News / 10th February 2026

The global economy must be radically transformed to stop it rewarding pollution and waste, UN secretary general António Guterres has warned.

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On the road to nuclear war

Blog / 10th February 2026

The editors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of their famous “Doomsday Clock” to 85 seconds to midnight―the closest setting, since the appearance of the clock in 1946, to nuclear annihilation.

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