IDN InDepthNews informs on topics related to globalization, global governance and international cooperation http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=CS Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:50:55 +0100 http://indepthnews.net/images/rechts.jpg http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=CS 292 117 IDN InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters de-de rjaura@globalommedia.com(Ramesh Jaura) jbusse@globalommedia.com(Joerg-Werner Busse) 60 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-30%2016:50:55&key2=1 By Taro Ichikawa IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TOKYO (IDN) - Nuclear abolition is not yet around the corner. But the United States, Britain and France have apparently come round to the view that the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is an appropriate opportunity to underline a paradigm shift under way. Reliable reports say that senior officials of the three nuclear powers will for the first time attend the annual ceremony in Hiroshima on Aug. 6 to commemorate the atomic bombing of the city in 1945. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-30%2016:50:55&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-22%2000:17:11&key2=1 By Shada Islam* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint BRUSSELS (IDN) - Times change. Foreign relations used to be the exclusive domain of governments. Foreign ministries operated behind closed doors. Diplomats met other government officials, attended receptions and once in a while hosted a "cultural event" showcasing national folk music and dance. Contrast that with the vast array of non-state actors which drive and influence relations among countries in today's globalised and inter-connected world. Diplomats can still do their bit on behalf of governments.But with 24/7 news channels, the Internet, Twitter and other social networking tools, state representatives are fast losing their monopoly on fashioning public attitudes and perceptions. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-22%2000:17:11&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-17%2013:20:14&key2=1 By J. Chandler IDN-InDepth News Analysis TORONTO (IDN) - The United Nations has decided to help advance gender equality and women's rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country in South-Eastern Europe whose Constitution assures gender equality but women in the country are still restricted in the exercise of their fundamental rights and freedoms because of entrenched tradition. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-17%2013:20:14&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-09%2009:20:28&key2=1 By Prakash Joshi IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis NEW DELHI (IDN) - Armed attacks on non-governmental organisations and humanitarian agencies working in Afghanistan have lessened over the past six months, not only because of their own security measures, but also because the Taliban have stopped targeting them, according to the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (ANSO). While some 1,200 security incidents were recorded in June 2010 -- more than in any month since the fall of the Taliban -- assaults on NGOs by armed opposition groups in the first half of 2010 were 35 percent lower than in 2008-2009, says ANSO, which provides free safety analysis and advice to member NGOs. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-09%2009:20:28&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-21%2000:51:55&key2=1 IDN Special IDN-InDepth NewsInterview of Daisaku Ikeda BERLIN/TOKYO (IDN) - An eminent Buddhist thinker, Daisaku Ikeda, has called for an early start of negotiations for a global treaty to abolish nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction, to coincide -- ideally -- with the 70th anniversary of the atom bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. An international treaty in the form of a Nuclear Weapons Convention (NWC) would prohibit the development, testing, production, stockpiling, transfer, use and threat of use of nuclear weapons . . . http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-21%2000:51:55&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-04%2022:17:53&key2=1 By Karen Orenstein* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint (IDN) The U.S., other developed countries, and the World Bank aim for control of climate finance at UN negotiations, but many developing countries and civil society are pushing back. The Copenhagen Accord, a controversial document "taken note of" but not adopted by parties to the UNFCCC in December 2009, set out parameters for climate finance which have largely shaped the debate in 2010. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-04%2022:17:53&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-02%2004:21:58&key2=1 By Ernest Corea IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis WASHINGTON DC (IDN) - The best that can be hoped for in response to Israel's recent act of "banditry and piracy" is that it will stiffen the resolve of the international community to secure the end of Israel's barbaric blockade of Gaza. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-02%2004:21:58&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-01%2020:01:49&key2=1 By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BRUSSELS (IDN) - The 27-nation European Union and its member states contribute a lion's share of official development assistance (ODA) the rich nations give to the poor. For such programmes between 2007 and 2013, it has allocated 51 billion Euros. But a new report says that a bulk of the money is not being spent on achieving the goals the international community has set itself. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-01%2020:01:49&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-05-31%2023:46:11&key2=1 By Nirupa Mayer IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BONN (IDN) - Local government leaders set their own course for cities adapting to climate change as the Bonn Climate Change talks of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) opened May 31. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-05-31%2023:46:11&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-05-23%2009:45:09&key2=1 By Indira Srivastava IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BRUSSELS (IDN) - Situated in northern France, Dunkirk was one of the critical battlefields in 1940 in Second World War. Seventy years since, it has decided to 'battle' for greener futures in European cities and towns. From May 19 to 21 it hosted the largest European event dedicated to local sustainable development. More than 1,500 local government leaders from all over Europe as well as representatives from European http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-05-23%2009:45:09&key2=1