IDN InDepthNews informs on topics related to globalization, global governance and international cooperation http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=HR Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:32:26 +0100 http://indepthnews.net/images/rechts.jpg http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=HR 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=2010-07-28%2021:32:26&key2=1 By Richard Johnson IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis GENEVA (IDN) - As the mandate, being carried out by the UN-African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID), comes to an end on July 31, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moons report to the Security Council indicates that the situation in Sudans western region is rather critical. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-28%2021:32:26&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-25%2020:45:15&key2=1 By Julio Godoy IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint BERLIN (IDN) - One anecdote being repeatedly told these days is that some 20 years ago, the then U.S. foreign minister James Baker, angry with the Israeli government of the time for the lack of progress in the Middle East peace talks, gave his direct telephone number to his colleague in Tel Aviv, and urged him to call. "But you only call me when you are serious about peace," Baker reportedly said. Even though the Israeli government of the time and the ones that followed were almost never "serious about peace" -- with the sole and honourable exception of Yitzhak Rabin in the early 1990s . . . http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-25%2020:45:15&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-19%2009:47:17&key2=1 By Thomas Hammarberg* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint STRASBOURG (IDN) - Several thousand persons have been forcibly returned to Kosovo by west European states in the last few years, mainly from Austria, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. Among the returnees have been persons belonging to minorities, and in particular Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians. For them these deportations have not had a happy ending. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-19%2009:47:17&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-16%2001:52:36&key2=1 By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis PARIS (IDN) - For the third time in less than two years, the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom has expressed concern over the death of an Indian journalist. Hem Chandra Pandey is the third Indian journalist to be killed since December 2008. He was killed early July 2010 along with a Maoist leader in an encounter with police in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-16%2001:52:36&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=2010-07-06%2002:14:43&key2=1 By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) - Western Sahara, one of the most thinly populated territories in the world, mainly consisting of desert flatlands, is drawing renewed focus after having been consigned to mainstream neglect for years. The disputed territories are back on radar screens in the aftermath of new reports that the area is one of the most heavily mined territories in the world. These have been accompanied by one significant step taken by the United Nations. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-06%2002:14:43&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-05%2018:21:05&key2=1 By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BRUSSELS (IDN) - Top-ranking leaders of the European Commission have told Zimbabwe that they expect "further concrete progress" and "clear signs of improved political environment", given which the country might receive additional money. The 27-nation European Union (EU) has provided the landlocked country in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers, 180 million Euros for health, education, food security and governance. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-05%2018:21:05&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-02%2011:46:32&key2=1 By Ellen Martin IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint (IDN) - Juba, an isolated garrison town during Sudans civil war, is now an important political and economic centre as the new capital of South Sudan, and a hub for regional trade. But the throngs of hard-headed investors, the new roads and busy restaurants hide the grim reality for many residents. Juba has seen a dramatic increase in the numbers of urban poor since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005. Receiving little attention from the Government of South Sudan or the international community, their needs are largely unmet and many have become increasingly marginalised. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-02%2011:46:32&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-01%2020:08:10&key2=1 By IDN Middle East Desk IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis (IDN) - Faith-based development agencies CIDSE and APRODEV are calling on the 27-nation European Union to pressure Israel for an immediate, sustained and unconditional opening of crossings to allow access to humanitarian aid, commercial goods and persons. According to CIDSE and APRODEV, the measures the EU has proposed so far are insufficient and can only strengthen the status quo. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-01%2020:08:10&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-26%2023:25:10&key2=1 By J. Chandler IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TORONTO (IDN) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is calling on the business community to work together to build universal principles that will place children's rights at the top of the global corporate responsibility agenda. The 'Children's Principles for Business' will help business avoid the negative impacts that their activities may have on children, argues UNICEF that is being backed by the UN Global Compact and Save the Children non-governmental organization. The Global Compact -- which observed its ten years of existence at a leaders' summit concluded in New York on June 25 -- is a call to companies . . . http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-26%2023:25:10&key2=1