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Addressing the Development Dimensions of Drug Policy (UNDP) 7 June 2015 1
ASEAN Plan of Action in Combating Transnational Crime (ASEAN) 20 September 2017 2
East Asia Summit Leaders’ Statement on Combating the Spread of Illicit Drugs (ASEAN) 4 November 2019
Governance Frameworks to Counter Illicit Trade (OCED) 1 March 2018 3
Just how big is the drug problem in the Philippines anyway? (The Conversation) 13 October 2016
Ethiopian International Peace Support Training Institute (UNDP)
UN Migration Agency, UN Peacekeeping Sign Agreement to Enhance Cooperation (IOM) 23 September 2017
UNSC High Level Open Debate on Peacekeeping Operations (AU) 20 September 2017
“I Can’t Go Home, Stay Here, or Leave” (Central African Republic) 4 September 2024
Resolution on the Situation in Darfur - ACHPR/Res.102(XXXX)06 (ACHPR) 29 November 2006
EU Current Updates and Timeline to Ukraine Accession (European Commission) 26 June 2024
EU Voter Perspectives on Ukraine’s Accession (Euro News) 4 April 2024
Introduction to EU Accession and Its Importance for Ukraine (AP News) 15 December 2023
The Founding of the Current European Union in the 1990’s (European Union)
The Conditions for EU Membership or the Copenhagen Criteria (European Commission)
NHCR Roadmap on Improving Refugee Protection in the EU (UNHCR) 11 January 2023
Landmark Asylum Policy Reform Signed Off in the EU (France 24) 14 May 2024
Asylum Applications in the EU Hit Seven Year High (Al Jazeera) 28 February 2024
“Future EU Must Uphold the Right to Asylum in Europe” (Amnesty International) 9 July 2024
The Question of Palestine and the Security Council (United Nations)
India Palestine Bilateral Relations (Indian Government) May, 2023
Arab League calls for UN peacekeepers in occupied Palestinian territory (Al JaZeera)
How the UN works behind the scenes during crises (Reliefweb) 17 October 2023
Has Israel taken enough action to prevent alleged incitement to genocide? (BBC) 27 August 2024
Understanding China’s Position on the Israel-Palestine Conflict (The Diplomat) December 15, 2023
What is Russia’s role in the Israel-Gaza crisis? (Brookings) January 31, 2024
Why is Germany so viciously anti-Palestinian? (Al JaZeera) 7 January 2024
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s overview of transnational organized crime (UNODC)
Transnational organized crime in the Pacific Islands (Global Initiative) 23 April 2024
Increasing threat of transnational crime in Southeast Asia & Implications (USIP) 13 May 2024
Relationship between illicit economies and Transnational organized crime (Relief Web) 18 March 2024
UK’s statement at the UN Security Council on transnational organized crime (GOV.UK) 7 December 2023
INTERPOL approach of combat towards transnational organized crime (INTERPOL) 23 April 2024
“Principles Underpinning Privacy and the Protection of Personal Data.” (OHCHR). 20 July 2022.
“Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy: International Standards.” (OHCHR) 2024.
“Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” (United Nations). 10 December 1948.
“Right to Privacy: Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights.” (Council Of Europe).
“Privacy, Technology and National Security.” (Office of the Director of National Intelligence).
“Human Rights and Privacy.” (American Civil Liberties Union). 15 February 2022.
