News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 104
What Happens in the Arctic Does Not Stay in the Arctic
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sep 12 (IPS) - While climate change is relentlessly progressing, threatening life on earth, world leaders continue to meet while planning for a future where this immense menace to human existence remains a minor item on the agenda.
Meth trafficking surges in and around Afghanistan
- UN News
Methamphetamine trafficking in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries is surging, according to a report published on Sunday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
ECWs New Report Shows Successful Education Funding Model for Crises-Impacted Children
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS & NAIROBI, Sep 08 (IPS) - In a world set on fire by climate change and brutal conflict, millions of children in emergencies and protracted crises need educational support. Children in 48 out of 49 African countries are at high or extremely high risk of the impacts of climate change, particularly in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, Somalia, and Guinea Bissau.
Twenty Years on from the UN Bombing in Baghdad, What's Changed?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 08 (IPS) - Twenty years ago this month, a colleague saved me from a likely gruesome death. He insisted I stay in his Baghdad office of the World Food Programme (WFP) for a hot drink. “You can't leave us without trying the tea I made for you! The best in Iraq.”
Kazakhstan's Transition: From a Nuclear Test Site to Leader in Disarmament
- Inter Press Service
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Sep 07 (IPS) - Exactly 32 years ago, on September 29, 1991, Kazakhstan, then part of the Soviet Union, made a historic decision that would alter its fate. On that day, Kazakhstan permanently closed the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, defying the central government in Moscow. This marked the start of Kazakhstan's transformation from a nuclear-armed state, possessing the fourth-largest nuclear arsenal at the time, to a non-nuclear-weapon state. Kazakhstan's audacious move to eliminate its nuclear weapons was rooted in a profound commitment to global disarmament, setting an inspiring precedent.
The UNs Own Relevance Is at Stake at This Years General Assembly
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 07 (IPS) - This September, world leaders and public policy advocates from around the world will descend on New York for the UN General Assembly. Alongside conversations on peace and security, global development and climate change, progress – or the lack of it – on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is expected to take centre-stage.
A major SDG Summit will be held on 18 and 19 September. The UN hopes that it will serve as a ‘rallying cry to recharge momentum for world leaders to come together to reflect on where we stand and resolve to do more’. But are the world’s leaders in a mood to uphold the UN’s purpose, and can the UN’s leadership rise to the occasion by resolutely addressing destructive behaviours?
What Nigers Coup Says About US Security Assistance in the Sahel
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Sep 01 (IPS) - In what has become an all too familiar phenomenon, U.S.-trained security personnel have been implicated in the July 26th coup that deposed Niger’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum.
Investing Key to the Prevention of Military Coups - UN
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 31 (IPS) - The United Nations says increased investment in the Sahel region will assist in preventing military coups. This after military officers in Gabon announced a seizure of power from long-time President Ali Bongo Ondimba following the results of a disputed election in Gabon on Wednesday.
Want to Prevent Atrocities? Think Locally. Act Locally
- Inter Press Service
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug 31 (IPS) - When I first travelled to the Middle Belt of Nigeria, I listened to harrowing tales of murdered family members, physical injury, sexual violence, displacement, and hopelessness. In the years that have passed, these stories have only continued to stack up.
Better data on corruption can reduce its impact, support sustainable development
- UN News
Improved measurement of corruption could boost efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a senior UN official said on Thursday in Vienna.
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