Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 741
Wikileaks Paints Grim Picture of Iraqi Civilian Casualties
- Inter Press Service
Two revelations await the reader of the Wikileaks section dealing with civilian deaths in the Iraq War: Iraqis are responsible for most of these deaths, and the number of total civilian casualties is substantially higher than has been previously reported.
Leaked Report, New Iraqi Alignment Reveal U.S. War Failure
- Inter Press Service
A newly released Wikileaks document on Iraq and the new political alignment between Moqtada al-Sadr and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki both provide fresh evidence that Gen. David Petraeus's war against Shi'a militias in 2007-2008 was a futile exercise.
Women Warriors Take the Offensive in War Zones
- Inter Press Service
The world's traditional peacemakers - a title long conferred on women - may be undergoing a gradual transformation.
DR CONGO: 'An Opportunity to Say Never Again'
- Inter Press Service
Civil society in the DRC's eastern province of South Kivu is determined that meaningful action will follow from the publication of the U.N.'s Mapping Project, a report detailing some of the most serious human rights violations by state and non-state actors in the DRC between 1993 and 2003.
More Iraqi Prison Abuses Exposed on Wikileaks
- Inter Press Service
The publication of a motherlode of secret field reports from the Iraq War are shining a bright light on heretofore unknown or underreported suspicions about the power of private security contractors and the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by their fellow Iraqis, often with their U.S. military counterparts 'turning a blind eye'.
Without Investment in Agriculture, Africans Stay Hungry
- Inter Press Service
Inadequate access to water, recurring floods and droughts as well as a lack of political will to invest in small-scale agriculture perpetuate hunger across Africa, the continent’s food security experts say.
India's Female Peacekeepers Inspire Liberian Girls
- Inter Press Service
It is break time at the Victory Chapel School in Congo Town. Children dressed in their royal blue uniforms with bright yellow and white trim fight to get under the shade of the only mango tree in the yard. It is the start of the dry season and the scorching sun will soon be almost unbearable to stand in.
AFGHANISTAN: Do Peace Talks Have Traction?
- Inter Press Service
Reports over the past 10 days of high-level talks between the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and senior representatives of the Taliban have spurred growing speculation here about whether Washington is looking for a speedy exit to the longest foreign war in its history.
The Prospects and Pitfalls of 1325
- Inter Press Service
Ten years after the Security Council issued its landmark resolution 1325, designed to address the 'disproportionate and unique impact of war on women', U.N. officials and international human rights advocates say it is high time the principles it espouses move from paper to reality.
War Is Hell, Especially for Women
- Inter Press Service
As the United Nations commemorates the 10th anniversary of a landmark Security Council resolution (1325) on the protection of women in war zones, a new study details the successes and failures of a long-drawn-out effort to battle gender-based violence and provide women a key role in male-dominated peacekeeping and peace-building operations.
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