UN General Assembly demands Russia reverse annexation
12/10/2022: The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution condemning Russia's illegal annexation. The debate defended the principles of the UN Charter, provoked by Russia’s use of the veto in the Security Council.
Source: UN News
Fifty-four countries need urgent debt relief
11/10/2022: The UN Development Programme has warned that fifty-four developing economies accounting for more than half of the world’s poorest people need urgent debt relief. Rich countries attending the World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings have the resources to end the debt crisis.
Source: UN Development Programme
Report confirms inequality explosion during pandemic
11/10/2022: A new index finds that the overwhelming majority of governments have cut their shares of health, education and social protection spending since the 2020 outbreak of the pandemic. At the same time, they have refused to raise taxes on excessive profits and soaring wealth.
Source: Oxfam International
Calls for fairer global governance grow louder
4/10/2022: The UN General Assembly has been notable for the urgency of calls to end the unequal power dynamics of global governance. Fundamental reform of the UN, and specifically of the UN Security Council, is seen as crucial to forging a more equitable world order.
Source: The New Humanitarian
Xinjiang vote betrays core mission of UN Human Rights Council
6/10/2022: The UN Human Rights Council has decided not to debate the findings of its High Commissioner concerning crimes against humanity in China's Xinjiang region. The head of Amnesty International calls out this decision as a chronic dysfunction of the Council.
Source: Amnesty International
World Bank: Extreme poverty here to stay
5/10/2022: The World Bank reports that extreme poverty increased by 71 million in 2020, the biggest single-year leap in more than 30 years. COVID-19 has ended years of progress. Without a massive hike in economic growth, some 574 million people — roughly 7% of the global population — will remain in extreme poverty in 2030.
Source: DW
Is the EU doing enough to support the resistance in Myanmar?
5/10/2022: There are growing calls for the European Union to bolster its assistance to Myanmar's government-in-exile, the National Unity Government, which is at the head of a resistance movement fighting Myanmar's military junta. The European Commission has already adopted several rounds of sanctions targeting the military regime.
Source: DW
Africa can and must be a leader in clean energy
4/10/22: Kenya's new president calls on African states to accelerate the transition to renewable energy, with the aim of doubling Africa’s installed energy capacity by 2030. Almost half of Africa’s people remain underserved by fossil fuel power.
Source: The Guardian
Uyghur rights report a litmus test for global governance
3/10/2022: The Chinese government is doing everything in its power to block a debate in the UN Human Rights Council on a recently released UN report alleging crimes against humanity in Xinjiang region. The Human Rights Council was conceived in 2006 as a representative body of states expected to uphold the highest standards.
Source: Inter Press Service
How has the Amazon rainforest changed under Bolsonaro?
2/10/2022: The Amazon rainforest is regarded as one of the tipping elements capable of destabilizing the global climate. Around 60% of the rainforest's total area lies within the territory of Brazil. After several years in which deforestation rates dropped significantly, they rose again sharply after the right-wing populist Jair Bolsonaro took office as president of Brazil in 2019.
Source: DW