Viewpoint by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK (IDN) — U.S. President Biden addressed the UN General Assembly on September 21 with a warning that the climate crisis is fast approaching a “point of no return,” and a promise that the United States would rally the world to action. “We will lead […]
UN Jolted by Single Corona Virus Infection at a Meeting of World Leaders
By Thalif Deen NEW YORK (IDN) — Amid fears of the current General Assembly sessions in danger of being a “super spreader” of the Delta virus—among hundreds of delegates attending a two-week long meeting through end September—the United Nations has alerted its staff about an unnamed delegate testing positive.
AUKUS Threatens to Damage NATO
Viewpoint by James W. Carden This article was produced by Globetrotter in partnership with the American Committee for U.S.-Russia Accord. James W. Carden is a writing fellow at Globetrotter and a former adviser to the U.S. State Department. Previously, he was a contributing writer on foreign affairs at the Nation, and his work has also […]
Tough Going for Sri Lanka in Geneva
Viewpoint by Neville de Silva A veteran Sri Lankan journalist, Neville de Silva was Assistant Editor of the Hong Kong Standard before working in London for Gemini News Service. Later he was Deputy Chief-of-Mission in Bangkok and Deputy High Commissioner in London. LONDON (IDN) — Thankfully it was only a verbal update on Sri Lanka […]
World Food Systems Summit Needs to Recognise Right of Farmers and People Not of Corporations’, Say Critics
By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) — The Heads of State and Government from more than 90 countries are expected to announce their commitments to transform food systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the historic UN Food Systems Summit this week held virtually from New York. But many civil society and farmers’ groups […]
The Koran Is Partly on the Side of Islamic Fundamentalists
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — What do we in the West know about Islam? Perhaps more than we did before 9/11 but not much. Now the US and NATO have withdrawn from Afghanistan we are again reminded how little we understand about Islamic fundamentalism and how its adherents justify their beliefs, not […]
UN Urged to Declare a Global Peace Education Day
By Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury Following is the text of Inaugural Keynote Address by Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations and Founder of The Global Movement for The Culture of Peace (GMCoP), at the First Annual Peace Education Day Conference organized virtually by The Unity Foundation and Peace […]
Creating and Codifying the Right to Be Remembered
By Yossef Ben-Meir, Emily Oksen, and Kristin O’Donoghue Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir is President of the High Atlas Foundation and Chief of Party of the USAID Religious and Ethnic Minorities Activity Program in Morocco. Emily Oksen and Kristin O’Donoghue are students at the University of Virginia and interns with HAF. MARRAKESCH (IDN) — It is human […]
Report Censures Facebook for Promoting Human Trafficking
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network New York (IDN) — False or misleading posts on Facebook and Instagram are being blamed for enabling human traffickers who recruit African women to be ferried to Saudi Arabia and other countries with promises of visas and jobs. Instead, the women are held captive, denied access to food and […]
Liberia To Mark Year-Long Bicentennial Celebration Beginning January 2022
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network New York (IDN) — On February 5, 1820, the first organized group of emigrating freed slaves departed from New York to Freetown, Sierra Leone, in West Africa. Next year, Liberia will mark the date with a bicentennial celebration beginning January 2022 and running through December 2022, according to a […]