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Nuclear Supplier Group deeply divided
“Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than...
Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh: An unlikely and unwanted scenario
The April shootouts in Nagorno-Karabakh that took dozens of lives from each side signaled to the world community that the conflict around the above-mentioned...
The Compulsion of Water Cooperation
Danilo Turk and Sundeep Waslekar Since last September when the United Nations declared water as a sustainable development goal, a number of countries have...
How Do We Really Help Refugees?
The UNHCR reports that there are approximately 50 million refugees around the world at present. 50 million. That's the population of South Korea, or...
UNCTAD’s Creative Economy Programme as instrument for growth and development
Firstly, it is important to introduce the basic definitions and features of the creative economy approach. There is no consensus in literature around the...
What happens currently in Libya
In Libya, Isis/Daesh has taken control of Sabratha, a UNESCO World Heritage Site 70 kilometers west of Tripoli. It is true that, as claimed...
The Genocide Convention: An Unused but not Forgotten Standard of World Law
9 December is the anniversary of the 1948 Convention on Genocide, signed at the UN General Assembly held in 1948 in Paris. The Genocide...
Why do we need strong United Nations?
“The 70th anniversary of the United Nations is an opportunity to reflect – to look back on the UN’s history and take stock of...
Chessboard Strategy: Russia and UN Resolution 2117
The Russian government has made great leaps since the collapse of the Soviet Union, “moving from a globally-isolated, centrally-planned economy towards a more market-based...
The UN Leadership Team and the Non-Aligned Movement
There is currently an active discussion among UN delegations in New York concerning the way in which the appointment of the next UN Secretary-General...