UN : Vaccines against COVID-19 must be considered a global public good (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
Vaccines against COVID-19 must be considered as a global public good, and universal and equitable access and distribution of vaccines is likely the strongest determinant of whether and how soon the COVID-19 pandemic can be controlled.

Finance : Boldly finance recovery to build forward better (PRIV)
(IPS, Sydney/Kuala Lumpur)
Sydney/Kuala Lumpur, 22 Jun (IPS/Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram*) -- COVID-19 has become a "developing country pandemic", retreating from the North's mass vaccination.

Cuba : Sowing water - a farm's bid for sustainability (PRIV)
(IPS, Havana)
Cuban farmer Jose Antonio Casimiro found in the age-old technique of sowing water an opportunity to meet his farm's water needs and mitigate the increasingly visible effects of climate change.