Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 614
U.N. Chief Eyes Eight Holdouts in Nuke Test Ban Treaty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 05 (IPS) - A group of about 20 "eminent persons" is to be tasked with an unenviable job: convince eight recalcitrant countries to join the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
Iran Looms over Syria Debate for Pro-Israel Groups
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 05 (IPS) - With Congress still deliberating over Barack Obama's request for authorisation to take military action against Syria, the powerful Israel lobby here has taken the lead in pressing the president's case.
Ex-World Leaders Urge U.S. to Forego Military Attack on Syria
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 04 (IPS) - The United States, which is preparing to launch a military strike on Syria, is being cautioned by several former world leaders and Nobel Peace laureates to seek a political solution to the ongoing crisis - and forego armed intervention in the beleaguered Middle Eastern nation.
Military Given Full Powers to Fight Crime in Honduras
- Inter Press Service
TEGUCIGALPA, Sep 04 (IPS) - Human rights defenders and members of the opposition in Honduras see a new elite military unit created to engage in policing as a drastic setback for the demilitarisation efforts that began two decades ago.
‘Paradise’ Calls the Poor
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sep 04 (IPS) - "I consider myself lucky after finding my son," says Muhammad Jabeen, a juice vendor in Bannu, one of the 25 districts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northern Pakistan. The Taliban had taken his son, Mateen Shah, away from a madrassa to join their ranks.
Top Republicans, Israel Lobby Weigh for Obama’s Syria Strike
- Inter Press Service
U.N. Chief Dodges Question on "Illegal" Attack on Syria
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 03 (IPS) - When Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was South Korea's foreign minister during 2004-2006, his answers to reporters were so predictably evasive the press corps in Seoul affectionately dubbed him "the slippery eel".
Q&A: "We Need a Decisive Win Against Polio"
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 03 (IPS) - Siddharth Chatterjee has served as the chief diplomat, head of strategic partnerships and international relations at the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the world's largest humanitarian network, since June 2011.
Sri Lanka Cornered Over Human Rights
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Sep 03 (IPS) - That it would be a visit fraught with diplomatic tension was undoubted. Navanetham ‘Navi' Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, was into the third day of her week-long visit from Aug. 25 to Aug. 31 to Sri Lanka when her entourage broke into animated discussion.
Splintered Damascus Holds Its Breath
- Inter Press Service
ERBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan, Sep 03 (IPS) - "Life is almost normal in the centre of Damascus," local resident Hisham says from the predominantly Christian neighbourhood of Bab Touma. "Only the occasional noise of artillery on the outskirts reminds me that we are at war."
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