Millennium Development Goals Articles

The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights was born out of the aftermath of the second world war. For years, work on human rights focused primarily on civil and political rights while development policy gave priority to economic and social rights....

The next two years will see a really important debate about the global partnership for sustainable development after 2015. There are many calls for this or that area of policy to be important, but personally I hope peacebuilding and freedom from violent conflict are...

Today is World Water Day, the official United Nations Day for raising awareness of the vital role that water plays in communities around the world. The theme for this year’s activities is ‘water cooperation’, with the aim of highlighting the cross-border nature of...

Labour can draw on its past to build a truly green future economy By Daniel Stevens and Tristan Stubbs —The right is continuing its attempt to seize the green mantle from Labour. David Cameron famously proclaimed a wish to run the ‘greenest government ever’; more...