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1. GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

(Category)

Created on 25 December 2015

2. Global Cooperation Council

(Contacts / Organizations)

... by Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a lay Buddhist association based in Tokyo,  to raise awareness about the need for a nuclear free world and for fostering global citizenship. Statutes of the German ...

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3. Liberians Rejoice Over A Promised Path to U.S. Citizenship

(Africa)

... United States have been granted a path to citizenship. In fact, it was the product of decades of effort by the Liberian community and its allies. “This has been a 20-plus-year fight where people ...

Created on 08 January 2020

4. India’s Citizenship Amendment Act Is ‘Pro-minorities and Not Anti-Muslim’

(OPINION)

... kept the promise that Mahatma Gandhi had made to persecuted people living deplorable lives in India’s neighbourhood through the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). However, many articulations which are ...

Created on 23 December 2019

5. Global Citizenship Education Vital For Intercultural Literacy

(UN INSIDER)

By Santo D. Banerjee UNITED NATIONS (IDN) – Educating younger generations on global citizenship through intercultural literacy is a serious civic educational and moral issue, said Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, ...

Created on 27 May 2018

6. Call for Equal Citizenship Rights as Gateway to Peace

(Peace & Justice)

By Jamshed Baruah GENEVA (IDN) – The Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue, Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali Al Qassim, has called upon societies worldwide to embrace models of equal citizenship ...

Created on 16 May 2018

7. The Importance of Global Citizenship in Multilateral Diplomacy

(GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP)

... not just its quality. Why Global Citizenship and how its discourse has been advanced Against this backdrop, there has been increased attention placed on Global Citizenship Education as a fundamental ...

Created on 30 March 2018

8. 'Fine Words Butter No Parsnips' — Behind Boris Johnson’s So-Called Liberalis

(OPINION)

... have been preserved. During the early stages of negotiations, EU leaders even appeared open to a form of “associate EU citizenship” for any British citizen who chose to “opt in”. Johnson’s government ...

Created on 15 January 2021

9. The Culture of Peace: For a Safer, Saner and Sustainable World

(OPINION)

... empowering curricula that cultivate the culture of peace in each and every student. Indeed, this should be more appropriately called “education for global citizenship”. If our minds could be likened ...

Created on 28 December 2020

10. Children Born of War Remain Invisible Victims of Sexual Violence

(Africa)

... – 02 December 2020] * Tonny Raymond Kirabira is a PhD Candidate in Law and Leila Choukroune is Professor of International Law and Director of University Research and Innovation Theme in Democratic Citizenship, ...

Created on 02 December 2020

11. Black Holes Pervade the Spirit of 2020

(OPINION)

... was the nephew of C.V. Raman, who was India’s first Nobel laureate in physics. Chandrasekhar received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1983. He moved to the United States in 1936 and assumed American citizenship ...

Created on 22 November 2020

12. Letter to US President-elect Joe Biden

(OPINION)

... is a fair shot for thousands of our citizens in the US who are either legally studying, working or visiting, and dignity for those trying to find a legal pathway to citizenship.  The current situation ...

Created on 10 November 2020

13. Aetiology of Subversion: The Delhi Riots of 2020

(OPINION)

... India’s capital city. The protests were ostensibly about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA). That legislation was designed to fast track the citizenship of those religious minorities from Pakistan, ...

Created on 13 October 2020

14. The Risk of Democracy Compromising Democracy

(OPINION)

... people involved in democratic processes tend to undermine the very process. Democracy faces challenges both from without and within, and the hypocrisy percolates deep down. People who opposed the Citizenship ...

Created on 30 July 2020

15. Long Before COVID-19, Muslim Communities in India Built Solidarity Through Mutual Aid

(OPINION)

... Delhi, against the discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The nonviolent sit-in lasted 101 days, until police cleared the site on March 24.  Muslims in India have not only faced sustained political ...

Created on 16 July 2020

16. India's First COVID-19 Vaccine Gets Nod for Human Clinical Trial

(Health & Well Being)

...  UN experts on June 26 called on India to immediately release human rights defenders who have been arrested for protesting against changes to the nation’s citizenship laws, says Press Release in CounterCurrents ...

Created on 04 July 2020

17. The Second World War: Flawed and Ignorant Thinking in Both Russia and The West

(OPINION)

... union, and to which Germany could have been allocated a 50 per cent part ownership. The former German citizenship of most of the population should have been returned. Then Chamberlain did a somersault. ...

Created on 23 June 2020

18. Out of the Belly of Hell: COVID-19 and the Humanisation of Globalisation – Part 2: So What Is Globalisation Then?

(OPINION)

... our bodies and their inter-relationships, this tremendously important area was confined to consumerism rather than citizenship. The issues were excluded from what passes for democracy which, by making ...

