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Adaptation should be central to climate crisis talks. Here’s why
Calls intensify to focus on helping high-risk communities adjust to climate change
International Literacy Day: Changing the world, one word at a time
More than two-thirds of the world’s illiterate people are women. Working to change this can bring profound social and economic benefits
How do we get beyond ‘business as usual’ after the pandemic?
Charles Eisenstein’s book, Sacred Economics, offers some practical alternatives to neoliberal capitalism
Failure to govern geoengineering could destabilise peace and security
Failure to govern new technologies to combat global warming could aggravate existing threats to international peace and security
Public finance is key to delivering the human right to health
Across all countries and societies, access to health and healthcare services ought to be top priority
Mandela left us the fabric for a new SA
He acted within a specific context and entrusted all South Africans to build the society we want
Withdrawing from ICC will send wrong message, says Ban Ki-moon
The United Nations secretary-general expressed regret on Friday that South Africa, Burundi and Gambia want to leave the International Criminal Court.
Predatory peacekeepers blight UN peacekeepers day
An ongoing rape scandal is casting a dark cloud over an occasion usually reserved for paying tribute to the ‘Blue Helmets’.
The United Nations needs a global parliamentary assembly
Establishing a citizen-elected body at the UN would be a tool to bring us closer to more inclusive and more responsive global solutions.
More UN peacekeepers accused of sex crimes
More UN troops in the DRC are accused of abusing those they were meant to protect – and face paternity claims from their alleged victims.
When Bob calls the kettle black
The trouble is Mugabe probably knows that, according to international laws, he’s not much better than those he is criticising.
Nigeria awaits election results with Jonathan pitting against Buhari
Nigerians awaits the first results of a closely fought general election. UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for calm after deadly riots followed 2011 polls.
Ban Ki-moon takes on Netanyahu
Israel’s plans for settlements in east Jerusalem are a ‘clear violation of international law’.
Israel says meeting heavy resistance within Gaza
Israeli forces say they were met with heavy resistance from Hamas when they pounded multiple sites across the Gaza Strip.
Israel air strikes kill 20 on third day of Gaza campaign
Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed 20 people on the third day of a military operation, including four women and four children.