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Choosing the Next UN Secretary-General: The Threat of Veto or Veto Itself Must Not Silence the World

NEW YORK, October 27 (IPS) - The selection of the next Secretary-General of the United Nations has reached a critical...

Wanted: A Feminist UN Secretary-General for ‘We the Peoples’, Not the Powerful

NEW YORK, October 27 (IPS) - Notwithstanding last minute shenanigans and the possibility of backroom deals by powerful states, two...

France’s New Protest Generation Rises

LONDON, October 26 (IPS) - Classrooms with mouldy walls, riddled with cockroaches and rats, stifling in summer and freezing in...

How Conflict Brings Biodiversity to the Brink

YEREVAN and SHIKAHOGH STATE RESERVE, Armenia, October 26 (IPS) - Less than 100 metres from military positions facing each other...

Upholding Human Rights & Public Safety: How Far Is Bangladesh?

DHAKA, Bangladesh, October 26 (IPS) - Bangladesh has achieved remarkable economic progress over the past few decades. Its garment industry...