A major international agreement banning violence and harassment in the workplace has been adopted by the International Labour Organization’s Centenary Conference in Geneva. This...
In a statement issued on Sunday, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said it remains troubled that civilians are being killed in...
Editors’ note: In October, US President Donald Trump signed into law the Save Our Seas (SOS) Act of 2018. This law, authored...
UNCTAD is pleased to announce the launch of ISAR Honours 2019. As its previous edition in 2018, “ISAR Honours” aims to...
Tzvetan Todorov
"We must draw a veil over all the horrors of the past,” said Winston Churchill not long after the end of the Second...
What is Food Safety?
Food safety is the absence -- or safe, acceptable levels -- of
hazards in food that may harm the health of...
South-South Ideas – South-South Cooperation – A Theoretical and Institutional Framework (2019)
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR SSC: A STRUCTURALIST FOUNDATION
The engagement of Southern economies with development...
At a global forum on fair pricing and access to medicines, delegates
from governments and civil society organizations called for greater
transparency around the...
Two
leading economists have put forward a solution to the challenges they
see facing the multilateral system of trade, investment and finance
ahead of...
This thematic brief seeks to understand the reasons for this situation and to identify actions that governments and employers’ and workers’ organizations could take...