Mongolia Shows Improvement in Management of Public Finances
Mongolia’s management of public finances has improved, but further reforms are needed in some areas to achieve international best practice standards, a recentWorld Bank...
Presidents of Parliament to gather for Athens Summit
Presidents of Parliament from the 47 Council of Europe member states, as well as many neighbouring and observer countries and other partner parliamentary assemblies, will meet...
UN standards will be applied for the first time in the Russian Arctic
Residents of the Tukhard settlement located in the Russian part of the Arctic (in the Taimyr Dolgano-Nenets District of the Krasnoyarsk Territory) have been...
Low-Income Country Debt Rises to Record $860 Billion in 2020
Governments around the world responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with massive fiscal, monetary, and financial stimulus packages. While these measures were aimed at addressing...
Girlpower from Tajikistan to Costa Rica, helps narrow gender gap online
A marked global gender gap in terms of internet use continues to grow, but from Syria to Costa Rica, girls are increasingly pushing back to try and narrow the gap.
The gender...
Winners of 2021 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism announced
Three winners of awards that honour brave, yet often unrecognised journalists for their reporting on conflict, corruption and injustice are announced today.
Jason Motlagh, an...
Yemen’s future recovery hangs in balance
Ongoing conflict and violence across Yemen continue to impact heavily on the country’s people who desperately need the fighting to end, so that they can rebuild their lives, the UN’s senior humanitarian official in the...
Global health community prescribes climate action for COVID recovery
Ambitious national climate commitments are crucial for States to sustain a healthy, green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new UN health...
Projects that use digital technologies to support flexible and resilient energy systems
The International Energy Agency is teaming up with the Italian Ministry of Ecological Transition (IMET) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to call for...
The future of the ammonia industry amid efforts to reach net zero emissions
Ammonia is the starting point for all mineral nitrogen fertilisers, forming a bridge between the nitrogen in the air and the food we eat....