Category: United Nations

We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and others

Our roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world, from UN agencies to grassroots movements. We call on political leaders at all levels to use itWe live in an age of manufactured scarcity. In a world richer than ever...

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‘My life has become a rollercoaster’: Francesca Albanese on death threats, danger and dread after accusing Israel of genocide

When the UN special rapporteur published her report Anatomy of a Genocide in March 2024, she was lionised by some and demonised by the Trump government. She describes what happened nextIn retrospect, arranging to interview...

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Children killed, a school turned into a graveyard: even in wartime, we can’t accept this | Gordon Brown

There are rules and world leaders must insist they be honoured in practice and in spirit. After this atrocity in Iran, a more effective tribunal for crimes against children is essentialThe killing of a reported 168 people,...

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Even the Davos elites have woken up, but they need more than just speeches to survive the end of the old order | Nesrine Malik

Mark Carney and other custodians of the order are right to contemplate its death, but are they really willing to unpick the the entire system?When precisely did the rules-based order die? Mark Carney’s speech last week at Davos...

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The ‘rules-based order’ Davos craves has bigger problems than Trump: it represents a world that no longer exists

The global economic system doesn’t even benefit its US and European creators any more – let alone indebted nations or emerging giantsDonald Trump represents everything that the Davos crowd hates – and it is unlikely they are any...

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No 10 suggests UK would not vote for UN security council resolution condemning US arrest of Maduro – as it happened

PM’s spokesperson did not contest report claiming that the UK will abstain on a possible UN voteSpeaking to reporters this morning, Keir Starmer said Nicolás Maduro, who was president of Venezuela until he was arrested by the...

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No 10 suggests UK would not vote for UN security council resolution condemning US arrest of Maduro – UK politics live

PM’s spokesperson did not contest report claiming that the UK will abstain on a possible UN voteSpeaking to reporters this morning, Keir Starmer said Nicolás Maduro, who was president of Venezuela until he was arrested by the...

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