News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1042
Opinion: Building Civil Service Excellence in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 19 (IPS) - This September, we usher in the post-2015 development agenda with a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed upon by Member States, with civil society participation, based on national, regional and global consultations.
Pope Could Upstage World Leaders at U.N. Summit in September
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 18 (IPS) - Judging by his recent public pronouncements - including on reproductive health, biodiversity, the creation of a Palestinian state, the political legitimacy of Cuba and now climate change – Pope Francis may upstage more than 150 world leaders when he addresses the United Nations, come September.
Opinion: The University for Peace, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
- Inter Press Service
EL RODEO DE MORA, Costa Rica, Jun 18 (IPS) - You've probably never heard of it. When, in 2007, I tentatively searched the web for "peace education" and Google told me that a U.N.-mandated University in Costa Rica was offering a master's degree in precisely that, I was dumbfounded. As soon as I set foot on campus, I fell in love with UPEACE.
New Approaches to Managing Disaster Focus on Resilience
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 18 (IPS) - Natural disasters have become a fact of life for millions around the world, and the future forecast is only getting worse.
Opinion: No Place to Hide in Addis
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Jun 18 (IPS) - My colleagues just got back from Munich, where we held a summit bringing together over 250 young volunteers from across Europe. These youngsters campaigned in the run-up to and at the doorstep of the G7 Summit in Schloss Elmau, as one of the key moments in a year brimming with opportunities to tackle extreme poverty.
South Sudan Again Tops Fragile States Index
- Inter Press Service
SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick, Canada, Jun 18 (IPS) - For the second year in a row, South Sudan has been designated as the most fragile nation in the world, plagued by intensifying internal conflict that has displaced more than two million of its people.
CTBTO, the Nuclear Watchdog That Never Sleeps
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 17 (IPS) - The world's nuclear powers may succeed in thwarting sanctions by the Security Council or avoiding condemnation by the General Assembly, but they cannot escape the scrutiny of a key international watchdog body: the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).
Could Peacekeeping Wives Deter Sexual Abuse in U.N. Overseas Operations?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 17 (IPS) - Back in November 2007, about 108 military personnel from an Asian country, serving with the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti, were deported home after being accused of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of minors.
Cities Will Be Decisive in Fight for Sustainable Development
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 17 (IPS) - With cities increasingly in the spotlight on the international stage, urban planning and development has become a critical issue in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Opinion: We Have a Moral Imperative to Act on Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Jun 17 (IPS) - My country, the Philippines, is one of the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Even though we are among those countries that hardly contributed emissions and benefited least from burning fossil fuels, we find ourselves at the frontline of the climate crisis.
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