News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1076
Faiths United Against Nuclear Weapons
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Dic 10 (IPS) - "Never was there a greater need than now for all the religions to combine, to pull their wisdom and to give the benefit of that combined, huge repository of wisdom to international law and to the world."
Africa Sets Demands for Post-2015 Climate Agreement
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Dic 10 (IPS) - The post-2015 global climate change agreement should be flexible and fully resourced or else condemn Africa to another cycle of poverty resulting from the adverse effects of climate change.
The Rapid Rise of Green Bonds
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Dic 10 (IPS) - Most countries joining the growing list of nations pursuing clean geothermal power have been confronted with a huge financial challenge.
Nuclear States Face Barrage of Criticism in Vienna
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Dic 10 (IPS) - Sarcastic laughter erupted when a civil society representative expressed his "admiration for the delegate of the United States, who with one insensitive, ill-timed, inappropriate and diplomatically inept intervention" had "managed to dispel the considerable goodwill the U.S. had garnered by its decision to participate" in Vienna Conference on Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons.
OPINION: The Role of the Media and Visibility for Malnutrition Around the World
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Dic 10 (IPS) - The vast international and national media impact of the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), held in Rome from Nov. 19 to 21, demonstrated the growing interest that nutritional problems are arousing worldwide, primarily because the media themselves are increasingly reporting issues related to poverty and exclusion.
Groups Push Obama to Clarify U.S. Abortion Funding for Wartime Rape
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 10 (IPS) - Nearly two dozen health, advocacy and faith groups are calling on President Barack Obama to take executive action clarifying that U.S. assistance can be used to fund abortion services for women and girls raped in the context of war and conflict.
Release of Senate Torture Report Insufficient, Say Rights Groups
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 10 (IPS) - Tuesday's release by the Senate Intelligence Committee of its long-awaited report on the torture by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of detainees in the so-called "war on terror" does not go far enough, according to major U.S. human rights groups.
Activists Seek Ban on Nuke Strikes Against Cities
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 10 (IPS) - Civil society groups are urging the U.N. General Assembly to pass a resolution declaring nuclear strikes on cities to be a clear-cut violation of international humanitarian law.
Civil Society Support for Marshall Islands Against Nuclear Weapons
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Dic 09 (IPS) - Ahead of the Dec. 8-9 Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, activists from all over the world came together in the Austrian capital to participate in a civil society forum organised by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) on Dec. 6 and 7.
Only Half of Global Banks Have Policy to Respect Human Rights
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 09 (IPS) - Just half of major global banks have in place a public policy to respect human rights, according to new research, despite this being a foundational mandate of an international convention on multinational business practice.
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