In Berlin, broad backing for UN peacekeeping as global threats mount

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14 May 2025 Peace and Security More than 130 countries and international partners threw their weight behind UN peacekeeping at a high-level ministerial summit in Berlin on Wednesday, pledging military, tech and political support.
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Women’s Fund Asia: In Ways Water flows (Annual Report 2023-2024)

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A regional feminist fund committed to supporting the human rights of all women, girls, trans1 , and intersex people in Asia. We began in 2004 as South Asia Women’s Fund to address the lack of resources for feminist organisations, especially for smaller frontline groups
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Kazakhstan establishes the first National Committee for the International Volunteer Year 2026

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Kazakhstan establishes the first National Committee for the International Volunteer Year 2026.
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The European Commission’s ‘Omnibus Simplification Proposal’: Shift’s Initial Reflections

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 15May
06 March 2025 The European Commission has launched its Omnibus Simplification Proposal to address concerns about sustainability regulations in the EU. But measured by its own objectives of simplifying requirements and reducing burdens on smaller companies, the proposals are a remarkable own goal.
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Skoll Foundation Announces Winners of the 2025 Skoll Award for Social Innovation

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March 24, 2025 Driving inspiring solutions to the world’s most pressing problems, five social innovators are designing a better future
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Accelerating Climate Innovation: Financing National Systems of Innovation for Action

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UN Climate Change News, 30 April 2025 – The Technology Executive Committee (TEC) and the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) – two bodies of the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism – held meetings this month in Copenhagen to advance climate technology efforts.
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IDMC Report: Record 83 Million People Living in Internal Displacement Worldwide

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Geneva, 13 May 2025 – An unprecedented 83.4 million people were living in internal displacement at the end of 2024, according to the newly released Global Report on Internal Displacement 2025 (GRID) from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).  
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Civil society groups press for urgent reforms to ADB Accountability Mechanism at bank's annual meeting

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 14May
This week, Recourse joins a coalition of civil society organisations in sending to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) a summary of recommendations aimed at strengthening the independence, accessibility and effectiveness of the ADB Accountability Mechanism (AM).
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Statement by Civil Society and Community Organizations on the Adoption of the First Remedy Framework at the World Bank Group

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 14May
WASHINGTON, DC, April 21, 2025 — On April 3, responding to intense sustained advocacy efforts by project-affected communities and civil society organizations, the respective Boards of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the private sector arms of the World Bank Group, approved their long-awaited Interim Remedial Action Framework.
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Business and Human Rights Treaty Negotiations: Updated 2025 Roadmap

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OEIGWG Chair-Rapporteur updated 2025 Roadmap1 for the implementation of HRC Decision 56/116, including the intersessional thematic consultations towards the 11th session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group (OEIGWG) on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights
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