Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1227
The Big Fight in Doha Is Over Climate Finance
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Dic 03 (IPS) - The new Green Climate Fund to help developing countries cope with climate change may one day have a bigger budget than the World Bank. At the moment, however, the Fund is empty.
Free Syria Faces Tough Times
- Inter Press Service
SARMEEN, Syria, Dic 03 (IPS) - As the death toll in Syria tops 40,000 and some 400,000 have taken refuge beyond the country's borders, a dearth of funding for civilian projects in areas under Free Syrian control risks undermining efforts to keep inhabitants united and the limited lines of communication flowing.
Thumbs Up for Palestine, Thumb in the Eye for Peace
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Dic 03 (IPS) - When it voted to upgrade Palestinian statehood status from "observer entity" to "non-member observer state", the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) wanted the enduring Middle East conflict to come full circle. But it failed to take into account the Israeli Prime Minister's opposition to a state of Palestine that isn't on his terms.
Opportunity Missed for Nuclear-Free Middle East
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Dic 02 (IPS) - After the cancellation of an international conference to create a nuclear-free Middle East, leading experts have warned that an important opportunity to create stability in the region has been squandered.
Q&A: Education Is Where HIV Care Begins
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 02 (IPS) - When Shorai Chitongo founded Ray of Hope, a support group for female survivors of domestic violence in 2005, she discovered that three-quarters of the survivors in the group were HIV-positive.
Shorai Chitongo, founder of Ray of Hope, a support group for survivors of domestic violence, and a national leader of the Groots Zimbabwe Home-Based Care Alliance. Photo courtesy of Ms. Chitongo Q&A: Combating Gay Stigma Critical in Fight Against AIDS
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 01 (IPS) - As the international community comes together on Dec. 1 to celebrate World AIDS Day, a new report from UNAIDS reveals that while significant progress has been made in preventing and treating HIV/AIDS, stigmatisation, violence and discrimination against members of the gay community continue relentlessly.
Q&A: How Innovative Funding Combats HIV/AIDS
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 01 (IPS) - On World AIDS Day, the fact that the number of children newly infected with HIV continues to decline is welcome news to UNITAID, the International Drug Purchase Facility hosted by the World Health Organisation. But UNITAID is also well aware of how much more remains to be done for children already living with the disease.
Trawlers Glide Past International Fishing Laws
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Dic 01 (IPS) - Somali pirates on the southwest Indian Ocean have become one of the biggest security risks for commercial maritime shipping over the last several years. But even as piracy gave rise to international furore, an unlikely benefactor emerged: bluefin tuna stocks in the Indian Ocean.
U.S. Senate Passes New Sanctions on Iran
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 01 (IPS) - The U.S. Senate approved a new round of economic sanctions against Iran Friday, ignoring warnings by the White House that the additional measures could prove counter-productive to the goal of persuading Iran to curb its nuclear programme.
Fossil Fuel Lobby in the Driver's Seat at Doha
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Nov 30 (IPS) - A new scientific report shows that global warming can be kept well under two degrees C, but only if most of the known deposits of coal, oil and gas remain in the ground.
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