Large-scale mining has the potential to play a critical role in helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in resource-rich countries, according to a new...
As a result of Saudi bombing raids, Yemen’s underdeveloped socio-economic infrastructure has been largely destroyed. Post-war planning will need to be followed by international aid for...
“Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know...
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 region is...
Danilo Turk and Sundeep Waslekar Since last September when the United Nations declared water as a sustainable development goal, a number of countries have intensified efforts...
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 double the...
Firstly, it is important to introduce the basic definitions and features of the creative economy approach. There is no consensus in literature around the definition of...
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 by the...
9 December is the anniversary of the 1948 Convention on Genocide, signed at the UN General Assembly held in 1948 in Paris. The Genocide Convention was...
“The 70th anniversary of the United Nations is an opportunity to reflect – to look back on the UN’s history and take stock of its enduring...