Two
leading economists have put forward a solution to the challenges they
see facing the multilateral system of trade, investment and finance
ahead of the annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) and the World Bank Group...
The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved three new FAO-designed projects in Argentina, Guatemala and Sudan for a total amount of $158.6 million aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening resilience to climate change, and combating deforestation.
FAO...
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited sites of suspected war crimes in Ukraine on Thursday, where he condemned the “evil” acts committed against civilians and urged criminal accountability.
The UN chief’s visit to the Kyiv suburbs of Borodianka,...
James Keaten
The United Nations refugee agency says about 32,000 people have fled Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region into neighboring Sudan, and it is preparing to take in up to 200,000 in the next six months if necessary.
Axel Bisschop, the agency’s...
Structural violence, a Threat to the World of Workforce
By Sonia George
Even as the International Labour Organization (ILO) is celebrating its 100th year, it is imperative to contemplate its achievements and to reaffirm its commitment towards workers rights. It should...
The United Nations has achieved a significant feat by completing the safe transfer of oil from the FSO Safer supertanker located off Yemen's Red Sea coast. This successful operation has effectively thwarted the immediate threat of a potential massive...
Providing life-saving support during the pandemic
On World Humanitarian Day (WHD) August 19, the world commemorates humanitarian workers killed and injured in the course of their work, and we honour all aid and health workers who continue, despite the odds,...
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Writing on the feats and flaws of modern science way back in 1951, humanist writer and literary genius M. Govindan (1919-1989) brought in the story of al-Hameed—a landlord in Hyderabad who, over years, lost interest in agriculture, but developed...
At a global forum on fair pricing and access to medicines, delegates
from governments and civil society organizations called for greater
transparency around the cost of research and development as well
as production of medicines, to allow buyers to negotiate...
“No one should be alone in their old age,” Santiago, the protagonist in Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea reflects in despair. Fisherman Santiago’s sorrows speak volumes about how loneliness is terrible, yet Hemingway sends the message...
