Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 323
The Risk of Nuclear War is Increasing
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Sep 30 (IPS) - Over the long course of the nuclear age, millions of people around the world, often led by a young generation of clear-eyed activists, have stood up to demand meaningful, immediate international action to halt, reduce, and end the threat posed by nuclear weapons to humankind and the planet.
Right-Wing Politicians Fear “Invasion” of Europe & US by Migrants and Refugees
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 30 (IPS) - The United Nations commemorated its annual World Day of Migrants and Refugees (WDMR) on September 29 -- this time amidst rising anti-immigrant rhetoric and widespread xenophobia.
Q&A: A New Model for Independent Journalism in Slovakia
- Inter Press Service
Sep 27 (IPS) - International media watchdogs, such as Reporters Without Borders and the International Press Institute, as well as major institutions such as the European Commission, have raised concerns about press freedom in Slovakia as big businesses buy up local media houses and politicians attack journalists.In 2014, worried about editorial independence after local businessmen bought a substantial stake in the major Slovak daily newspaper they worked at, a small group of journalists left in protest and set up their own paper run solely by the journalists themselves to ensure impartiality.
10,000 People a Day Must be Freed to End Slavery by 2030
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Sep 27 (IPS) - "Six years after initiating my term as Special Rapporteur, it is sobering to say that the way to freedom from slavery remains long in spite of the legal abolition of slavery worldwide," said UN expert on contemporary forms of slavery, Urmila Bhoola.
Climate Emergency: A Humanitarian Call to Action
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, United States, Sep 26 (IPS) - We saw this coming. As humanitarians, our risk assessments in different parts of the world have always factored in the potential for extreme weather events and the spread of vector-borne diseases, of drought, desertification, and mass displacement. Emergency first responders like us work up scenarios for interventions and gain experience each time we put our planning to the test in real crises.
We Have Swung into the Dark Ages, Says Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 26 (IPS) - Speaking in New York during the United Nations General Assembly's opening day, United States President Donald Trump continued to float the idea that he should be awarded a Nobel Prize, but that would never happen because the system was rigged.
At the U.N., it Was the Day of Populist Strongmen
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 (IPS) - The United Nations is an institution which promotes multilateralism and preaches some of the basic tenets of multiparty democracy and liberalism, including the rule of law, universal human rights, free speech, civil liberties, the rights of refugees and freedom of the press.
UN Welcomes ‘Most Comprehensive Agreement Ever’ on Global Health
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 (IPS) - Describing it as an "important landmark" on our "journey to health for all", Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday welcomed the UN Political Declaration on universal health coverage, or UHC, which commits countries to advance towards full coverage for their citizens in four major areas around primary care.
World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates Calls for Decisive Action, With No Time to Waste
- Inter Press Service
MERIDA, Mexico, Sep 23 (IPS) - In a world of increasing fragility and declining resources, can the world foster peace? With a looming climate crisis, is war inevitable? Will nuclear war be the final result? Are women the ultimate peace builders? How do we train and engage youth to promote peace?
Jersey, a Gorilla and the Civil War in Cameroon
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Sep 23 (IPS) - A month ago I visited Jersey, one of the few European territories still welcoming refugees, though in the case of Jersey they have to be wealthy and are generally fleeing not from war and misery, but from taxes.
Once Jersey and the nearby island of Guernsey harbored one of Europe´s most famous political refugees – Victor Hugo (1802-1885), who after he had been too outspoken in his criticism of the autocrat Louis Napoleon found it more convenient to live on the Channel Islands than in France.
In spite of being very close to France and with a population that at the time was mainly French-speaking, these islands were nevertheless British territory.
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