Section: Inter Press Service (Italy)
Accord Calls for First Global Conference on Peace
Vasu Gounden, ACCORD’s Chief, addresses high level expert group on peace through climate change solutions.By Vasu GoundenDURBAN, Dec 22 2015 (IPS)On 21 November 2015, during ACCORD’s 2015 Africa Peace Award celebration, I made a call for the United Nations to convene the first ever UN Global Conference on Peace.The call was made...
U.N. Plans New Working Groups Aimed at Nuclear Disarmament
By Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 2015 (IPS)Against the backdrop of a potential military confrontation between the world’s two major nuclear powers – the United States and Russia – the United Nations is taking a significant step towards a hitherto impossible goal: nuclear disarmament.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (front row, centre...
Opinion: From European Union to Just a Common Market
Roberto Savio, founder and president emeritus of the Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency and publisher of Other News.By Roberto SavioROME, Oct 20 2015 (IPS)The success in the recent Swiss elections of the UDC-SVP, a xenophobic, anti European Union, right wing party, opens a number of reflections.Roberto SavioSeventy years ago Europe came out...
As the Mediterranean Refugee Crisis Endures, International Morality Ebbs
Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson (left) speaks to journalists at a press stakeout following the High-Level Event on “Strengthening Cooperation on Migration and Refugee Movements in the Perspective of the New Development Agenda”.By Arlene ChangNEW YORK, Oct 1 2015 (IPS)As the world suffers its biggest upheaval of human mobility,...
‘Why is it Easier to Find Money to Destroy People than Protect Them?’ Asks U.N. Chief
United States President Addresses General Assembly. Credit: UN Photo/Cia PakBy Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Sep 28 2015 (IPS)Speaking at the opening session of the high-level debate of the U.N. General Assembly Monday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said a politically troubled world is suffering from a lack of empathy.“One hundred million people...
Western Double Standards on Deadly Cluster Bombs
Ta Doangchom, a Laotian cluster bomb victim, beside homemade prosthetic limbs in the Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise (COPE) National Rehabilitation Centre in Vientiane. Credit: Irwin Loy/IPSBy Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Sep 9 2015 (IPS)The 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) banned the use of these deadly weapons for two...
Opinion: Protecting Lives Must Come First in Law Enforcement
Police action in response to indigenous protests is increasingly under scrutiny in South Africa. Credit: Thapelo Lekgowa/IPSBy Dr. Anja BienertLONDON, Sep 7 2015 (IPS)Everyone has the right to life. This principle is enshrined in Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and appears in numerous international treaties and national...
Despite Treaty, Conventional Arms Fuel Ongoing Conflicts
SPLM-N soldiers clean weapons they say they took from government forces. Credit: Jared Ferrie/IPSBy Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Sep 1 2015 (IPS)Despite last year’s Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the proliferation of conventional weapons, both legally and illegally, continues to help fuel military conflicts in several countries in the Middle East...
U.S. Provides Cover for Use of Banned Weapons in Yemen
Abdallah Yahya A. Al-Mouallimi (right), Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the UN, speaks to journalists on July 28, 2015 following a Security Council meeting on the situation in Yemen. At his side is Khaled Hussein Mohamed Alyemany, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Yemen. Credit: UN Photo/Loey FelipeBy Thalif DeenUNITED...
Opinion: Fair Justice Requires Incontrovertible Evidence in Airline Tragedy
Liow Tiong Lai, Minister of Transport of Malaysia, addresses the U.N. Security Council on July 29, 2015. The Council failed to establish a tribunal on the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 due to a veto by Russia. Credit: UN Photo/Loey FelipeBy Aslan Abashidze and Andrey KlishasMOSCOW, Aug 10 2015 (IPS)We refer to the IPS article posted...
