Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 684
Food Aid Taking Too Long to Reach Needy
- Inter Press Service
Her neat, bright yellow headscarf matches the rest of her outfit, but contrasts with her weary expression. Sokona Soumounou sits a little apart from the crowd queueing for assistance from the World Food Programme in the southern Mali town of Ségou.
Amnesty Denounces Impunity in Colombia for Human Rights Crimes
- Inter Press Service
There have been 'few tangible improvements' in human rights in Colombia, says Amnesty International’s new report, which also points to legal loopholes that ensure impunity, as well as government attacks on court rulings.
Vaccination — Pakistan’s Missing Shots
- Inter Press Service
The deaths of 20 children, in an outbreak of measles in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Agency (FATA), are raising concerns over the state of immunisation in the conflict-ridden areas along the Afghanistan border.
U.S. Calls on Mali Junta to Withdraw from Politics
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson says Malian soldiers who overthrew the government on Mar. 22 have neither the right to remain in power nor the strength to deal with humanitarian and security challenges facing the West African country.
Bracing for a Massive Influx of Returnees
- Inter Press Service
In the wake of border tensions the United Nations is airlifting 12,000 southerners from a Sudanese frontier town into South Sudan. But they are returning home in the midst of an economic crisis that has the U.N. warning it may appeal for more funding to scale up humanitarian operations.
NATO's Twin Crises
- Inter Press Service
It's not an easy time for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Ratko Mladic Goes on Trial for Genocide
- Inter Press Service
The trial of General Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army chief accused of orchestrating war crimes and a campaign of genocide, has begun at a special U.N. court at The Hague in the Netherlands.
OP-ED: Arab Autocrats Aiding Resurgence of Terrorism
- Inter Press Service
The rising spectre of terrorism in Syria shows that by clinging to power and refusing to implement meaningful reforms, Arab autocrats in Syria, Bahrain, and elsewhere are indirectly contributing to the resurgence of terrorism in their societies.
'Small Five' Challenge 'Big Five' Over Veto Powers
- Inter Press Service
The 193-member General Assembly is expected to vote on a resolution - described as 'historic' - requesting the five permanent members (P5) of the Security Council to consider 'refraining from using their vetoes on action aimed at preventing or ending genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity'.
Recovering From the Spring, at a Price
- Inter Press Service
The Arab Spring has sent scores of sick and injured Libyans fleeing their war- torn country north to Jordan. The unexpected flow of patients is putting a lot of pressure on Jordanian hospitals and disrupting the lives of Libyan and Jordanian patients alike, a situation the Libyan government is now attempting to correct.
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