by Agency Reporter | Sep 27, 2021 | Briefing
THE UK PARLIAMENT’S Joint Committee on Human Rights has called on the the UK Government to reverse proposals that would see longer prison sentences for some crimes committed by children in England and Wales. While welcoming measures that would see fewer children...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 27, 2021 | Briefing
TO TRANSFORM OUR food systems to end global hunger and be sustainable in a changing world, we must first reimagine how they are financed, said the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to world leaders attending the UN Food Systems...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 26, 2021 | Briefing
THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, António Guterres, has issued this message for the International Day of Peace for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, observed on 26 September. It reads: “From the very start, addressing the existential threat of nuclear weapons...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 25, 2021 | Briefing
URGENT ACTION IS NEEDED to prevent the situation in Myanmar from spiralling into a full-blown conflict, says the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. Her warning came in a new report from the UN Human Rights Office detailing widespread violations...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 25, 2021 | Briefing
ANALYSIS PUBLISHED BY THE TUC shows how the economic recovery can be accelerated by reversing cuts to key workers’ pay. The analysis by the TUC and Landman Economics models the economic impacts of reversing cuts to the value of public sector pay that took place over...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 24, 2021 | Briefing
IN A MAJOR PUBLICATION AHEAD OF THE CONFERENCES of the two largest parties in the UK, Conservatives and Labour, the IPPR think tank has set out a vision for economic recovery that rebalances power and spreads prosperity across the country. It calls for £47 billion...
