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Latin America at a Climate Crossroads
World leaders gathered at the Climate Change Summit during the United Nations General Assembly September 23 will have a crucial opportunity to mobilize political will and advance solutions to …
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Indigenous Peoples Seek Presence in Post-2015 Development Agenda
Indigenous people have lived in a sustainable way for centuries and passed their knowledge from generation to generation, feeding their people without damaging the natural environment.
UN Votes for Process to Enact Bankruptcy Treaty and Stop Vulture Funds
United States and ten other countries vote against super majority.
ISIS War Needs to Be Debated in Congress and the UN Security Council
It is not surprising that President Obama has been able to send 1,200 soldiers back to Iraq.
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Climate Alarms Ringing, UN Fails to Act
There is no question that the climate crisis is here and is accelerating at a faster pace than predicted.
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Better Off Dead: Black Women Speak to the United Nations CERD Committee
With each of our dead, we mourn the loss of a piece of ourselves and with each of our raped we mourn the loss of a piece of our …
US Slammed for Failure to Fulfill Legal Obligation to Eliminate All Forms of Race Discrimination
A UN Committee has published a scathing denunciation of US failures to honor its treaty commitments to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
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Boosting Resilience in the Caribbean Countries
The upcoming UN Conference on Small Island Developing States in Samoa will provide an important opportunity to increase international cooperation and knowledge sharing between and within regions.
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Global Problems Call for Global Solutions
Pope Francis recommends the United Nations determine how best to cope with the spreading threat of the Islamic State.
“Life Is Awful in Gaza”: Two Residents’ Accounts
A teenage blogger and the father of a toddler describe what it's like to be civilians under attack in Gaza.