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Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2021
Time to overcome contradictions and hypocrisy in the COVID-19 crisis Policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis have exacerbated rather than reduced global inequalities. The most visible example of this is the global disparity in the distribution of vaccines. So far more than 60 percent of people in high-income countries have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, but less than 2 percent have done so in low-income countries. In view…
Cooperation between ITeM and Bread for the World
The Third World Institute and the German evangelical organization “Bread for the World” (Brot für die Welt) have signed a Cooperation Agreement by which Bread will subsidize Latin American and Caribbean advocacy in defense of social protection and care policies. This program is run by the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors and Social Watch, two international networks whose secretariat is hosted by ITeM.
Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2020
On the eve of the (virtual) United Nations 75th anniversary event Pushing the reset button will not change the game New York, 18 September 2020. The COVID-19 crisis and the worldwide measures to tackle it have deeply affected communities, societies and economies around the globe. The implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been put at high risk in many countries. COVID-19 is a global wake-up call for…
UN Committee on NGOs reviews ITeM’s Quadrennial report
The Committee on NGOs of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations at its substantive session, held on 18 June 2020, decided to take note of ITeM’s quadrennial report. This decision implies the continuation of ITeM’s special consultative status with ECOSOC, which authorizes to attend all official meetings of ECOSOC, its specialized commissions and the conferences it organizes, to make interventions and even to suggest agenda items. Every four years, organizations in…