World Bank president Jim Kim was recently appointed for a second term, but there are questions about the transparency of this process.
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The World Bank risks looking hypocritical and becoming redundant if it doesn’t improve its own management.
Antonio Guterres from Portugal will become the next UN secretary-general.
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There were seven highly regarded and qualified women who could have been selected as the next UN secretary-general. So why did the job go to another man?
Police prepare for protests over the police shooting of Keith Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina, Sept. 22, 2016.
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Will the candidates acknowledge the Black Lives Matter platform during the debate in St. Louis? Millennial voters will be listening.
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Like the League of Nations before it, the UN is often dismissed as a powerless talking shop or a proxy for the great powers. It’s much more than that.
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The UN’s Charter legally binds it to promote gender equality, but guess what: yes, it’s a man again.
MRSA.
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Why US$790m is not enough to win the war against antibiotic resistance.
The United Nations Security Council sits for a high level meeting on Syria.
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The UN has adopted a more transparent process to select its new Secretary General. But it does not go far enough.
The new secretary general of the United Nations should drive substantive reforms, particularly accountability of the international body.
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Africa should focus on the feasible reforms of the UN and de-emphasise its demand for improved representation on the Security Council voting reforms, given the complex politics around these issues.
An asylum seeker from Uganda covers his face with a paper bag in order to protect his identity at a pride parade in Boston.
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Only by listening to local LGBT activists in hostile environments can the West stand up for human rights worldwide.
The scene after an Islamic State bombing in Damascus.
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Even if the war in Syria is somehow brought to a close, prosecuting IS members for the crimes they’ve committed won’t be easy.
Is the British government doing enough?
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Theresa May’s proposals for curbs on uncontrolled migration are both unimaginative and disingenuous.
Many antibiotics simply no longer work.
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There’s one important piece of the puzzle we’re missing when it comes to antimicrobial resistance.
A display of life jackets worn by refugees during their crossing from Turkey to Greece.
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The U.N. and other leaders met to discuss coordinating an international response to unprecedented numbers of refugees and migrants. Two migration experts examine issues the summits left unresolved.
Malcolm Turnbull will recount the story of Aliir Aliir, who grew up in a refugee camp in Kenya after his family fled the civil war in Sudan and this year made his debut for the Sydney Swans.
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Malcolm Turnbull will tell the United Nations General Assembly climate change threatens ‘the future of generations around the globe’.
Malcolm Turnbull addresses a high-level refugee meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
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Malcolm Turnbull’s various New York comments about border control and refugee policies have been heavy on self-congratulation of Australia. The biggest missing element has been any announcement of a solution…
Asia is home to the world’s largest known stateless group, the Rohingya.
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Unless managed more effectively, forced migration will have permanent and intensifying negative impacts on countries across the globe.
Malcolm Turnbull has an opportunity to show leadership on a regional refugee solution.
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Turnbull can show leadership in the current talks in New York by driving an Asian regional solution to the global refugee crisis.
Life in limbo at the Azraq Syrian refugee camp in Jordan.
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Discussions at two global summits on migration in New York will do little to do what is needed to change the reality on the ground.
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At the UN next week Malcolm Turnbull will be among many leaders responding to the large movements of refugees and migrants across the world.
Some Americans are fearful of allowing Syrians to resettle in the U.S.
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The US has met its goal for resettling Syrian refugees in 2016, and will aim to take in 110,000 more in 2017. A migration expert examines whether fears of their arrival are well founded.