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The Roca Brothers: Community-Based Solutions for Food Security

To become the best is not necessary to go global. Spain’s three Roca brothers, celebrated as royalty in foodie circles,…

6 years ago

United Nations Leadership Launches Initiative Against Unregulated Small Arms Circulation

"The United Nations has sought to tackle the widespread availability of illicit small arms and ammunition from many angles: peace…

6 years ago

OCCAM, the UN-affiliated Observatory on Digital Communication: ICT Village Programme Impact in Stark Contrast to Wealth and Aid

It is calculated that the eight richest people in the world between them control the same amount of wealth as…

6 years ago

Ann Low, US Department of State: Go Green by 2019 – Make Business Registration Easy Everywhere by 2019

The “Go Green by 2019” campaign is designed to promote transparent and user-friendly business registration processes worldwide. It is a…

6 years ago

António Guterres: Healing a Fractured World

The world is in pieces. No longer the preserve of two competing global powers – or even a single triumphant…

6 years ago

Amina J Mohammed: Energy for Sustainable Goals

If, by way of magic, cynicism and indifference could be banned, the world would undoubtedly be a much happier place.…

6 years ago

UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum: Looking for a Way Out of the Lucas Paradox

Any and all talk about a determined, sustained, and final push to eradicate poverty from the face of the earth…

6 years ago

Kishore Mahbubani: The Pendulum of History

Kishore Mahbubani thoroughly enjoys yanking the West’s chain every now and then. The Singaporean diplomat has the uncanny ability to…

6 years ago

Mukhisa Kituyi: Growing Intra-African Trade Flows

What Africa sells to Africa has significantly more value than what the continent sells to the wider world – mostly…

6 years ago

Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng: A Miss and Bond Girl on a Quest for World Peace

Saving the world from the scourge of war: Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng, of Tomorrow Never Dies fame, aims high.…

6 years ago