63.5 million people were forcibly displaced in 2015
More people were displaced last year than at any time since UN records began
Ban Ki-Moon
NHSs for all? Why universal health coverage is key to improving health worldwide
The UN is in the motions of pushing for a global incarnation of universal health care and has the potential to rewrite the global framework for poverty.
Ban Ki-moon urges Assad to declare truce as army “cleanse” villages around Homs
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Syrian regime to declare a truce forthwith and bring an end to the conflict that has killed at least 20,000.
Syria: A nation bloody but defiant
Dominic Browne reports on the atrocities committed by the regime of President Assad in Syria prior to a heroic day of defiance taking place in the country today.
A thousand economists agree on something – the Robin Hood Tax
Dominic Browne reports on the thousand economists who have voiced their support for the robin hood tax to the G20 finance ministers.
Côte d’Ivoire round-up: The Gbagbo chapter ends
Dominic Browne with a round-up of news and analysis on the ending of the Côte d’Ivoire power struggle and country’s future after this bloody chapter.
“Embrace diversity, end discrimination”
Human Rights Day marked the 61st anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration. The theme for this year was “Embrace Diversity, End Discrimination.”
Get Gordon to Go
Ed Miliband has launched a campaign to get his boss, Gordon Brown, to join him at the Copenhagen talks. Meanwhile, the international online civic organisation, Avaaz, have sent an email to their 300,000 British members urging them to, “flood a UK online poll [and] … send Gordon to Copenhagen.”