By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK(IDN) – Tanzania-based WomenChoice Industries and Mukuru Clean Stoves of Kenya are the global winners of the SDGs and Her Competition that seeks to increase knowledge about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their potential impact on women, as well as to encourage private sector partners and share best practices […]
India’s Stance on the Indo-Pacific Not Exclusionary of China
Viewpoint by Prateek Joshi The writer is a Research Associate with the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) India, a New Delhi-based public policy think-tank. This article was first published in East Asia Forum on September 21, 2018. NEW DELHI (IDN-INPS) – In a move that heralds greater bilateral cooperation, Chinese Defence Minister Lieutenant General Wei Fenghe […]
The Earth is the Common Home of All Inhabitants
Viewpoint by Riccardo Petrella* ROME (IDN) – The first vast work of “worldwide” occupation and predation of the Earth and its inhabitants was that begun in the sixteenth century by a number of European states (Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, England and France). After the First World War, new actors – no less conquerors and predators […]
The Russia, Iran, Turkey, Israel and Syria Mosaic
Viewpoint by Pier Francesco Zarcone* ROME (IDN) – Recent events in Syria (downing of a Russian Ilyushin plane and an agreement between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recip Erdoğan on Idlib) lead to some reflections starting with the Israeli bombing that caused more than ten Russian deaths. Many political observers, including Alberto Negri […]
The Call of the Most Excluded
By Emmaus International* “It is not enough to take action, we must overcome, that is to say, take more action than the forces moving in the other direction”. Abbé Pierre GENEVA (IDN) – The World Forum of Alternatives led by the most excluded was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from September 17-20, 2018 on the invitation […]
Helping Rural Latin America Beat the Economic Downturn
By Kwame Buist ROME (IDN) – Over the last three decades, the countries of Latin American and the Caribbean have experienced a profound transformation which has extended to rural areas. All countries in the region, except for Haiti, are now considered middle-income. This economic and rural transformation has resulted in many benefits, especially between 2004 […]
UNESCO-Japan Prize for Organizations in Namibia, Indonesia and Estonia
By Robert Johnson PARIS (IDN) – UNESCO , the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has nominated three non-profit organizations in Namibia, Indonesia and Estonia for outstanding projects aimed at promoting the role of education in connecting the social, economic, cultural and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, known as Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). […]
The United Nations Mourns Former Secretary-General Kofi Annan
UN Chief Implores ‘Faith and Inspiration’ Kofi Annan Embodied
By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” This quote from Edmund Burke, the 18th century Irish statesman as well as an author, orator, political theorist and philosopher, was one of late Kofi Annan’s favourites, his son Kojo told the […]
Remembering Kofi Annan, UN Recalls His Contributions
By UN News NEW YORK (IDN) – In yet another move to honour the contribution of late Kofi Annan to the United Nations as Secretary-General from 1997 to 2005, who died at the age of 80 on August 18, UN News carried an article on September 20, saying that he “championed everything from stronger human […]