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1. UN Women

(Contacts / Organizations)

UN Women, UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their ...

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2. Katherine Stapp

(Contacts / Writers)

Katherine Stapp, Editor, Katherine (Kitty) Stapp is the author of Some Fine Day, a science fiction novel about climate change (Skyscape, 2014). Based in New York City, she is a graduate of the Columbia ...

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3. Jonathan Power

(Contacts / Writers)

... Herald Tribune (now the International New York Times) for 17 years. He was the paper's only continuous, non-American, European-based, foreign affairs columnist. For twenty years his longer articles appeared ...

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4. New York Brings Global Vision, Urban Action to SDGs

(UN INSIDER)

By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – As host city to the United Nations, New York is making the most of its position through its ambitious Global Vision, Urban Action (GVUA) platform that uses the Sustainable ...

Created on 08 July 2019

5. Writers Protest the Arrest of New York Professor in Cameroon

(NEWSBRIEFS)

By Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – The African Literature Association and other professional associations of writers and scholars are demanding the release of a Cameroonian-American writer ...

Created on 19 December 2017

6. President Joe Biden Marks the Start of a New Era in the US

(OPINION)

... now the New York Times. He has also written many dozens of columns for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe and the Los Angeles Times. He is the European who has appeared most on the ...

Created on 19 January 2021

7. People’s Movement Launched in South Africa To Defeat Covid-19

(Health & Well Being)

By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – A call to action endorsed by over 500 organizations and individuals in South Africa is aiming to unite millions of the nation’s citizens in ...

Created on 19 January 2021

8. Transformation of Agri-Food Systems Crucial for FAO in 2021

(Food security, nutrition & sustainable agriculture)

... systems, marked by big events, particularly the UN Food Systems Summit in New York, the Pre-Summit in Rome, and FAO’s Youth World Food Forum. The Forum will be dedicated to the future of agri-food ...

Created on 19 January 2021

9. Insurrection and the Racist Underpinnings of US Exceptionalism

(OPINION)

Viewpoint by Ravi Arvind Palat The writer is a professor at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton NEW YORK (IDN) – Several commentators have underlined the sharp contrast between law ...

Created on 19 January 2021

10. UN Chief Warns Against 'vaccinationalism' As 2 Million Die of COVID-19 Pandemi

(Health & Well Being)

By Radwan Jakeem NEW YORK (IDN) – "Our world has reached a heart-wrenching milestone:  #COVID19 has now claimed two million lives. Sadly, the impact of the pandemic has been made worse by the absence ...

Created on 17 January 2021

11. Behind January 6 Insurrection: America Is an Oligarchy, Not A Functioning Democracy

(OPINION)

Viewpoint by Albena Azmanova and Marshall Auerback * This article was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute. NEW YORK | BRUSSELS (IDN) – While the majority of Americans ...

Created on 17 January 2021

12. The Politicisation of “White Victimhood” Nothing New to Trump’s Presidency

(OPINION)

Viewpoint by Lee Bebout* TEMPE, Arizona (IDN) – Despite failed lawsuits, recounts and formal confirmation that President-elect Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, President Donald Trump and ...

Created on 14 January 2021

13. 75 Years On The First UN General Assembly Resolution

(Nuclear Weapons)

Viewpoint by Sergio Duarte The author is Ambassador, President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. NEW YORK (IDN) – Seventy-five ...

Created on 12 January 2021

14. Humanity Needs to Take a Course That Does Not Conflict with Nature

(UN INSIDER)

By Kwame Buist NEW YORK (IDN) – The process of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic offers the chance to change course and put humanity on a path which is not in conflict with nature, UN Secretary-General ...

Created on 12 January 2021

15. Corruption Trials in Algeria – No More Facebook for Museveni – Nobel Laureate Denounces Rise of Armed Groups

(Africa)

By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – While corruption trials continue for Algerian officials ousted in nation’s ‘Arab Spring’ 2010-2012, on the eve of elections, social media leader ...

Created on 11 January 2021

16. The Assault on the Citadel of US Democracy

(OPINION)

Viewpoint by Somar Wijayadasa* NEW YORK (IDN) – On January 6, Americans and the world watched in disbelief, horror and disgust as President Donald Trump’s fiercest supporters, stoked by the commander ...

Created on 11 January 2021

17. A New UN Report Calls for Living in Balance with The Planet

(Health & Well Being)

By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – As the UN Secretary-General António Guterres has repeatedly pointed out, humanity is faced with a "defining moment", a warning that is highlighted in the 30th-anniversary ...

Created on 10 January 2021

18. Why We Care

(OPINION)

... YORK (IDN | UNAI) – Graffiti is terse but truthful and even if I failed in identifying the specific trigger for a carefully executed scrawl on a boulder by the water in New York, that read “Beware of Locals,” ...

