Trade : Developing nations, LDCs demand TRIPS flexibilities implementation (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Several developing countries and the least-developed countries (LDCs) have upped the ante on their core demands for implementing the flexibilities and commitments in the World Trade Organization's Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS ) Agreement.

United Nations : The SDGs and realization of the right to work (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and targets applicable to work in accordance with a human rights-base d approach will make a significant contribution to the realization of the right to work.

United Nations : A crisis deepens in Libya but where are the cameras? (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
Perhaps no major political or humanitarian disaster is as overlooked as the ongoing crisis in Libya.

Opinion : A restructured AfDB plans to meet economic challenges facing Afric a (PRIV)
(IPS, Abidjan)
Over the past few years, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has confirmed its position as Africa's premier development finance institution, generating significant impact on the continent's economic and social development.