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Nothing to celebrate in 2020? 20 years of UNSC 1325
2020 did not bring significant progress for the agenda of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and the COVID19 pandemic even caused significant setbacks for women's rights, writes Brigitta von Messling.Promoted content
Multilateralism and collective efforts to stave off the COVID-19 threat
The convening of the special 31st Session of the UN General Assembly for a collective response to COVID-19 delivered a message of reassurance that the word is united to fight the common enemy, writes Esmira Jafarova.Stakeholder Opinion
Illegal resettlement in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan: Cause and effect
Illegal resettlement is a gross violation of the norms and principles of international humanitarian law and constitutes a war crime, writes Gulshan Pashayeva.How third parties’ neutrality protracts the Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict
The so-called “balanced approach” under which Armenia and Azerbaijan take equal blame for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has only perpetuated and protracted the antagonism, writes Farid Shafiyev.To build back better, international cooperation on climate change is needed
The havoc caused by COVID-19 is yet another wake-up call that demonstrates nature’s ultimate power over our lives and societies, and the urgent need for us to better respect and protect the environment upon which we depend, Helga Maria Schmid writes.Stakeholder Opinion
Leading the way to a world free of nuclear weapons
Today more than ever, the world needs leadership in the field of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. Kazakhstan keeps providing this leadership, writes Jonathan Granoff. Jonathan Granoff is the president of the Global Security Institute. In 1949, the first of over...Stakeholder Opinion
Five reasons why Armenia is resorting to military provocation
Azay Guliyev explains why recent clashes at the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan must be taken seriously by the international community.EU’s trade deals can put an end to deforestation
The EU must take an aggressive “stick and carrot” approach to trade deals in order to put an end to deforestation and avert a next pandemic, writes Fazlun Khalid.UN Peacekeepers must stay the course
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, overstretched UN peacekeepers—civilian, military, and police —were a thin blue line helping to protect civilians, support peace agreements and contain conflicts in hot spots and war zones across the globe, write Atul Khare and Jean-Pierre Lacroix.Promoted content