Von Somar Wijayadasa*
NEW YORK (IDN) – Darin waren sich die meisten Kommentatoren zum Welt-Aids-Tag am 1. Dezember einig: Der jahrelange Kampf gegen HIV/Aids hat Erfolge gezeigt. Doch von Jubel kann keine Rede sein. Wie die Organisation UNAids erklärte, haben die Neuerkrankungen in den vergangenen Jahren weiter zugenommen. Allein im Jahr 2014 gab es zwei Millionen neue HIV-Infektionen – das sind 6.000 pro Tag.
NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution on youth, peace and security, which for the first time in its history focuses entirely on the role of young men and women in peace-building and countering violent extremism.
The resolution, sponsored by Jordan, embodies an unprecedented acknowledgment of the urgent need to engage young peace-builders in promoting peace and frustrating extremism. Adopted on December 9, 2015 it also regards the youth and youth-led organizations as important partners in the global efforts to thwart violent extremism and promote lasting peace.
By J Nastranis | IDN-InDepthNews Report
NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution on youth, peace and security, which for the first time in its history focuses entirely on the role of young men and women in peace-building and countering violent extremism.
The resolution, sponsored by Jordan, embodies an unprecedented acknowledgment of the urgent need to engage young peace-builders in promoting peace and frustrating extremism. Adopted on December 9, 2015 it also regards the youth and youth-led organizations as important partners in the global efforts to thwart violent extremism and promote lasting peace.
By Jaya Ramachandran | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis
BERLIN | BRUSSELS | PARIS (IDN) – The UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris would be recorded in the annals of global negotiations if only because a block of wealthy nations responsible for contributing to global warming made a common cause with a group of developing nations suffering the dire consequences of climate change.
Von Shastri Ramachandaran*
PEKING (IDN) – Das Ende der zwangsweise durchgesetzten Ein-Kind-Politik in China erscheint als bahnbrechende Maßnahme mit großer wirtschaftlicher und politischer Tragweite. Es bleibt jedoch zu bezweifeln, ob sie tatsächlich die beabsichtigen positiven Auswirkungen auf die Wirtschaft der Volksrepublik haben wird. Die Entscheidung der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas vom 29. Oktober 2015, die bislang strikt umgesetzte Ein-Kind-Politik nach 35 Jahren abzuschaffen und jeder Familie künftig zwei Kinder zu erlauben, hat in erster Linie politische Bedeutung.
BERLIN | BRUSSELS | PARIS (IDN) – The UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris would be recorded in the annals of global negotiations if only because a block of wealthy nations responsible for contributing to global warming made a common cause with a group of developing nations suffering the dire consequences of climate change.
By Bernhard Schell | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis
AMMAN (IDN) – Amnesty International johas urged Jordan to “take immediate action” to help up to 12,000 refugees who have been denied entry to the country and are struggling to survive in desperate, freezing conditions in “no man’s land” on the Jordanian side of the border with Syria.
By Somar Wijayadasa* | IDN-InDepthNews Analyis
NEW YORK (IDN) – Almost all countries of the world commemorated the World AIDS Day on December 1 with statements that exhibit optimism that the HIV/AIDS epidemic is finally on its last leg.
Despite tremendous progress in containing the pandemic, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates that, in 2014, there were “over 2 million new HIV infections”.
By Robert J. Burrowes* | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis
DAYLESFORD, Victoria | Australia (IDN) – What do the Pyrenean ibex, St. Helena olive, Baiji dolphin, Liverpool pigeon, Eastern cougar, West African black rhinoceros, Formosan clouded leopard, Chinese Paddlefish, the Golden Toad and the Rockland grass skipper butterfly all have in common but which is different from the Dodo?
The answer is that these species all became extinct since the year 2000, that is, in the last fifteen years. The Dodo became extinct in 1662.
The one thing that all of these species have in common is that the cause of their extinction was human beings.
Von Jutta Wolf
BERLIN (IDN) – In Simbabwe vergewaltigte ein Mann ein neunjähriges Mädchen, das auf dem Weg zur Schule war. Die Polizei nahm den Täter fest, ließ ihn kurz darauf aber wieder frei – weil er Schmiergeld gezahlt hatte. Dieser Fall ist keine Ausnahme. In ihrem neuen Bericht ‘People and Corruption: Africa Survey 2015’ stuft die Organisation ‘Transparency International’ die Polizei und die Privatwirtschaft auf dem Kontinent als hochgradig korrupt ein. “Solche Geschichten erfahren wir jeden Tag”, heißt es in dem Report. “In vielen Ländern kann man mit Geld erreichen, dass Polizeibeamte jedes Verbrechen übersehen, so grauenvoll es auch sein mag. Es ist nur eine Frage des Preises.”
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