Commission lists key steps for effective vaccination strategies and vaccines deployment
As Europe learns to live with the pandemic, the development and swift global deployment of safe and effective vaccines against COVID-19 remains an essential...
Bolivia elections, an opportunity to defuse extreme polarization
The UN’s top human rights official has called on all actors in Bolivia to remain calm and refrain from any action that could undermine...
Greater equality a ‘prerequisite’ for overcoming global crises
In reviewing, assessing and acknowledging the effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, enslavement and colonialism, the groundbreaking Durban World Conference of 2001, represented a...
Rape is wrong but death penalty, castration, not the answer
Michelle Bachelet has issued a statement calling on governments to step up action against these crimes, improve access to justice and reparations for victims,...
Thousands displaced by fighting in southern Afghanistan
Thousands of people have been displaced and critical health services interrupted, after fighting erupted last weekend between security forces and Taliban fighters in the southern...
Sakharov Prize 2020: meet the finalists
The democratic opposition in Belarus, Honduran environmental activists and the Archbishop of Mosul are the 2020 Sakharov Prize finalists.
Chosen at a joint meeting of...
Doubling the renovation rate to cut emissions, boost recovery and reduce energy poverty
The European Commission has published today its Renovation Wave Strategy to improve the energy performance of buildings. The Commission aims to at least double...
Herd immunity, an ‘unethical’ COVID-19 strategy
Using the principle of so-called “herd immunity” to stem the COVID-19 pandemic is “unethical” and “not an option” countries should pursue to defeat the...
EU Cohesion Policy response to the coronavirus crisis
Today, the Commission announces the first provisional results of the implementation of the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative (CRII) and Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative Plus...
The Gambia to Strengthen Health Care Delivery in the Face of COVID-19
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a $30 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA)* to improve the quality and utilization of essential health...