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UN Security Council Holds Rare Nuclear Disarmament Debate
3 de abril, puesto en línea por Shizuka Kuramitsu and Daryl G. KimballJapan chaired a rare, high-level UN Security Council meeting on nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation on March 18. Although the meeting underscored the urgency of addressing the growing threats posed by nuclear weapons, it also highlighted the chronic divisions among key states on disarmament (…) -
Developing Countries’ Government Debt Crises Loom Larger
3 de abril, puesto en línea por Ndongo Samba Sylla and Jomo Kwame SundaramDeveloping countries are being blamed for having borrowed and spent irresponsibly. But they have only been doing what foreign powers and financial interests have urged them to do. Since the 2008 global financial crisis, developing nations have been told to borrow massively from private finance, (…) -
UN in Geneva to Partially Shut Down— for Second Time— Due to Cash Flow Crisis
2 de abril, puesto en línea por Thalif DeenFaced with a continued cash flow crisis, the United Nations in Geneva (UNOG) will partially close down – for the second time since December last year— as it scales back its operations, including building closures, official travel restrictions, and budgetary cuts on spending. The UN is studying (…) -
Biden Quietly OKs More 2,000-Pound Bombs & Warplanes for Israel
1ro de abril, puesto en línea por Brett WilkinsDespite growing worldwide calls for an arms embargo, the Biden administration in recent days has approved the transfer of billions of dollars worth of new weapons shipments to Israel, including warplanes and 2,000-pound bombs that have been dropped on densely populated areas of Gaza with (…) -
WHO Calls for More Data on Violence Against Older Women and Women With Disabilities
29 de marzo, puesto en línea por Naureen HossainOlder women and women with disabilities experience abuse that is unique to their demographics, yet they are underrepresented in national and global databases, according to findings shared by the World Health Organization (WHO). On Wednesday, WHO and UN-Women released two new briefs, the first in (…)