Created on 09 January 2021

19. UN Chief Points to Fragility and Conflict as Major Obstacles to Sustainable Development Goals

(Poverty)

By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – “Challenges of Maintaining Peace and Security in Fragile Contexts” were the focus of Secretary-General António Guterres' remarks at the Security Council virtual ...

Created on 08 January 2021

20. Is China Seeking to Remake the World in Its Own Image?

(OPINION)

Viewpoint by Richard Hanania* This is the second of a four-part series. Click here for Part 1 NEW YORK (IDN) – No other state was considered a fundamental threat to the U.S. over the issue, with a ...

Created on 08 January 2021

21. What Is the U.S. Afraid of China Actually Doing?

(OPINION)

Viewpoint by Richard Hanania* This is the first of a four-part series. NEW YORK (IDN) – Across the political spectrum, there is widespread agreement that America must get serious about the threat posed ...

Created on 07 January 2021

22. Most Africans Will Not Receive Corona Vaccine This Year

(Africa)

By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Countries across Africa are hunting for deals to obtain COVID-19 vaccines at affordable prices, but their limited funds will cover less than ...

Created on 04 January 2021

23. Unionists Grieve the Demise of South African Labour Leader

(Africa)

By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – The family of comrade David Kolekile Sipunzi has confirmed the passing of the leader of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). The announcement ...

Created on 04 January 2021

24. Clean Energy Set to Grow in 2021

(Affordable Clean Energy)

By Marcel Alers The author is Head of Energy of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) NEW YORK (IDN) – The energy sector, still dominated by fossil fuels, is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas ...

Created on 03 January 2021

25. Unease as UN Peace Mission in Sudan Ends and Ethiopian Soldiers Return Home

(Horn of Africa)

... former minister. A law professor at the university of Mekelle has also been arrested for allegedly creating agitation and unrest. Ethnic harassment continues to take place. The New York Times (NYT) reported ...

Created on 03 January 2021

26. India Has an Ambitious Agenda as UN Security Council Member

(South Asia)

... permanent membership," according to diplomatic sources. [IDN-InDepthNews – 02 January 2021] Photo: The United Nations Security Council Chamber in New York, also known as the Norwegian Room. CC BY-SA ...

Created on 02 January 2021

27. Make 2021 A Fairer, Safer, Healthier World for Children

(Health & Well Being)

By Caroline Mwanga NEW YORK (IDN) – More than 371,500 children would be born on the first day of 2021, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The agency's Executive Director Henrietta Fore said ...

Created on 01 January 2021

28. Let Us Make 2021 a Year of Healing!

(OPINION)

The following is the text of 2021 United Nations New Year's message delivered by Secretary-General António Guterres. NEW YORK (IDN) – 2020 has been a year of trials, tragedies and tears. COVID-19 ...

Created on 31 December 2020

29. UN Assembly President Calls for Working Together for A Better Tomorrow

(UN INSIDER)

NEW YORK (IDN | UN News) – The President of the United Nations General Assembly has urged everyone around the world "to continue to work together" to end the coronavirus pandemic, and to build an inclusive ...

Created on 31 December 2020

30. UN Supplies Food for 25,000 Refugees in Tigray Region

(Horn of Africa)

Compiled by Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – For the first time since mid-October, some 25,000 Eritrean refugees, sheltering in two camps in the unsettled Tigray region of Ethiopia, have received desperately ...

Created on 31 December 2020

31. The Rich-Poor Gulf Widens 5 Years After Adoption of Sustainable Development Goals

(Health & Well Being)

By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – 2020 will be remembered as a year in which a contagious virus shut down the world, widened the gulf between the rich and the poor, triggered a spike in poverty for the ...

Created on 30 December 2020

32. EEPA Report on the Horn of Africa Situation December 29

(Horn of Africa)

... Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and across Africa.  Key in-depth publications can be accessed on the website. Regional situation According to the New York Times (NYT), Eritrea “joined the war in ...

Created on 29 December 2020

33. Peace Prize for Humanitarian Work – Debt Dims Recovery – Better Times for Mental Health Groups

(Africa)

By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Mixed news from Africa: the Somali Practitioner of ‘Yogadishu’, Ilwad Elman, is the German Africa Peace Prize Winner for 2020. Ilwad Elman has ...

Created on 28 December 2020

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

(OPINION)

... Daisaku Ikeda." NEW YORK (IDN) – The UN announced on the occasion of the milestone 75th birth anniversary that the celebration "and its founding Charter comes at a time of great disruption for the world, ...

Created on 28 December 2020

35. Concern About the UN Pension Fund's Administratio

(UN INSIDER)

By Loraine Rickard-Martin*, Passblue NEW YORK (IDN) – At the $79.4 billion United Nations pension fund, continuing tensions came to a head this month when the UN participant representatives to the pension ...

