A United Nations summit in New York on 20-22 September 2010 is measuring progress in the fulfilment of global commitments to improving human security by 2015 - the Millennium Development Goals. But the focus should be on the instruments of delivery as much as the objectives, says Stephen Browne.
The accumulating cacophony of protests that accompany the preparations for the Group of Twenty (G20) meeting in London on 2 April 2009 reflects the widespread popular anger at the evident
Some forty trade ministers are back in Geneva for a meeting on 21-26 July 2008 in the effort to secure agreement in the Doha round after nearly seven years of
A rising concern with personal and environmental health in the world's richer countries is influencing lifestyles and public debate alike. One significant trend is the increase in the
Another summer, another Group of Eight (G8) summit, and another opportunity for the world's richest countries to wring their hands over the plight of the poorest - it
It is exactly twenty years since Gro Harlem Brundtland's World Commission on Environment and Development produced Our Common Future. The report exhorted humanity to pursue "the needs
