News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 343
U.S. “Rebalancing” to Asia/Pacific Still a Priority
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 12 (IPS) - Amidst growing tensions with North Korea and, to a lesser extent, China, the White House Monday insisted that its "re-balancing" toward the Asia/Pacific remained on track and that Washington is fully committed to its allies there, especially Japan and South Korea.
A Political Tug-of-War Over Militarism and Gender Violence
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11 (IPS) - When the largest single gathering of women met at the United Nations in February last year, the adoption of a future plan of action was undermined by rigidly conservative governments opposed to women's reproductive rights - largely misinterpreted as a right to abortion.
SOF Troops Still in Wardak as Joint U.S.-Afghan Probe Continues
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON/KABUL, Mar 10 (IPS) - Two weeks after Afghan President Hamid Karzai demanded the withdrawal of all U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) from Wardak province by this date, the issue remains suspended in negotiations between U.S. and Afghan governments.
U.N. Security Council Hits N. Korea with New Sanctions
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON, Mar 08 (IPS) - North Korea, which has survived three rounds of diplomatic and economic sanctions since its first nuclear test in 2006, reacted with predictable fury, threatening to nuke the United States, in retaliation for a Security Council resolution imposing new sanctions against Pyongyang.
Victims Want Voice and Vote in Colombia’s Peace Talks
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Mar 07 (IPS) - Victims of crimes of the state want their recommendations to be taken into consideration by the peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas that are seeking to end half a century of armed conflict.
Gaza Women Suffer on ‘Their’ Day
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Mar 07 (IPS) - "In Gaza we don't lead normal lives, we just cope and adapt to our abnormal lives under siege and occupation," says Dr. Mona El-Farra, a physician and a long-time human rights and women's rights activist in the Gaza Strip. On International Women's Day, when many of the world's women are fighting for workplace equality and an end to domestic violence, Farra and the majority of Gaza's women fight for the most basic of human rights.
‘Humanitarian Diplomacy’ Fights Nukes
- Inter Press Service
OSLO, Mar 07 (IPS) - For the first time, ‘humanitarian diplomacy' is being deployed to drive home the need for banning nukes - though under the self-imposed exclusion of the P5, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, who own a crushing majority of the 19,000 nuclear weapons capable of destroying the world many times over.
North Kivu Refugees Hope to Find Peace in Uganda
- Inter Press Service
NYAKABANDE, Uganda, Mar 07 (IPS) - As dawn rises over Nyakabande, a village in southwestern Uganda, people line up in front of a reception tent, exhausted and carrying only the few belongings they could bring across the border.
Afghanistan a Minefield for the Innocent
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, Mar 07 (IPS) - Efforts to clear Afghanistan of landmines have been painfully slow. At least 45 people on average lose their limbs every month to deadly anti-personnel mines, according to the Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan, formerly a project of the UN Mine Action Service, and now a national entity.
UNRWA Head Warns of Palestinian Crisis in Syria
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 07 (IPS) - A top United Nations official is warning that the plight of Palestinian refugees is being neglected amidst the ongoing crisis in Syria.
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