DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 16 | UNITED NATIONSCLIMATE CHANGE Fossil fuel lobbyists prepare for hard-hitting UN Climate Change report 9th August 2021 'Nobody is safe and it’s getting worse faster' says UN Environment Programme head Inger Andersen at launch of report for climate change summit The UN-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) delivered on 9 August its most devastating estimate to date of the costs of our consumption of fossil fuels. It warns... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 13 | CHADGABONCONGO-KINSHASAUNITED NATIONS Gabon ires fellow Africans at the UN 22nd June 2021 A bitter dispute between African Union members over a non-permanent seat on the Security Council has broken into the open Furious argument has erupted over the normally placid elections by the UN General Assembly for one of the two non-permanent seats reserved for African countries on the UN Security ...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 6 | TRADEAFRICAUNITED NATIONS Recovery will need better trade terms and debt relief deals 19th March 2021 The UN's latest report strikes a more positive note if commodity prices hold up and there is more flexibility on debt This year's rebound in commodity prices and the fact that Africa's public health systems have experienced far less pressure from the pandemic than initially feared are two glimmers... READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 17 | UNITED NATIONSCOVID-19 Governments reject UN report slamming rights abuses during pandemic 14th August 2020 Diplomatic spat as outraged African officials hold up publication in bid to amend its findings As Winnie Byanyima celebrates her first anniversary as Executive Director of UNAIDS, storm clouds circle her campaigning style. For her supporters, she has brought a breath of fres...
Vol 61 No 7 | UNITED NATIONSCOVID-19 Tunisia pushes for peace 2nd April 2020 A third attempt to get the UN Security Council to declare the coronavirus pandemic a 'threat to humanity and international peace and security' and coordinate the necessary emergenc...
Vol 56 No 20 | UNITED NATIONS Piling on the goals 8th October 2015 Amid the back slapping, the big summit in New York may change the balance of power in the aid industry Legend has it that in 2001, a handful of officials in the basement of the United Nations Headquarters in New York hatched the Millennium Development Goals. They have focused the mi...
Vol 55 No 25 | SUDANUNITED NATIONSAFRICAN UNION Rape row 19th December 2014 A diplomatic row has erupted over the failure of the United Nations and African Union to investigate reports that Sudanese troops and allied militia raped some 200 women and childr...
Vol 55 No 24 | NORWAYSWEDENFINLANDDENMARKUNITED NATIONS 'No money back' row 5th December 2014 Nordic development aid donors are in dispute with the United Nations over an attempt to get their grants back once corruption has been discovered in UN projects. Denmark, Finland, ...
Vol 55 No 19 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONS The fire this century 25th September 2014 Demonstrations, rhetoric and technological innovation in Africa all help but the political will is missing in negotiations for a new climate treaty At least it started well. Three days before the world's leaders gathered on 23 September at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to debate the urgent measures needed to stop...
Vol 54 No 21 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONS Security crises threaten economic success 11th October 2013 A new model for intervention forces emerges in Congo-Kinshasa, as financial pressures mount on other UN operations A team of ambassadors from the United Nations Security Council flew from New York to Congo-Kinshasa, just as the season of UN General Assembly debates and high-level meetings was e...
