By P.I Gomes The writer is a Former Cooperative Republic of Guyana Ambassador to the European Union and ACP Group of States, Brussels (2005 -2015) and Secretary-General of the ACP Group of States (2015-2020). PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago | 15 January 2024 (IDN) — On 15 November 2023 in Apia, the capital of […]
A Nuclear Attack by Design — or by Accident — Must Never Happen
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS | 27 November 2023 (IDN) — As two of the world’s nuclear powers—Russia and Israel—are engaged in two devastating conflicts, a lingering question remains: could the military tension looming over both countries trigger a nuclear attack either by design or by accident? “That is one scenario that must never happen”, […]
India Steers G20 Towards Supporting Global South’s SDG Push
By Kalinga Seneviratne SINGAPORE. 13 September 2023 (IDN) — In a rare demonstration of consensus, Russia and the US welcomed the New Delhi Declaration of the G20 summit on 10 September that did not condemn Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Instead, they focused on the development challenges facing the global community. Russian Foreign Minister […]
The Great Transition: Non-alignment and the Rise of the Global South
By Khalid Malik* This article was published in Other News. NEW YORK. 29 July 2023 (IDN) — In the 17th century, Ming China represented roughly one-third of global output, and Mughal India a little less. Together the two countries accounted more than half of the world’s output, with a corresponding size of populations (as a […]
India’s G20 Presidency: Can It Reshape International Climate Politics?
By Robert Mizo* This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. NEW DELHI 5 July 2023 (IDN) — India’s presidency of the G20 for 2023 has been hailed with much fanfare and national pride in India. The G20, being a club of leading economies, accounts for 74 […]
OACPS-European Union Post-Cotonou Negotiations Process in a Stalemate
By Reinhard Jacobsen BRUSSELS (IDN) — The 79 member-country Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) is asking the European Commission to explain the long lapse that had occurred since April 2021, when chief negotiators of the EU and OACPS concluded their deliberations and initialled an agreed text for the successor Agreement to the […]
G20 Also Needs to Act to Curb Short-Term Capital Flows and Fund Development
Viewpoint by Nagesh Kumar and Kevin Gallagher Nagesh Kumar, a former Chief Economist of UNESCAP, is Director of Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, a New Delhi based policy think-tank. He tweets @nageshkum. Kevin Gallagher is Professor and Director of the Global Development Policy Centre, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, USA. He tweets […]
Ambassador Azeez Agrees to Support IDN as Multilateral Diplomacy Advisor
By Ramesh Jaura, DG and Editor-in-Chief BERLIN (IDN) — The Non-profit global media agency International Press Syndicate, with IDN-InDepthNews as its flagship, is pleased to announce that beginning 1 October former Sri Lankan Ambassador A.L.A. Azeez has agreed to support us as “Multilateral Diplomacy Advisor”, with an additional honour of charge as “Editorial Coordinator” for […]
Erupting Caribbean Volcano Enhances Solidarity to Save Lives & Property
By P.I. Gomes Dr P.I. Gomes is former Secretary-General of the Organisation of African, the Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS was previously ACP Group of States). PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (IDN) — La Soufriere volcano in the northeast of the main island of St. Vincent & the Grenadines, after warning signs of rumblings […]
79-Nation OACPS Grows into The Power of Change in The International Arena
By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | BRUSSELS (IDN) – The interregional ACP officially became the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) on April 5, when 79 leaders of the group endorsed the revised version of the 1975 Constitutive Act, known as the Georgetown Agreement, at the December 2019 Summit in Nairobi, Kenya. One month […]