24/09/2020
Against the institution of war
24 September 2020 (Wall Street International)* — As we start the 21st century and the new millennium, our scientific and technological civilization seems to be entering a period of crisis.
Today, for the first time in history, science has given to humans the possibility of a life of comfort, free from hunger and cold, and free from the constant threat of infectious disease.
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24/09/2020
(UN News)* — Amidst a technological era that “beckons with vast opportunity”, new risks exist to global peace, stability and development, the UN chief told a side event of the General Assembly on Wednesday, aiming to help ensure access to digital technologies for all [23 September 2020].
© UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani | Syrian adolescent girls use a smartphone outside a technology lab in Damietta Governorate, Egypt.
The UN was founded 75 years ago, at the outset of the nuclear era, to provide “a global platform for addressing the world’s most pressing challenges, to secure peace and to safeguard the future for generations”,
said Secretary-General António Guterres in a video message on Thursday to the high-level meeting on digital cooperation.
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24/09/2020
A new ILO analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 reveals a “massive” drop in labour income and a fiscal stimulus gap that threatens to increase inequality between richer and poorer countries.
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