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Global cooperation tested by the pandemic at UNGA 75
Article / 17th September 2020The 75th UNGA is a moment for the world to focus on realising the full potential of the United Nations’ founding principle of “achieving international cooperation in solving international problems,” writes José Luis Castro for Devex.
History gives us reason for hope that inequality can be beaten
Article / 15th September 2020Inequality is a system of dominance that we can only overcome if we have enough strength. No one cedes power becasue of a great powerpoint, writes Ben Phillips for OpenDemocracy.
Friedman’s failed doctrine
Report / 15th September 2020The social responsibility of business is actually to ensure profits are shared equitably, argues a new report from Oxfam International.
Global efforts to minimize poverty amid COVID-19 are ‘full of holes’: UN expert
Report / 11th September 2020Current social protection programs are not enough to stop millions of people falling into poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
As global population grows, ecological threats and armed conflict could displace over 1 billion people by 2050
Report / 11th September 2020An analysis released Wednesday by an international think tank warns that as the world’s population continues to climb toward and possibly surpass 10 billion by 2050, ecological disasters and armed conflict could forcibly displace roughly 10% of humanity—or about 1.2 billion people.