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The UN’s 75th birthday: A critical chance for the globe to save itself
Blog / 12th August 2020The UN’s 75th anniversary this year is a chance for taking stock, strengthening the UN and confronting the challenges the system will face in the years ahead, writes Giovanna Kuele for PassBlue.
‘Temporary Basic Income’ could slow COVID surge, provide lifeline for world’s poorest
Report / 28th July 2020The immediate introduction of a Temporary Basic Income for the world’s poorest people could slow the current surge in COVID-19 and enable close to three billion people to stay at home, according to a new report from the United Nations Development Programme.
Gleneagles 15 years on: The last debt cancellation
Blog / 28th July 2020Last week marked 15 years since the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, when leaders of the world’s richest countries agreed debt cancellation for many of the world’s poorest heavily indebted countries.
The world needs a ‘people’s vaccine’ for coronavirus, not a big-pharma monopoly
Blog / 27th July 2020No private company should have monopoly rights over a Covid-19 vaccine; this is a public resource that should be contributed to the World Health Organisation’s Technology Access Pool and shared for the benefit of all, writes Helen Clark and Winnie Byanyima.
12,000 people could die each day from hunger linked to COVID-19
Report / 20th July 2020A new Oxfam briefing warns that as many as 12,000 people could die per day by the end of the year as a result of hunger linked to COVID-19, potentially more than could die from the disease.