Spain rekindles a radical idea: a Europe-wide minimum income
News / 7th June 2020With Europe facing the greatest social challenge in its history since the second world war, ministers from Spain, Italy and Portugal are calling for a common EU approach to a minimum income.
Act now or risk ‘unimaginable devastation’ globally, warns UN chief
News / 29th May 2020Unless countries across the world act together now, the COVID-19 pandemic will cause “unimaginable devastation and suffering around the world”, said UN Secretary-General António Guterres at a virtual high-level meeting on financing for development.
Uniting behind a people’s vaccine against COVID-19
News / 14th May 2020Over 100 former global leaders call for the mandatory worldwide sharing of a Covid19 vaccine – available to all people, in all countries, free of charge.
Former UN Independent Expert calls for a World Conference on post-COVID-19 recovery
News / 7th May 2020Former UN Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order, Professor Alfred de Zayas, urges civil society to demand a new social contract based on human dignity, social justice and sustainability.
Coronavirus crisis could double number of people suffering acute hunger – UN
News / 22nd April 2020The coronavirus crisis will push more than a quarter of a billion people to the brink of starvation unless swift action is taken to provide food and humanitarian relief to the most at-risk regions, the UN and other experts have warned.