For the First Time the UN’s Human Development Index Ranks Countries by their “Planetary Pressures” Joanne Lu January 26, 2021 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) published its latest Human Development Index last month. This year, the index includes each country’s environmental impacts, and the results are not good, especia...
New Poll: How Americans in All 50 States View the United Nations Mark Leon Goldberg January 20, 2021 A majority of Americans across the political spectrum and across all 50 states are broadly supportive of United States engagement with the United Nations. A new poll of 9,960 registered voters across the United...
Vaccine Multilateralism Gets a Shot in the Arm Mark Leon Goldberg December 22, 2020 It is the end of 2020 and two recent developments augur well for the prospects for international cooperation to confront the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. On December 18 the multilateral platform for internatio...
This is How European Countries Rank in their Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals Joanne Lu December 11, 2020 Even within a wealthy region like the European Union, it turns out that no country is on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, and one of the goals in most need of improvement is No Hunger. That’s...
A Global Study Shows the Link Between Misinformation on Social Media and Vaccine Hesitancy Mark Leon Goldberg December 9, 2020 Steven Lloyd Wilson, Brandeis University and Charles Shey Wiysonge, South African Medical Research Council Vaccine hesitancy is a severe threat to global health, according to the World Health Organisation (W...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in a Wide-Ranging Climate Interview Urges US To Join “Net Zero By 2050 Coalition” Mark Leon Goldberg December 2, 2020 By Mark Hertsgaard This story originally appeared in The Nation. It is republished through the Covering Climate Now consortium of news outlets, of which UN Dispatch is a member. “The way we are moving is...
Better Know Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Biden’s Pick for United Nations Ambassador Who Will Bring “Gumbo Diplomacy” to the UN Mark Leon Goldberg November 23, 2020 Linda Thomas-Greenfield will be nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield is a veteran diplomat who most recently served...
Ending Polio in Africa is Leading to Other Major Health Gains Mark Leon Goldberg November 17, 2020 Charles Shey Wiysonge, South African Medical Research Council Polio is a highly infectious disease. It’s caused by a virus that enters the body through the mouth. The virus then multiplies in the intestine a...
7 Ways That Joe Biden Can Restore America’s Relationship With the United Nations, With the Stroke of a Pen Mark Leon Goldberg November 11, 2020 Over the last four years, the Trump administration has taken a series of actions that have undermined American leadership at the United Nations and, by extension, undermined the work of the United Nations and i...
