News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1080
Led by INTERPOL, U.N. Tracks Environmental Criminals
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28 (IPS) - A coalition of international organisations, led by INTERPOL and backed by the United Nations, is pursuing a growing new brand of criminals - primarily accused of serious environmental crimes - who have mostly escaped the long arm of the law.
Democratising the Fight against Malnutrition
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Nov 27 (IPS) - There is a new dimension to the issue of malnutrition – governments, civil society and the private sector have started to come together around a common nutrition agenda.
OPINION: All Family Planning Should Be Voluntary, Safe and Fully Informed
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26 (IPS) - The tragic deaths and injuries of women following sterilisation in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh have sparked global media coverage and public concern and outrage.
Rich Countries Pony Up (Some) for Climate Justice
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (IPS) - It's one of the oldest tricks in politics: Talk down expectations to the point that you can meet them.
OPINION: The Decline of Social Europe is Part of a World Trend
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Nov 26 (IPS) - After the Italian sea search-and-rescue operation Mare Nostrum at a cost of nine million euros a month, through which the Italian Navy has rescued nearly 100,000 migrants – although perhaps up to 3,000 have died – from the Mediterranean since October 2013, Europe is now presenting its new face in the Mediterranean.
Laying the Foundations of a World Citizens Movement
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 26 (IPS) - Has organised civil society, bound up in internal bureaucracy, in slow, tired processes and donor accountability, become simply another layer of a global system that perpetuates injustice and inequality?
Survivors of Sexual Violence Face Increased Risks
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 25 (IPS) - -"A recurring nightmare for me is I'm trying to tell someone something and they are not listening. I'm yelling at the top of my lungs and it feels like there is a glass wall between us."
Civil Society Freedoms Merit Role in Post-2015 Development Agenda
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 25 (IPS) - Nabeel Rajab, president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, an advocacy NGO, is facing criminal charges for sending a tweet that said: "many Bahrain men who joined terrorism and ISIS have come from the security institutions and those institutions were the first ideological incubator".
Nuclear Weapons as Bargaining Chips in Global Politics
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 25 (IPS) - Has the world reached a stage where nuclear weapons may be used as bargaining chips in international politics?
Jewellery Industry Takes Steps to Eliminate “Conflict Gold”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (IPS) - Major U.S. jewellery companies and retailers have started to take substantive steps to eliminate the presence of "conflict gold" from their supply chains, according to the results of a year-long investigation published Monday.
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