A Very Big Deal in AddisWhat if I told you every country on the planet just agreed to finance the eradication of extreme poverty by...
Can A UN Conference Solve the Riddle of Financing Sustainable International Development?Download on iTunes or get the app to listen later. A hugely consequential UN conference kicks off in Addis Ababa,...
7 Humanity Affirming Charts from the UN’s Final MDG Progress ReportEvery year the UN Development Program crunches the available data on health and development and tracks progress against each of...
This Amazing Woman Was A Translator at the Original United Nations ConferenceEllen Magnin Newman was a star high school student in San Francisco in 1945 when world leaders came to her...
Infographic of the Day: Humanitarian Relief’s Scary Funding GapThe UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs released it’s mid-year report of the response to humanitarian emergencies around...
U.S. House Committee Passes Measure That Would Gut UN Peacekeeping, Humanitarian ReliefThe Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives passed a budget that would gut US contributions to key functions of...
Meet a 2015er: Michael Mullane“I like to think I care about the future of the planet, I have a family. Truth is, if there’s...
Turning the Digital Revolution into a Health Revolution to Achieve the SDGsAs the post-2015 agenda ramps up and the international community prepares for the official launch of the Sustainable Development Goals,...
Map of the Day: Hungry and Displaced in South SudanThis map, from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, succinctly shows the number people displaced by fighting...