News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1048
Campaign to End Sexual Violence Targets Civilian Peacekeepers First
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 13 (IPS) - "We can really argue as much as we want but if we put ourselves in the skin of victims, we just have to do something to stop this."
NGOs Urge Post-2015 Declaration Include Water, Sanitation as Basic Human Rights
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 13 (IPS) - Virtually every major international conference concludes with a "programme of action" (PoA) – described in U.N. jargon as "an outcome document" – preceded by a political declaration where 193 member states religiously pledge to honour their commitments.
Press Freedom Groups Denounce NSA Spying on AJ Bureau Chief
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 12 (IPS) - Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan doesn't deny that he's had contact with terrorist groups. In fact, it would have been rather difficult to do his job otherwise.
NGOs Urge Commission of Inquiry to Probe Sexual Abuse in U.N. Peacekeeping
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (IPS) - A rising tide of sexual abuse in U.N. peacekeeping operations has triggered the launch of a high-level campaign to end the continued attacks on women and children and an urgent call for the creation of an independent commission of inquiry.
The U.N. at 70: Risk Averse, Unsafe and Too Old
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, May 12 (IPS) - On Apr. 20, this year, four of my colleagues tragically lost their lives in Northern Somalia, when an explosive device ripped through their minibus as they travelled back to their guesthouse.
Q&A: Nuclear Disarmament a Non-Starter, "But I Would Love to Be Proven Wrong"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 11 (IPS) - Albert Einstein, the internationally-renowned physicist who developed the theory of relativity, once famously remarked: "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
Opinion: Don’t Leave Indigenous Peoples Behind in SDGs
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 11 (IPS) - U.N. member states are meeting throughout the year to finalize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will set the global development agenda for the next 15 years. The goals are supposed to be universal and aspire to "leave no one behind."
Migrants Between Scylla and Charybdis
- Inter Press Service
AUGUSTA, Syracuse, Italy, May 11 (IPS) - Not even a month has passed since over 700 hundred migrants lost their lives in their attempt to reaching the shores of Italy and the media spotlights have already faded on the island of Sicily, Italy's southern region and main gateway to Europe.
Opinion: A Development Fairytale or a Global Land Rush?
- Inter Press Service
PARIS/OAKLAND, California, May 11 (IPS) - In our work at Greenpeace and the Oakland Institute around access and control over natural resources, we face constant accusations of being anti-development or "Northern NGOs who care more for the trees", despite working with communities around the world, from Cameroon, to China, to the Czech Republic.
Analysis: Global Politics at a Turning Point – Part 2
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, May 10 (IPS) - In the following months, reports of the use of chemical weapons by Syrian forces multiplied. The most serious was an allegation that the Syrian army had used sarin gas on Mar. 19, 2013 at Khan al Assal, north of Aleppo, and in a suburb of Damascus against its opponents. This was followed by two more allegations of small attacks in April.
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