Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 680
Voting for Peace in the Distant Desert
- Inter Press Service
SABHA, Libya, Jul 12 (IPS) - On election day long lines of people from Sabha’s impoverished community of Tayuri waited to vote under the harsh Saharan sun. Four hundred miles from the Mediterranean coast, Sabha is tucked into the volatile southwest bordering Algeria, Niger and Chad.
Obama Piles New Sanctions Against Iran
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 12 (IPS) - In the latest ratcheting up of pressure on Iran, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday imposed new financial sanctions against Iranian and other companies whose operations allegedly support the country's nuclear and ballistic-missile programmes.
U.N. Increasingly Reliant on Private Security Contractors
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 12 (IPS) - The United Nations is increasingly hiring Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) for its missions across the world, raising concerns over the use of firms known for participation in human rights abuses, as well as an overall lack of accountability structures governing these contractors within the U.N. system.
U.S. Commits 10 Million for Mali Refugees as Intervention Talk Builds
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 12 (IPS) - President Barack Obama on Thursday authorised the release of 10 million dollars in emergency funding to help with the refugee crisis stemming from continued violence in northern Mali, in response to warnings that international aid efforts were in danger of drying up in coming months.
Libya May Steer Clear of the Islamist Way
- Inter Press Service
TRIPOLI, Jul 10 (IPS) - Libyans appear to be putting their hopes in Mahmoud Jibril’s liberal National Forces Alliance (NFA) to cement a coalition and build bridges between Libya’s fractious militias. Many believe the party can also unite other ideologically opposed political parties, and both opponents and supporters of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
U.S. Urged to Increase Bomb-Clearing Aid for Laos
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 10 (IPS) - Disarmament activists and former U.S. ambassadors are urging Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to increase U.S. aid to Laos to clear millions of tonnes of unexploded ordinance (UXO) left by U.S. bombers on its territory during the Indochina War during her brief visit to the country Wednesday.
New Afghanistan Aid Policy Turns Away from U.S. Model
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 10 (IPS) - For the first time, international donors gathered in Tokyo over the weekend explicitly tied ongoing financial aid for Afghanistan to progress made in the country’s economy and governance.
Taliban Thwarts Global Polio Eradication
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jul 09 (IPS) - By ordering a ban on polio immunisation, in its strongholds along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the Taliban is holding up an ambitious global programme to rid the world of the crippling childhood disease, say World Health Organisation (WHO) doctors.
South Sudan Celebrates a Troubled First Birthday
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Jul 09 (IPS) - The streets have been swept clean and lined with flags to mark the first anniversary of South Sudan’s independence. But cosmetic changes in the capital, Juba, mask deep concerns about the future of the world’s newest nation.
South Sudan's Women Await Independence From Poverty
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Jul 09 (IPS) - One year after the formation of South Sudan, the country’s women say that independence has not resulted in the positive political, economic and social changes that they had hoped for.
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