News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 166
Q&A: Why we Must Invest in Educating Children in Crisis-Hit Burkina Faso
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Jan 22 (IPS) - Education Cannot Wait (ECW) - the first global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises – was on the ground in Burkina Faso last week with its Director, Yasmine Sherif, to launch a new multi-year programme that aims to provide an education to over 800,000 children and adolescents in crisis-affected areas.
Bidens Arms Control Ambitions are Welcomebut Delivering Them will not be Easy
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Jan 22 (IPS) - Ambassador Jan Eliasson is Chair of the Governing Board of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and Dan Smith is Director, SIPRIA deadly pandemic to control. An urgent nationwide vaccination programme to roll out. An economic crisis to navigate. Political divisions and distrust deep enough to spark mob violence and terrorism.
With a War-Mongering President Gone, is the World Safe from Nuclear Brinkmanship?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 22 (IPS) - A war-mongering president, with his finger on the nuclear trigger--- and who threatened to attack North Korea and Iran-- was unceremoniously drummed out of office on January 20.
Will Biden Administration Respond to the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, End Threat of a Nuclear War & Bring Nuclear-armed States Together to Achieve Global Nuclear Disarmament?
- Inter Press Service
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Jan 21 (IPS) - Alyn Ware is Peace and Disarmament program Director for the World Future Council and Right Livelihood Laureate in 2009. Many of us around the world breathed a sigh of relief yesterday (Jan 20) as the ‘nuclear football’ (the briefcase with nuclear weapons codes and communication links for the President to launch a nuclear attack) was passed from Mr Trump to President Biden, as the new president was inaugurated.
Afghanistan Threatened With Rising Violence Once Again
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Jan 20 (IPS) - When the Doha talks were launched in September, the Afghan people's hopes for an end of war and violence were high. So far, many have been disappointed as the negotiations have not done much to improve the security situation.
Unhinged with 5,800 Nuclear Warheads at his Fingertips
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jan 11 (IPS) - Between now and January 20,2021, the President of the United States has almost run out of arenas in which to impose his will. His reelection has soured in infamy. His concern for the COVID-19 pandemic faded long ago. There is only one last pursuit available to him to demonstrate that he is the most powerful man on earth, i.e. using the nuclear weapons at his disposal.
Stand Tall, UN Humanitarians
- Inter Press Service
LETHBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 05 (IPS) - Most people around the world were glad to see the back of 2020: From the devastating bushfires in Australia to the plagues of locusts through East Africa stretching across Arabia to Pakistan, extreme weather, melting ice sheets at the poles, and Covid-19 that still engulfs the globe.
2020: A Yet More Devastating Year Closes With At Least Some Signs Of Hope
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Dec 23 (IPS) - Despite its grim record of multiple natural disasters and a deepening climate crisis, one could be forgiven for looking back on 2019 with a degree of nostalgia. There is no disguising the extent of the calamity wrought this year by COVID-19, yet as we approach the end of 2020 we may also draw strength from positive developments emerging.
Afghanistan's Historic Year: Peace Talks, Security Transition but Higher Levels of Violence
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Germany, Dec 18 (IPS) - While Afghanistan ends a historic year, filled with the hope for peace as the government and Taliban sat down for almost three months of consecutive peace talks for the first time in 19 years, it was also a year filled with violence with provisional statistics by the United Nations showing casualties for this year being higher than 2019.
Bidens Opportunity To End Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Dec 07 (IPS) - Recently I had an opportunity to brief a group of European diplomats and journalists on a variety of conflicts, with a focus on the Middle East. During the Q&A I was asked which of the region’s conflicts Biden should tackle first.
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