Created on 25 December 2020

36. Iran Joins China, Russia, EU, France, Germany and UK in Reaffirming Commitment to 'Nuclear Deal

(Nuclear Weapons)

... in Los Angeles. Highlighting another aspect of Fakhrizadeh's assassination, The New York Times' David E. Sanger warns that it "threatens to cripple President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s effort to revive ...

Created on 23 December 2020

37. Ex Burundi Leader Convicted of Murder Dies in Paris of COVID

(Africa)

By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Ex-President Pierre Buyoya of Burundi died December 18 in Paris where he was seeking medical treatment for Covid-19, according to relatives. ...

Created on 21 December 2020

38. More Nigerian Schoolchildren Seized in Second Mass Kidnapping

(Africa)

By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network  NEW YORK (IDN) – Schoolchildren were again the targets of unknown assailants who seized the youngsters as they returned from a religious ceremony in the Nigerian ...

Created on 21 December 2020

39. UN Chief Appoints an Eminent Indian National as Resident Coordinator in China

(UN INSIDER)

By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Siddharth Chatterjee, an eminent Indian national at the world body, as UN "resident coordinator" to ...

Created on 17 December 2020

40. 'If We Are Serious About Peace, We Must Take Women Seriously

(OPINION)

By Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury in New York The following is the full text of the address by Ambassador Chowdhury at the Knesset of Israel on November 17, 2020, at 14:30 Israel Standard Time. He is ...

Created on 16 December 2020

41. The Story of Giscard D’Estaing's Fascination for 'Emperor' Bokassa's Diamo

(OPINION)

... politics”. President Emanuel Macron said, “his presidency had transformed France and his direction still guides its way”. The New York Times said he was “a modern-minded conservative”. Unlike many of ...

Created on 15 December 2020

42. South African Firm to Manufacture COVID-19 Vaccine for Patients in Need

(Africa)

By Lisa Vies, Global Information Network NW YORK (IDN) – The South African firm Aspen may soon be rolling out drugs to combat COVID-19 on the continent after signing a deal with the U.S.-based Johnson ...

Created on 14 December 2020

43. Great Expectations! The Non-Proliferation Treaty and The Coming of The Messiah!

(OPINION)

... conference of the parties to the NPT should be held in April-May 2022 in the Austrian capital city Vienna and not in August 2021 at the UN headquarters in New York. And this for two reasons: the wide-ranging ...

Created on 14 December 2020

44. Morocco's Covert Ties to Israel Belie ‘Historic Breakthrough’ Narrativ

(Africa)

By Lisa Vies, Global Information Network NW YORK (IDN) – While the news media from coast to coast has been trumpeting a “historic breakthrough” between Israel and Morocco with credit to the Trump administration, ...

Created on 14 December 2020

45. Climate Action: UN Insists on Developed Countries Meeting 100 Billion Dollar Annual Pledge

(COVID-19)

By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – A new report by independent experts has proposed urgent actions to meet the pledge by developed countries to mobilize at least US$100 billion a year to support developing ...

Created on 12 December 2020

46. Situation Report EEPA Horn of Africa No. 22

(Horn of Africa)

... York Times reports on the involvement of rival ethnic militia groups in the conflict in Tigray, including Fano, which is a militia from the Amhara ethnic group. Along with Amhara regional government security ...

Created on 11 December 2020

47. Doubts Whether Space Is Being Used Only for Peaceful Purposes

(Nuclear Weapons)

By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | NEW YORK (IDN) – A Soviet cosmonaut and an American astronaut shook hands high above the planet Earth, on July 17, 1975, where the Soviet spaceship Soyuz-19 and the U.S. spacecraft ...

Created on 06 December 2020

48. Situation Report EEPA HORN OF ARICA No. 17

(Horn of Africa)

... in the area has been unclear since the 1950s and Sudanese troops have been absent from the area for 25 Human Rights (as confirmed per 05 Dec) The New York Times reports that they have spoken with ...

Created on 05 December 2020

49. The Forgotten HIV/AIDS Pandemic

(OPINION)

Viewpoint by Somar Wijayadasa* NEW YORK (IDN) – Since the first identification of HIV/AIDS in the United States of America (USA), in 1981, approximately 76 million people have been infected with HIV, ...

Created on 03 December 2020

50. There Is Enough Food, yet 2 Billion Have Difficulty Accessing It

(Poverty)

By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – "Hunger is an outrage in a world of plenty," the UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the governing body of the Organization’s food agency, highlighting the ...

Created on 02 December 2020

51. Uganda Rocked by Worst Unrest in A Decade Ahead of Presidential Elections

(Africa)

By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Elections are a deadly game in Uganda. That was the message issued twice by Security Minister General Elly Tumwine as political rallies heat ...

Created on 27 November 2020

52. The U.S. Slaps Burkina Faso with Travel Ban Over Terrorism and Ethnic Violence

(Africa)

By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – A U.S. State Department red level “Do Not Visit” warning against travel to Burkina Faso has been posted to the U.S. website, as rising rates ...

Created on 27 November 2020