Topic: Global governance

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COVID-19 and the SDGs

Report / 17th August 2020

A new briefing summarises the actual or likely impacts of the global coronavirus crisis on each of the 17 Sustainable Development goals. By Jens Martens, Bodo Ellmers and Vera Pokorny for Global Policy Watch.

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The UN’s 75th birthday: A critical chance for the globe to save itself

Blog / 12th August 2020

The 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.

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We can’t trust the IMF and World Bank to lead the COVID-19 recovery

Article / 26th June 2020

Despite decades of protests against them, the IMF and World Bank continue to force the same discredited policies on poor governments and their people, writes Lara Merling.

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Act now or risk ‘unimaginable devastation’ globally, warns UN chief

News / 29th May 2020

Unless 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.  

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The Northern Hemisphere must not stand by and let coronavirus devastate the South

Blog / 26th May 2020

There is a danger that Covid-19 will significantly increase the gap between rich and poor nations. It's time to put in place an ambitious plan to overcome this crisis and save more than 30 million lives.

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Is now the moment for a standing UN ‘911’ service?

Article / 23rd May 2020

With a “UN 911” first responder for complex emergencies, the UN would finally have a rapid, reliable capacity to help save millions of lives and trillions of dollars, writes H. Peter Langille for Foreign Policy in Focus.

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Uniting behind a people’s vaccine against COVID-19

News / 14th May 2020

Over 100 former global leaders call for the mandatory worldwide sharing of a Covid19 vaccine - available to all people, in all countries, free of charge.

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Former UN Independent Expert calls for a World Conference on post-COVID-19 recovery

News / 7th May 2020

Former 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. 

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Time to rally behind the World Health Organization: A civil society statement

Article / 30th April 2020

"This is the time to insist on multilateralism, solidarity, and science based health policy making at global and national level. This is the time to rally behind WHO."

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Citizen action is central to the global response to COVID-19

Blog / 24th April 2020

Now is the time for citizens to ensure that world leaders forcefully respond to the COVID-19 crisis in accordance with human rights, write Isabel Ortiz and Walden Bello.

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