Global Issues
News headlines for “Foreign Aid for Development Assistance”, page 34
SOUTHEAST ASIA: Regional Rights Body Dismissed as 'Toothless'
- Inter Press Service
Southeast Asia is weeks away from getting its own regional human rights body, but not everyone is cheering the birth of this new mechanism due to be approved at a foreign ministers’ meeting here. Least of all the region’s vibrant human rights community, spread across the 10 countries that belong to the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN).
INDIA: Opposition to ‘Nuclearism’ Builds Up
- Inter Press Service
As India follows up on the historic civilian nuclear agreement it signed last year with the United States by drawing up hard commercial deals, opposition to ‘nuclearism’ is building up among activist groups.
CLIMATE CHANGE: U.N. Launches 'Seal the Deal' Campaign
- Inter Press Service
Growing U.S. support for U.N. initiatives is raising hopes among those who want to see the world community take immediate and concrete action to tackle climate change, although their optimism is also tinged with scepticism.
POLITICS: Mexican Cartels Armed by U.S.
- Inter Press Service
Many of the firearms fuelling Mexican drug violence originated in the United States, says a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released Thursday.
POLITICS: India Takes Security Concerns to Shanghai Summit
- Inter Press Service
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit at Yekaterinburg Tuesday appears to have been motivated chiefly by the security environment in the region shaping up around Washington’s ‘AfPak’ policy.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Big Carbon Players Jockey for Advantage
- Inter Press Service
Political and business leaders may agree in principle that climate change is a serious threat, but there is a startling lack of consensus and a 'you-go-first' attitude on taking action, even amongst a small group of high-level decision makers disconnected from their cell phones here in the Arctic.
CLIMATE CHANGE: China Rallying South to Defend Right to Development
- Inter Press Service
As the December deadline for reaching a global climate deal in Copenhagen approaches, China is claiming leadership - rallying emerging economies to defend their rights to development and strike bargaining positions with rich nations.
POLITICS: Iranians Keen on Improved Ties with U.S.
- Inter Press Service
More than three out of every four Iranian citizens favour improved relations with the United States, according to a major survey conducted less than one month before this Friday's presidential elections in Iran by a U.S. non-governmental organisation, Terror Free Tomorrow (TFT).
ENVIRONMENT: Oceans Fast Becoming a Garbage Dump
- Inter Press Service
The growing problem of marine litter is harming oceans and beaches worldwide and authorities must act now to reverse and prevent further environmental degradation, said a report released Monday, World Oceans Day.
POLITICS: U.S.-China Deal Crucial for New Climate Treaty
- Inter Press Service
Cooperation between the U.S. and China was at the forefront of discussions this week in Washington at two events focusing on the possibilities of a bilateral relationship between the two countries on cutting emissions.
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