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Déjà vu, UNGA edition (opens the original)
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Rinse, repeatAs I was preparing to recap this year’s UN General Assembly (UNGA), I went back through my notes from last year’s UNGA. I was struck by how accurately they describe this year’s UNGA: same concerns, same distractions, same outcome (very little).It brought to mind the aphorism by French critic Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karraphorism: “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” (The more things change, the more they stay the same.”).The concerns raised last and this year—what to do about A
Calls for reform grow louder (opens the original)
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The times they are a-changin’The UN Security Council was created in 1945. In the 80 years since, the world has changed dramatically. The same cannot be said of the Security Council.It is one of the UN’s most important organs, charged with ensuring international peace and security and fostering cooperation to solve international problems. The Security Council is the only UN body with the power to make and enforce legally binding resolutions. It is composed of 15 member states: five permanent seat
Senegal comes back from the debt (opens the original)
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What’s in a wordIn 2024, Senegal’s (then) new government dropped a bombshell: The previous administration had hidden more than $11 billion in debt, it said. For context, that was equivalent to one-quarter of the country’s total external debt.That revelation had immediate consequences. The IMF froze a $1.8 billion support programme. It set off a spate of credit rating downgrades and a bond selloff.That’s made the situation even more difficult for the government to fix. Depending on who you ask, t
The vastly uneven impact of rising fuel prices (opens the original)
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Fueled upThere’s been no shortage of warnings that higher oil prices stemming from the US-Israeli war with Iran could prove devastating for developing countries (including our contribution to the genre back in March). Thus far, the impacts have been uneven.That’s because governments have taken different approaches to managing the disruptions caused by the war. Some have taken the higher costs on the chin, absorbing them through subsidies or tax cuts rather than passing t
The unwelcome spectres at this year’s International AIDS Conference (opens the original)
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Elephant, meet roomTwo spectres plagued this year’s International AIDS Conference, which took place in Brazil this week.1. The major decline in global funding to combat HIV/AIDS2. The uneven access to new, transformative drugsInternational HIV financing dropped by 18%---more than $1.5 billion—between 2024 and 2025. That’s the lowest level in nearly two decades.At the same time, multiple drugs that are highly effective at preventing the transmission of HIV have already—or are expected to soon&#
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