U.N. Favours Changeover from Landlocked to ‘Land-linked’
Gyan Chandra Acharya, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS), called for...
View ArticleUNIDO Forum Expresses Cautious Optimism on Ethiopia’s Economic Strides
By Julia RainerVIENNA, Nov 5 2014 (IPS)With annual economic growth rates of over 10 percent and attractive investment conditions due to low infrastructural and labour costs, Ethiopia is eagerly trying...
View ArticleCivil Society Support for Marshall Islands Against Nuclear Weapons
Mushroom cloud over Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands from Castle Bravo, the largest nuclear test ever conducted by the United States. Credit: United States Department of Energy [Public domain] via...
View ArticleFaiths United Against Nuclear Weapons
By Julia RainerVIENNA, Dec 10 2014 (IPS)“Never was there a greater need than now for all the religions to combine, to pull their wisdom and to give the benefit of that combined, huge repository of...
View ArticleHumanitarian Aid Under Fire Calls for New Strategies
By Julia RainerVIENNA, Mar 11 2015 (IPS)In the face of the growing number of crises taking place at the same time worldwide, humanitarian aid organisations – many of which have already reached their...
View ArticleThe U.N. at 70: Is It Still Fit for the Purpose?
A boatload of people, some of them likely in need of international protection, are rescued in the Mediterranean Sea by the Italian Navy. The UN at 70 must “be fit for the purpose … otherwise it would...
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