Created on 07 June 2020

19. COVID-19 Strikes South Asia's Minorities Whose Rights Are Already Threatene

(Asia-Pacific)

... or minority status by politicised and discriminatory citizenship laws, leaving them deprived of essential rights and services. This means that they are even more exposed to the worst impacts of the pandemic. ...

Created on 30 April 2020

20. The Many Facets of Pandemic Vulnerability

(OPINION)

... Citizenship holds value over life and death as authorities move to protect their own at home and abroad. But the question remains: what happens to everyone else? As authorities closed borders around ...

Created on 23 April 2020

21. Kenyans Under Brute Attack Amidst COVID-19 Curfew

(Africa)

... the COVID-19 curfew required him to be, but he died because he was not born with the advantages of citizenship and wealth that would have meant his home was on the other side of town. The kind of place ...

Created on 06 April 2020

22. Trump's 'Pivot to Asia' To 'Make America Great Again' Setting the Stage for a New Clash of Civilizati

(OPINION)

... riots rocked northeast New Delhi with protests against the Indian Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), widely perceived to be discriminatory to Muslims escalated. The US president's visit to India, came exactly ...

Created on 03 April 2020

23. CORVID 19 - The Insatiable Urge to Bash China Surfaces Again!

(OPINION)

... and the U.S., but that Jesus Christ would stop them. The Naturalization Act of 1870, extended citizenship rights to African Americans but barred Chinese from naturalization on the grounds that they and ...

Created on 09 March 2020

24. Fear, Greed and Hate as We Enter the 2020s

(OPINION)

... Well, the best example is Benjamin Netanyahu who has passed a law which makes being a Jew the requisite for Israeli citizenship. This is how Narendra Modi in India is trying to deprive Muslims (170 million) ...

Created on 03 January 2020

25. India No More A Refuge for The Persecuted

(Asia-Pacific)

... professedly for that purpose has enacted the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). At the same time, the world’s largest democracy is silent on the genocide of Myanmar’s Rohingya, the region’s worst persecuted ...

Created on 21 December 2019

26. Hindu Nationalist Govt. Leading India to the Edge of a Cliff

(Asia-Pacific)

... Citizenship Amendment Bill, while passed in both houses of Parliament has elicited diverse and negative responses all over India. On one hand we see massive protests in North East leading to death of four ...

Created on 21 December 2019

27. Adaptation Course for Kazakh Children Returned from Iraq

(Central Asia)

... documents. The government could immediately restore the duplicate documents for 113 children who were born in Kazakhstan and returned from Syria. For children who have rights for citizenship by blood ...

Created on 29 November 2019

28. Rajapaksa Win Heralds A New Era for Sri Lanka

(Asia-Pacific)

... – the  LTTE – in 2009 and end a 30 year civil war. Thus, he is adored by most Sinhalese. He renounced his U.S. citizenship earlier this year, to qualify to contest the presidency. His campaign theme song ...

Created on 18 November 2019

29. Gambia Sues Myanmar at UN Court with Rohingya Genocide

(Africa)

... United Nations, charging Myanmar with genocide. Cast out of Myanmar, where they claim citizenship, the Rohingya Muslims found temporary shelter in Bangladesh but that country is now unwilling to support ...

Created on 12 November 2019

30. Fulfil the Rights of Afro-descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean

(Latin America & the Caribbean)

... widespread.  Migrants and refugees from Africa are among today’s most vulnerable people. They face intersecting discrimination based on racial or ethnic origin, social and economic status, and citizenship. ...

Created on 11 November 2019

31. The EU Pulled the Rug from Under the Kurds

(OPINION)

... to make a Faustian bargain with the Turkish Kurds, offering them full and complete citizenship in exchange for demanding they give up their language, traditions and identity. But many Kurds never sat ...

Created on 15 October 2019

32. The Culture of Peace Begins with Each One of Us

(OPINION)

... Ikeda to us all “to sow the seeds of peace throughout the world”. His own contributions to the promotion of the culture of peace and global citizenship have earned our deep admiration and gratitude. He ...

Created on 10 October 2019

33. An ‘Arduous Journey’ Toward the Culture of Peace and Beyond

(Quality Education)

... as well as global citizenship in educational context. All eight areas of action in the culture of peace programme are reflected in various SDGs. “I can however say with pride that the Culture of Peace ...

Created on 03 October 2019

34. Female Football A Gender Equalizer in Kyrgyzstan

(Central Asia)

... out of the country. Later she was given a Peruvian citizenship. However, she decided to represent Kyrgyzstan at the world level. Another good example could be freestyle wrestler Aisuluu Tynybekova, who ...

Created on 15 September 2019

35. UN Convenes A High-Level Forum to Stress the Significance of Culture of Peace

(Quality Education)

... with the sustainable development agenda. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in its Goal 4.7 includes, among others, promotion of Culture of Peace and non-violence as well as global citizenship ...

