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Guest editorial: Foreign aid needs smart reform, not snide insults
06 Apr 2025 11:17 GMT
… are also trimming their foreign aid.
Foreign assistance strategies everywhere … on defense. Their foreign aid budgets offer a politically … nature,” one of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals that … by 2030.
According to U.N. estimates, the world …
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U.N. Group Japan Chief Warns of Backlash against Women's Rights
06 Apr 2025 06:53 GMT
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Apr 6, 2025 14:58 (JST)
Tokyo, April 6 (Jiji Press)--Efforts to improve women's rights are facing a backlash globally after decades of progress, Hiroko Hashimoto, head of the UN Women Japan National Committee, said in a recent …
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U.N. urges relief efforts in Myanmar as earthquake death toll passes 3,400
05 Apr 2025 18:13 GMT
… said Saturday, as U.N. agencies and foreign aid donors ramped up their … in need, according to the United Nations.
Myanmar’s second most … the army.
Members of the U.N. Security Council “recognized the … flow of humanitarian aid.
The U.N. Human Rights Office on …
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How to effectively pressure a reluctant United Nations
05 Apr 2025 15:22 GMT
… also for the neoliberal development aid system that entrenches inequalities … the U.N. famously enshrines globally. Was the U.N. … U.N. office and embrace the U.N. as a secondary target. Although U.N … culpability — of the United Nations in East Africa is …
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The Better Way to Fix Foreign Aid
05 Apr 2025 10:57 GMT
… for a range of vital U.N. bodies.
Yet it is … against this backdrop that U.S. foreign aid is losing its monopolies … concerns about “spillovers.” The U.N. has begun monitoring them—that … progress toward achieving the U.N.’s landmark Sustainable Development …
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Wapo on foreign aid
05 Apr 2025 05:57 GMT
… are also trimming their foreign aid.
Foreign assistance strategies everywhere … on defense. Their foreign aid budgets offer a politically … nature,” one of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals that … by 2030.
According to U.N. estimates, the world …
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Calls for action grow as malnutrition worsens in N/East, N/West
05 Apr 2025 17:47 GMT
There are growing concerns over the burden of malnutrition, including the severe forms in the northern part of the country.
Weekend Trust investigations revealed that many children and their parents are weighed down by the health implications of the burden …
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UN calls for Myanmar support as quake death toll reaches 3 354
05 Apr 2025 16:16 GMT
… 7.7 magnitude quake, United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher appealed … of its foreign aid program has affected its response.
Three U.S. Agency … demoralising?” said Wong.
The U.N. Office of the High Commissioner … not back its rule. The U.N. office also said it …
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UN urges relief efforts in Myanmar as earthquake death toll rises
05 Apr 2025 13:18 GMT
… on Saturday, as U.N. agencies and foreign aid donors continued to ramp … in need, according to the United Nations.
Myanmar’s second most … the army.
Members of the U.N. Security Council “recognized the … of humanitarian aid.
The U.N.’s Human Rights Office on …
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UN calls for Myanmar support as quake death toll reaches 3,354
05 Apr 2025 11:40 GMT
… 7.7 magnitude quake, United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher appealed … of its foreign aid program has affected its response.
Three U.S. … quot; said Wong.
The U.N. Office of the High Commissioner … need of humanitarian assistance, the U.N. says.
(Reporting by Poppy …