In an era of perpetual military engagements, from drone strikes in distant deserts to naval confrontations in contested seas, one glaring absence
Countries must redesign their development pathways to reduce pressures exerted on the environment and the natural world, or risk stalling humanity’s progress, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has cautioned.
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Fair and equitable access to a successful COVID-19 vaccine, regardless of income, for millions of people across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Pacific, and in Europe's eastern and southern neighbourhood, has been enabled by €500 million of new European financial support for the global vaccine initiative COVAX.
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, are deeply distressed by the death or disappearance at sea of up to 25 refugees and migrants from Venezuela, including children, after their boat capsized en route to Trinidad and Tobago.
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Growth in the Pacific subregion for 2020 has been further downgraded as the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to squeeze the region’s economies.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an $8 million loan with Imexpharm Corporation to help the company sustain its production of generic medicines despite global supply disruptions caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Gender equality needs to be at the forefront to make environmental policies more effective and to speed the full recovery from COVID-19.
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Funding for community programmes, engaging youth in solutions to address COVID-19, and convening Global Youth Summit are key features of this new mobilization A new ground-breaking global youth mobilization was launched today to invest in and scale up youth-led solutions and engagements in response to COVID-19. The initiative was launched by an alliance of the
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are taking steps to strengthen their cooperation in strategic priority areas such as private-sector development, the green economy and sustainable and inclusive development, and public and corporate governance.
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Following tax law changes, cash donations of up to $300 made this year by December 31, 2020 are now deductible without having to itemize when people file their taxes in 2021.
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