Created on 10 September 2019

36. Remembering a Founding Tragedy of Our Modern World

(OPINION)

... their role in human history. - The denial of their rights and citizenship through all types of policies, laws, and strategies of discrimination. It is to fight this legacy of racial prejudices, still ...

Created on 29 August 2019

37. UN To Commemorate 20th Anniversary of the Culture of Peace Declaration

(OPINION)

... empowering curricula that cultivate the culture of peace in each and every young mind. Indeed, this should be more appropriately called “education for global citizenship”. Such learning cannot be achieved ...

Created on 16 August 2019

38. Damocles' Sword Hanging Over Netanyahu and Netanyahu's Over Palestin

(OPINION)

... would give Israelis and Palestinians full equality and citizenship. There would be a single democratic state. But the sword of Netanyahu may fall on the Palestinians before enough Israelis push him to ...

Created on 16 July 2019

39. Trump’s Pick for UN in Geneva Opposed to Reproductive Rights

(USA and Canada)

... question to the 2020 census concerning citizenship and immigration status, now being challenged in the Supreme Court. In the past, Bremberg was also a policy adviser to Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority ...

Created on 29 June 2019

40. What Five Years of Modi Rule Mean for the Indian Democracy

(OPINION)

... class citizenship, what with the lynchings in the name of cow and attacks on Christians’ prayer meetings and Carol singings. The public institutions like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have ...

Created on 30 May 2019

41. High School Students' Conference Stimulates Youth Engagement in Nuclear Disarmament

(Disarmament)

... to create a Global Studies Class and a Global Citizenship Class where students can learn cross cultural understandings, peace, and disarmament. One of conference observers expressed that he is more energized, ...

Created on 27 April 2019

42. Zambian Villagers Win Landmark Ruling in Water Poisoning Case

(Africa)

... everyone because this land is damaged and spoiled," said Leo Mulenga. In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled that companies are liable for the commitments, including good corporate citizenship, ...

Created on 23 April 2019

43. India at Crossroads as Modi's Promises Remain Unfulfille

(OPINION)

... as being equal partners in the enterprise of nation building, equal before law and equal in all matters of citizenship. The competing narrative is that of Modi-BJP, where Hindu elite are the pivot of politics, ...

Created on 18 March 2019

44. Myanmar and Bangladesh Trade Blame, UN Concerned About Rohingya Crisis

(Asia-Pacific)

... including the question of citizenship and restoring freedom of movement, she said, and called for bilateral efforts by Myanmar and Bangladesh, supported by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ...

Created on 05 March 2019

45. A Safer, More Secure Europe Starts Way Beyond the Continent

(EU & Europe)

By Dimitris Avramopoulos The following are extensive excerpts from keynote speech by the European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, on Europe’s response ...

Created on 14 February 2019

46. Europe’s Invisible Wall Whets Human Trafficking

(Middle East)

... Citizenship, proudly stated on January 23 at the London School of Economics: “Today, the results of our joint efforts over these past few years are very tangible. The numbers are back to, and even below, ...

Created on 14 February 2019

47. U.S. Hits Ghana With Visa Sanctions In Spat Over Deportees

(Africa)

... saying they lacked documentation to prove Ghanaian citizenship. Plus, they said, “there has not been any confirmation by the U.S. authorities of a final court order for their removal in accordance with ...

Created on 05 February 2019

48. Ghana Rolls Out The Red Carpet To Encourage Resettlement In The Motherland

(Africa)

... with Nkrumah’s spirit. “He wanted to be able to utilize the services and skills of African-Americans as Ghana made the transition from colonialism to independence.” Ghana’s parliament passed a Citizenship ...

Created on 01 February 2019

49. In Quest Of A Charter Of Humanity

(Peace & Justice)

... Eugenio Borgna that “words are living structures”. These keywords included new citizenship of the Earth's inhabitants, the common good, biodiversity, community, human rights, monetisation and utopia. The ...

Created on 17 January 2019

50. Folke Bernadotte, A Forgotten Humanitarian With Legendary Will Power

(OPINION)

... at least 6,000 Hungarian Jews so they could escape the Nazi occupiers and travel to Sweden. He also helped forestall a planned massacre. He became the second person to be given honorary U.S. citizenship. ...

Created on 15 January 2019

51. WORK WITH US

(ABOUT US)

... of social justice and global citizenship. Our news reports, analyses, feature stories and viewpoints aim at achieving the UN’s sustainable development goals. These need a nuclear-weapons-free world. ...

Created on 07 November 2018

52. U.S. Gets Green Light To Boot Thousands of Ghanaian Refugees

(Africa)

... – that their Ghanaian citizenship be proven before deportation – has been dropped. The dispute was settled at the United Nations General Assembly meeting in September 2018. Speaking with the press, ...

Created on 09 October 2018

53. Global Citizenship

(Tags)

Global Citizenship

Created on 06 February 2016