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In battling COVID-19, countries shouldn’t lose sight of sustainable development
COVID-19 is threatening to plunge millions of people into poverty and worsen global hunger, undermining the long-running push for sustainable development, warns a new...
Two billion COVID vaccine doses secured, WHO says end of pandemic is in sight
The end of the pandemic is in sight but we must not let our guard down, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO)...
COVID-19 is a threat to peacebuilding in conflict-affected nations
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis uniquely complicates peace and reconstruction efforts in conflict-affected countries, jeopardizing public health responses and threatening peacebuilding efforts.A joint report co-authored...
How the recovery from COVID-19 crisis can build sustainable and inclusive economic systems
Almost one year after the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, the deep economic recession it has triggered continues to have profound economic and social...
Anno Domini 2020: Not Only Covid-19
In a little less than two weeks, the annus horribilis 2020 will (finally!) come to an end. A year that has seen the whole...
Confusing Order in Order to Order
There is currently a great deal of speculation, some of it emotional and dramatic, by all manner of political theorists and international relations pundits...
The COVID-19 Recovery Offers Opportunities to Address Climate Crisis
On 12 December 2015, virtually all countries adopted the Paris Agreement, pledging to keep the rise in global average temperatures this century to well...
$9 Billion ADB Facility to Help Members Access and Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched a $9 billion vaccine initiative—the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX)—offering rapid and equitable support to its...
COVID-19 crisis, a wake-up call on social protection for workers
The need for universal social protection in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has been underlined at a virtual conference of trade union leaders...
Human rights must be ‘front and centre’ of COVID-19 response
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for human rights to be put “front and centre” of COVID-19 response and recovery globally in order to...