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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

“Dialogue of life”

Michael Rodrigo was a Catholic priest who campaigned for religious dialogue in Sri Lanka. He called his efforts the “dialogue of life”.

Our view

High time to try regulation

In spite of prohibition, drug abuse keeps spreading diseases, crime and prostitution

Extra-judicial killings

“War against the poor”

Bishop Pablo David wants the Philippine government to stop its “cruel and simplistic“ campaign against illegal drugs

Alcoholism

Drowning the unemployment worries

In the context of high unemployment and a bleak future, drug and alcohol abuse is spreading in Zimbabwe

Cannabis

Legal distribution

The experiences of Uruguay after four years of having marihuana legalised

Human trafficking

Deeply rooted slavery

Although slavery is illegal, it still exists in many countries – Mauritania for example

Minorities

Endangered languages

Indigenous languages have immense value

Minorities

On the verge of disappearing

An ancient language is at risk of dying in the Hindu Kush

Health care

Epicenter of fake pharma

Because of poverty, bad governance and inadequate infrastructure, African pharma markets are dysfunctional

Mexico

Missing people

Up to 35,000 people have “disappeared” in Mexico’s war on drugs

Change of government

Restart needed

Mexico’s new president has promised a new policy on security and drugs-related crime

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.