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World Food Day 2026: Hunger in the midst of overconsumption

Blog / 16th October 2026

This World Food Day, 645 million people are going hungry, yet more than a billion tonnes of food is wasted annually.

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Navi Pillay’s Nobel peace prize is a vote of confidence in a global legal order under fire

Article / 16th October 2026

Pillay’s recognition affirms the conviction that international law, however imperfectly applied, remains indispensable to a peaceful world.

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Rise in poverty is ‘a wake-up call for the world’, UN development chief says

News / 13th October 2026

The number of people living in “multidimensional” poverty has risen for the first time in 15 years, reaching 1.2 billion, as families struggle to meet their basic needs. 

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Developing nations face triple shock from energy crisis, El Niño and borrowing costs, UN warns

News / 12th October 2026

The UN’s development arm calls for urgent action as compounding crises could ‘throw tens if not hundreds of millions back into poverty’.

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Can AI’s threat awaken humanity in time?

Article / 7th October 2026

AI confronts us with a choice we can no longer postpone—share and cooperate to secure the wellbeing of the whole, or continue competing toward our common destruction.

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A campaign to address global economic inequality

Blog / 2nd October 2026

The campaign for a coordinated response to global economic inequality is picking up momentum at the UN General Assembly.

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—Mohammed Sofiane Mesbahi