Country Responsible for Asylum Application (Dublin Regulation) (European Commission) 2023
Sharing the Burden of the Global Refugee Crisis (Brookings) 27 Jan 2020
The Invisible Burdens of Burden-Sharing (Frontiers) 6 April 2022
International Responsibility-Sharing for Refugees: Perspectives from the MENA Region (JSTOR) 2019
The Failures of Refugee Burden-Sharing and the Diaspora’s Role (Shabaka) 28 February 2022
Katanga’s Quest for Autonomy from Kinshasa (CFR) 29 April 2013
The Democratic Republic of Congo Holds Tense Elections: What to Know (CFR) 12 December 2023
AU must take the lead on the DRC conflict (ISS Africa) 17 April 2023
Congolese warlord Germain Katanga jailed over 2003 massacre (The Guardian) 23 May 2014
“FM Katz remarks on the ICJ hearing” (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 12 January 2024
“Impacts of the Conflict in the Middle East on the Palestinian Economy” (World Bank) December 2023
“Palestinian prisoner from Gaza dies in Israeli custody” (Al Jazeera) 18 November 2021
“Palestinian Statehood at the UN” (Council on Foreign Relations) 30 November 2012
“Unlawful killings in Gaza City” (United Nations) 20 December 2023
Global cooperation critical to combat transnational organised crime (United Nations) 7 December 2023
UN Convention against Transational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto (UNODC)
Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Publications (UNODC)
UNODC Online Launch of Toolkit on Stakeholder Engagement (UNODC) 18 June 2020
Stakeholder Engagement for the Implementation of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime Project (Crime Alliance)
World Drug Report by UNODC (UNODC)
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (Global Initiative)
UN Document for Middle East, including the Palestinian Question (Security Council Report)
The Case for Peacekeeping in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (Tyalor & Francis) 11 August 2006
Background: The Question of Palestine (UN Trade and Development)
Challenges to the proposed international peacekeeping force for Palestine (Al-Haq) 3 November 2016
Explainer: UN on the ground amid Israel-Palestine crisis (United Nations Turkiye) 11 October 2023
Explainer: How the UN works behind the scenes during crises (Reliefweb) 17 October 2023
The question of Palestine and the Security Council (United Nations)
"A Brief History of CCS and Current Status" (IEAGHG R&D Programme)
"Carbon Capture and Storage Can Help Us Beat Climate Change" (World Economic Forum) 20 Dec 2020
Overview of How CCS Technology Works and Used (IEA) 23 July 2023
Timeline of Carbon Capture, Storage and Utilisation in Europe (European Commission)
"Why the Cost of Carbon Capture and Storage Remains Persistently High" (IISD) 7 September 2023
"Capturing and Storing Carbon: The World Bank's Role" (World Bank Group) Unknown date
"What Is Carbon Capture and Storage?" (National Grid) 28 February 2023
"Data Review: How Many People Die from Air Pollution?" (Our World in Data) 25 November 2021
Infrastructure: Definition, Meaning, and Examples (Investopedia) 27 September 2023
Infrastructure Past, Present, and Future Casebook/Transcontinental Railroad (Wikibooks)
Local and Regional Contexts (Global Designing Cities Initiative) 13 September 2022
How infrastructure has historically promoted inequality (PBS) 23 April 2021
Regional Integration in the Union for the Mediterranean : Progress Report (OECD Library)
Transcontinental Countries Of The World (WorldAtlas) 7 May 2021
What Is the Relationship Between Domestic and Foreign Policy? (World101) 29 June 2023
Keeping People in Place: Political Factors of (Im)mobility and Climate Change (MDPI) 2019
Three Gorges Dam: worth the costs? (The Gustavian) 14 March 2008
Road linking port of Mombasa and Burundi now ready (Region Week) 1 October 2018
“The Right to Protest and Gather - Canada” (CCLA) 20 October 2021
“Public Order Act: New Protest Offences & 'Serious Disruption” (Liberty) 6 November 2023
"Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: The Protests in Iran" (CFR) 11 January 2023
“Protest is an Invaluable Way to Speak Truth to Power” (Amnesty International) 10 January 2024
Hong Kong police keep tight tabs on first authorised protest in years (Reuters) 27 March 2023
“What is immigration detention? And other frequently asked questions” ( IDC )
“Undocumented Immigrants: The Record.” ( The Marshall Project )
The Impact of Legalizing Unauthorized Immigrants ( IZA ) 11 May 2021
“Profile of the Unauthorized Population: United States” ( MPI ) 2019
“Forced Migration and Undocumented Migration and Development” ( United Nations ) 31 October 2018
U.S. Department of Labor Blog - Controvery of extreme Gender Wage Gap
Sudan ratifies law criminalising female genital mutilation (Aljazeera) 10 July 2020
Human Rights and Humanitarian issues discussion (UNPO) 29 November 2016
Sudan ratifies law criminalising female genital mutilation (Aljazeera) 10 July 2020
Take action to eliminate female genital mutilation by 2030 (UNFPA) 6 February 2019
Female genital mutilation prevalence (%) (World Bank) 8 November 2022
2023 year in gender justice (Global Fund for Women) 6 February 2024
Africa Coordinating Centre for the Abandonment of FGM/C (ACCAF)
Gambia Moves to Reverse Ban on Female Genital Mutilation (Women This Week) 25 March 2024
Human Rights and Humanitarian issues discussion (UNPO) 29 November 2016
Sudan ratifies law criminalising female genital mutilation (Aljazeera) 10 July 2020
2020 Sudan Report: One step forward in Sudan (OHCHR) 19 December 2020
Statute of the International Criminal Court – Article 8 (IFRC) 31 May 2003
End Female Genital Mutilation (United States Institute of Peace) 2 December 2016
Indigenous peoples need recognition and reciprocity (UNDP) 6 August 2021
Indigenous community in Uganda seeks an end to their statelessness (UNHCR) 1 December 2022
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (OHCHR) 13 September 2007
Historic resolution calls for action to improve the health of Indigenous People's (WHO) 19 May 2023
IACHR Urges Belize to Guarantee the Rights of Maya Indigenous Communities (OAS) 6 May 2013
American Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People's (OAS) 15 June 2016
Women This Week: Indigenous Women Seek Damages for Involuntary Birth Control (CFR) 6 October 2023
Nnamdi Kanu and the Indigenous People of Biafra (CFR) 28 September 2017
Palm oil threatens indigenous life in Malaysia (Al Jazeera) 17 August 2018
Could Indigenous communities in Brazil hold key to climate justice? (Al Jazeera) 2 August 2023
Who are the eight journalists wrongfully detained in Venezuela? (RSF) 30 August 2024
779 journalists were jailed in 2023, 547 will spend New Year’s Eve in prison (RSF) 31 December 2023
Keeping journalists safe benefits societies (UNDP) 1 November 2018
Somalia’s women journalists fight for human rights (UNDP) 1 May 2023
Journalism as a Public Good and the role of the media in Liberia (UNDP) 27 May 2021
Afghanistan: Nabila’s journey to journalism (UNOCHA) 12 April 2024
UNODC and Mexico launch project to protect journalists (UNODC) 29 July 2011
Southeast Asia journalists launch anti-corruption network backed by UNODC (UNODC) 21 March 2024
Journalist among J20 defendants still being charged (Al Jazeera) 20 January 2018
EU asks Tunisia for clarification over arrests of journalists and activists (Reuters) 15 May 2024
Turkey summons German envoy over detention of Turkish journalists (Reuters) 17 May 2023
Effect of Heavy Debts on Developing Countries (World Bank Blogs) 8 February 2024
The World lacks an Effective Global System to deal with Debt (UNCTAD) 2 February 2023
UN calls for Comprehensive Debt standstill in all Developing Countries (UNDP) 15 October 2020
Why Europe will have to face the true cost of being in debt to China (BBC) 3 May 2022
The Complete Story of Debt-Trap Diplomacy - The Geopolitics October 11, 2022
‘Crushing’ debt crisis spells development disaster for billions: UN chief (UN News) 12 July 2023
