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Melting glaciers. Rising sea levels. Wildfires. Food shortages. Mass death of coral reefs and widespread species extinctions. Every other issue is secondary.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has focused public attention on the harsh inequalities within and between nations, and the need for high-quality data to address them.

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Politics and diplomatic relations matter more than ever in an interconnected world of rising conflict between Western democracies and authoritarians. The U.S.-China rivalry and Russia's invasion of Ukraine — the biggest threat to peace and security in Europe since the end of the Cold War — dominate the geopolitical landscape. Major threats and challenges include the climate crisis, the risk of nuclear confrontation, the pandemic, inflation and supply chain disruptions.

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The world challenges faces global challenges that are putting humanity and the planet under great stress and uncertainty, but science, technology and space exploration are occurring at breakneck speed, offering solutions.

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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N. projected that 235 million people would need humanitarian aid and protection in 2021 because of conflicts and disasters.

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, started with 12 countries in 1949 and has since grown into a military alliance among Canada, the United States and 27 European nations. It requires members to commit to helping each other defend against any attack. NATO's initial purpose was to defend Western Europe from the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

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Here you will find explanatory journalism and other timely, useful information about how international organizations work.

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In 2015, the United Nations' 193 member nations adopted a set of 17 ambitious goals for ending poverty and achieving peace and prosperity by 2030.

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Migrants, including refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons, or IDPs, are all people facing challenges away from their home region or country. Migrants usually leave to find a better future somewhere else. Refugees, who are all initially asylum seekers seeking international protection, flee across a border to find safety. But not every asylum seeker is recognized as a refugee. IDPs are on the run at home.

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The Group of 20 is a forum of the world's biggest economies for developing global policies on the most pressing challenges. It includes 19 countries plus the European Union. Together they represent 80 percent of global economic output. The members are: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, the E.U., France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey and the United States.

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The Responsibility to Protect principle adopted at a 2005 U.N. summit aims to prevent genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

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Here you will find stories using data, insight and analysis to shed light on major trends among international organizations.

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Fraud, bribery and corruption undermine the rule of law and democracy, posing obstacles to fulfilling the U.N.'s 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.

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Journalists' ability to report freely is a key indicator of democracy, keeping citizens informed of challenges and solutions, successes and failures, ideas and what's happening.

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Raw materials, trade, jobs and keeping the peace — all are key benefits that organizations promote while working to support agriculture and eliminate hunger.

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As an essential part of daily life, work shapes a person’s dignity, well-being and development, which ILO says should include the creation of jobs and working conditions in which people can work in freedom, safety and dignity.

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Spurred by the #MeToo movement, efforts to level the playing field and reshape the modern workforce have gone far beyond hashtags and U.S. borders.

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The U.N. General Assembly approved the declaration on December 10, 1948 to prevent a recurrence of World War II atrocities. The declaration was a milestone achievement in setting the first multicultural standards for universally protecting fundamental human rights.

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Founded in 1964 to reduce poverty and improve living conditions for Africans, Ivory Coast-based AfDB is one of five multilateral development banks (MDBs) in the world. Its main entities are the African Development Bank, African Development Fund and Nigeria Trust Fund.

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As the world's oldest international financial institution, Basel, Switzerland-based BIS was founded in 1930 to increase cooperation among central banks and other government agencies working to create financial and monetary stability. It had a key role in reparation payments imposed on Germany following the World War I. It does not supervise or regulate banks, and its banking services are exclusively for central banks and international financial institutions.

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As the world’s first permanent international political organization, Geneva-based IPU was founded in 1889 by France's Frédéric Passy and Britain's William Randal Cremer among a small group of pacifist-minded parliamentarians. It now encompasses 179 parliaments that aim to promote democracy, peace, human rights, youth, gender equality and sustainable development.

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The Agreement on the European Economic Area entered into force on January 1, 1994, bringing together 28 European Union members and three non-member nations — Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway — into a single market called the "Internal Market."

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A U.S.-based nonprofit, Access Now was founded in 2009 to defend and extend the digital civil rights of people worldwide. Its headline event is the annual RightsCon platform on human rights in the digital age.

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Five major oil exporters founded the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, at Baghad in 1960, to influence the global oil markets by coordinating policies among member nations. Fourteen countries in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East now belong to the Vienna-based organization, accounting for four-fifths of the world's 'proven' oil reserves.

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