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World Health Organisation’s annual budget is the ‘equivalent to global military expenditure every 8 hours’
News / 21st May 2025The Director-General of the WHO drew a sharp contrast between its budget and global spending priorities: US$ 2.1 billion is the equivalent of global military expenditure every eight hours.
Acute food insecurity and malnutrition rise for sixth consecutive year in world’s most fragile regions
News / 19th May 2025Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for the sixth consecutive year in 2024, pushing millions of people to the brink in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions.
No more austerity! London march and rally
Event / 14th May 2025 Friday, 6th June 2025Responding to a groundswell of anger in the UK, the People’s Assembly is bringing together campaigners and organisations to say ‘No to Austerity 2.0 – Fund our public services!’
‘Children are being starved by design’: all of Gaza faces hunger crisis due to Israeli siege
Article / 13th May 2025New data shows the total Israeli siege that’s now in its third month has made Gaza’s already dire hunger crisis worse, leaving the entire Palestinian enclave in emergency conditions.
The World Bank, at 80, and the true goals of multilateral cooperation and global development
Article / 9th May 202580 years since the World Bank’s establishment, demand is growing for a UN intergovernmental process to review its governance, role and mandate. In the Bank’s current form, it’s not fit for purpose.