Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 721
U.N. Political Body Digresses into 'Non-Security' Issues
- Inter Press Service
When the U.N. Security Council, the only political body empowered to declare war and peace, decided to include climate change on its agenda back in 2007, the 131-member Group of 77 (G77) launched a vociferous protest.
RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: Murdered Activist's Children Go into Exile
- Inter Press Service
'They are very distressed. Their father, mother and two brothers have been killed. They have expressed the wish to leave the country,' Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzón said after meeting Tuesday with the surviving daughters and son of Ana Fabricia Córdoba, a prominent land rights activist assassinated on Jun. 7.
Kashmir Conflict Spares Wildlife
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of people have died in 20 years of turmoil in Kashmir in northern India, but the conflict seems to have spared the animal population, particularly the severely endangered Kashmir stag or 'hangul' whose population has grown in recent years.
PAKISTAN: Women Shield Children From Extremism
- Inter Press Service
When Farah’s 16-year-old son began to disappear for several nights a week without saying where he went, she was naturally worried. After he returned one day and shattered the television screen in their Peshawar home, the mother of three decided it was time to quit her job as a teacher and to find out what was making her youngest child so angry.
Ninety Percent of Petraeus's Captured 'Taliban' Were Civilians
- Inter Press Service
During his intensive initial round of media interviews as commander in Afghanistan in August 2010, Gen. David Petraeus released figures to the news media that claimed spectacular success for raids by Special Operations Forces: in a 90-day period from May through July, SOF units had captured 1,355 rank and file Taliban, killed another 1,031, and killed or captured 365 middle or high-ranking Taliban.
Q&A: 'Full Reparations Must Be Guaranteed' for Displaced Victims in Colombia
- Inter Press Service
Human rights groups and small farmers' associations will keep close watch in Colombia to make sure the new Victims' and Land Restitution Law, signed by President Juan Manuel Santos Friday, is effectively implemented.
Q&A: Land and Victims Law Crucial for Millions of Displaced Farmers in Colombia
- Inter Press Service
The Victims and Land Restitution Law, signed Friday by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, 'is an important message for reconciliation in the country,' said lawmaker Guillermo Rivera, one of the sponsors of the law.
OP-ED: The War in Libya: The African Union's Mistake of Policy and Principle
- Inter Press Service
Africa's handling of the Libyan crisis at the United Nations has been timorous and confusing, but it presents an opportunity as well as a challenge for the continental body on how it defines its future strategic interests.
COTE D’IVOIRE: Challenge of Restoring Security
- Inter Press Service
In a shelter covered by a tattered blue tarpaulin, Ibrahim Traoré sits beside his militia commander to hear complaints from residents of the Abidjan neighbourhood of Abobo-Avocatier.
COTE D’IVOIRE: Challenge of Restoring Security
- Inter Press Service
In a shelter covered by a tattered blue tarpaulin, Ibrahim Traoré sits beside his militia commander to hear complaints from residents of the Abidjan neighbourhood of Abobo-Avocatier.
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