Three major peace and security reviews conducted in 2015 have taken stock of the changing global environment; analyzed UN responses; and come up with several key policy messages, as well as a number of complementary recommendations which, if implemented, could help the UN peace and security architecture be better fit for purpose.
Tag: development
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IPI Policy Analyst Jimena Leiva Roesch discusses the recent climate change agreement reached in Paris.
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If African leaders remain committed to the goal of regional economic integration, they must seek to bridge the gap between good intentions and requisite action.
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Ambassador David Donoghue, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations, discusses implementation of the UN’s new Sustainable Development Goals.
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Thomas Gass, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, discusses the new “social contract” forged by the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Strong statements about poverty, climate change, and overconsumption as existential threats are emitting from both the United Nations and the Vatican as Pope Francis descends on the world body to speak ahead of the sustainable development high-level summit where the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be officially signed by all member states.The three-year process of […]
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With its 17 goals and 169 targets, the SDGs constitute a very ambitious agenda to address poverty, hunger, unemployment, inequality, lack of education, climate change, and more.
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How can you have development without peace, when in many countries, “people are worried about the safety of their life and limb, of their property,” asks Nikhil Seth, former head of the Secretariat for the intergovernmental negotiations that created the United Nations’ goals for achieving sustainable development around the world.
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A 2013 review by RAND Corporation of the Malian government’s development initiatives in the north found that much of the aid earmarked for the region had never reached its destination because of “corruption or plain bad faith.”
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In this updated edition of the International Peace Institute’s Catalogue of Indices, over 60 indices and indicators have been categorized into eight themes.