UN calls for comprehensive debt standstill in all developing countries (UNDP) 15 October 2024
Global Corporate Minimum Tax: What It Is and How It Works (Investopedia) 7 February 2023
Minimum Rate of Effective Taxation of 15% (EU) 1 January 2024
Global Tax Reform: What Lies Ahead for ASEAN+3? (ASEAN) 7 February 2024
The Case for a Global Minimum Corporate Tax (Atlantic Council) 7 April 2021
G7 News: Summit Ends With Agreement on Global Minimum Tax and Common Threats (NYT) 13 June 2021
The global minimum tax spurs need for faster investment agreement reforms | UNCTAD 23 November 2023
Why the world needs a UN global tax convention (UN News) 16 August 2024
Tax Reform Wealthy countries push back as UN moves ahead with global tax plan (ICIJ) 3 June 2024
Why China-Taiwan relations are so tense (CFR) 8 February 2024
Taiwan taps on United Nations’ door, 50 years after departure (Al Jazeera) 25 October 2021
Foreign Affairs (Government Portal of the Republic of China (Taiwan)) 2024
Timeline: Taiwan-China relations since 1949 (Al Jazeera) 3 January 2019
General Assembly rejects bid to include agenda item on Taiwan (UN) 21 September 2007
Taiwan's UN Dilemma: To Be or Not To Be (Brookings Institution) 20 June 2012
Moving Past the Troubles: The Future of Northern Ireland Peace (CFR) 16 February 2024
How a ‘No-Deal’ Brexit Could Open a Path to Irish Unity (NYT) 15 February 2019
United Ireland economic arguments take centre stage (BBC) 6 April 2024
Understanding Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles’ (CFR) 25 May 2025
NI 100: Tracing the history of the 100-year-old Irish border (BBC) 3 May 2021
Resolution on the situation in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (ACHPR) 12 May 2014
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic country profile (BBC) 31 January 2023
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic economy overview (Africa Union) 2024
Diplomatic Dithering Over Western Sahara Bodes Ill for Other African Disputes (CFR) 4 March 2021
Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of Western Sahara (MINSURO) 3 October 2023
Kicking the Western Sahara Question Down the Road (CFR) 13 May 2016
Western Sahara’s struggle for freedom cut off by a wall (Al Jazeera) 5 June 2015
A Conflict That Time Forgot (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) 24 November 2020
“URBANISATION IN ASIA” (Asian Regional Integration Center) October 2016
“Population density and urbanization” (United Nations Statistics Division) Unknown date
“#Housing2030” (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Unknown date
“Everything You Think You Know About Housing Is Probably Wrong” (The New York Times) 28 January 2020
“Can ‘gentle density’ help us solve the housing crisis?” (Financial Times) 3 November 2023
“The Ethics of Intervention in Self-Determination Struggles” (Human Rights Quarterly) May 2003
“Purposes and Principles of the UN (Chapter I of UN Charter)” (UNSC)
“This War Did Not Start a Month Ago” (New York Times) 14 Nov 2023
“Palestinian self-determination is the real issue” (Guardian) 3 Jan 2009
“Self-Determination and Minority Rights” (International Studies Quarterly) 1 September 1969
“Darfur: An Experiment in African Peacekeeping” (Africa Renewal) December 2010
“Fighting Continues in Sudan despite Humanitarian Pause” (France 24) 16 April 2023
“Analysis: Year Post-coup, Cracks in Sudan's Military Junta” (Associated Press) 23 October 2022
“FACTBOX-Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir” (Reuters) 14 July 2008
Sudan Failed Coup: Government Blames Pro-Bashir Elements (BBC) 21 September 2021
The Responsibility To Protect and the Crisis in Darfur (JSTOR) March 2005
‘‘Sudan: Humanitarian Key Messages’’ (Relief web), February 2023
‘‘Russian-Ukrainian crisis on Sudan's food shortage’’ (globalEDGE) 2017
‘‘United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s significant impact on Sudan’s economy’’ (ALJAZEERA) 25 Oct 2022