Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 525
International Community Falls Short on Syrian Resettlement
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 31 (IPS) - "We cannot respond to refugee crises by closing doors and building fences," said UN High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi in his opening address to a high-level event in Geneva.
By the end of the meeting, however, the international community remained reluctant to welcome refugees.
UN Chief Lauds Oman for Discreet Role in Peace Talks
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 30 (IPS) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has singled out Oman as perhaps the only Arab country in the Gulf playing a discreet role – mostly behind-the- scenes – in helping resolve some of the military and political conflicts in the war-ravaged region.
Yemen’s Health Crisis is “Critical,” Says WHO
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 28 (IPS) - The health situation in Yemen has severely deteriorated and is critical, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported.
Peace in Colombia, Shielded by International Support
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Mar 25 (IPS) - "It was not possible" to reach a final agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the Colombian government's lead negotiator, Humberto de la Calle, announced in Havana on Wednesday Mar. 23 – the deadline set for a peace deal.
Western Powers Unlikely to Impose Arms Embargo on Saudi Arabia
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 24 (IPS) - As hundreds of civilians continue to be killed in the ongoing conflict in Yemen, one of the leading human rights organization is calling for an arms embargo – specifically against Saudi Arabia which is leading a coalition of eight countries battling Houthi rebels in the war-ravaged neighbouring country.
Will Children of Colombia Know Peace at Last?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 22 (IPS) - "No child in Colombia today knows what it is like to live in a country at peace," said UN Children's Fund's (UNICEF) Representative in Colombia Roberto De Bernardi during the launch of a new report.
Food Insecurity in the Far North
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Cameroon, Mar 18 (IPS) - "They have reduced the quantity of food they used to give us and we still do not know why. But we are managing. We are refugees and we have no choice. All they give us is rice and some soya beans" John Guige, a Nigerian resident and primary school teacher in the Minawao refugee camp in Cameroon's Far North region, told IPS.
Will the EU Become a Criminal Union Tomorrow?
- Inter Press Service
Lund, Sweden, Mar 17 (IPS) - The EUropean Union – a criminal?
The EU that has peace as it's top goal and received Nobel's Peace Prize?
The EU with Schengen and Dublin?
A “Colombian Triangle” for Daesh in Libya?
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Mar 16 (IPS) - Besieged by US, UK, French, Russian and Syrian war crafts and ground intelligence, both in Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (Daesh from its original acronym in Arabic) has reportedly been searching for a new base in the North of Africa, specifically in Libya, in what has been called the "Colombian Triangle."
Civil Wars Threaten to Break up a Volatile Middle East
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 14 (IPS) - As civil wars and cross-border military conflicts continue to escalate in the Middle East, Syria, Iraq and Libya are in danger of breaking up —even as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continues to make territorial gains in the volatile region.
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