Viewpoint by Rene Wadlow The writer is President of the Association of World Citizens and its Representative to the United Nations, Geneva. GENEVA (IDN) – The social, economic, and political situation in Venezuela grows more tense and complex by the day. On January 27, Pope Francis speaking from Panama said. “Faced with the grave situation it […]
‘Mexodus’: American Retirees Moving To Mexico The New NORM
By Bill Dahl* The following is an excerpt from investigative journalist Bill Dahl’s new book, Lake Chapala – Beneath The Surface – Considerations for Retiring in Mexico. It is available in paperback and e-book editions on Amazon. Copyright @ 2019. – The Editor REDMOND, Oregon, USA (IDN) – Needless to say, the social and political […]
Mayors, Legislators Push For A Nuclear Weapons Free World
By Jamshed Baruah BASEL (IDN) – Preserve the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty! Prevent a new nuclear arms race in Europe! Undertake measures to reduce the risk of a nuclear conflict! Support global nuclear disarmament! This is the crux of an impassioned appeal by mayors, parliamentarians, policy experts and civil society representatives from forty […]
Trump, Big Oil Double Down On Automobile Inefficiency
By William Mebane The writer is former Director of Energy Efficiency Department at the Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA). ROME (IDN) – A group of U.S. oil companies, including Chevron, Exxon Mobile, Marathon and Phillips – 66, together with the Trump Administration – are seeking to cancel the previously approved 2022-2025 requirements of energy […]
Kazakhstan Continues Discussions on Cooperation Between Afghanistan and Central Asia States
By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – Ambassadors from Central Asia and UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Tadamichi Yamamoto met at Kazakhstan’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations on December 14, two weeks ahead of the Central Asian state’s non-permanent membership of the […]
Parliamentarians for Nuclear Disarmament Emphasize Need to Combat Climate Change
By Aleksandra Gadzinski KATOWICE (IDN) – Nuclear weapons and climate change are the two major existential threats to the survival of humanity, civilization and the planet Earth. With this in view, in January 2018 the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of the legendary Doomsday Clock to 2 minutes to Midnight, due to […]
Sri Lanka’s Heroic Freedom Struggles of 1818 and 1848 – Part 4
By Dr. Palitha Kohona The author is former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, and former Foreign Secretary. The following is Part 3 of the text of his keynote address delivered at Sri Lanka’s University of Peradeniya, Kandy, on 26 November 2018. – Click here for Part 1, Part 2 […]
Sri Lanka’s Heroic Freedom Struggles of 1818 and 1848 – Part 3
By Dr. Palitha Kohona The author is former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, and former Foreign Secretary. The following is Part 3 of the text of his keynote address delivered at Sri Lanka’s University of Peradeniya, Kandy, on 26 November 2018. – Click here for Part 1 and Part […]
Sri Lanka’s Heroic Freedom Struggles of 1818 and 1848 – Part 2
By Dr. Palitha Kohona The author is former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, and former Foreign Secretary. The following is Part 2 of the text of his keynote address delivered at Sri Lanka’s University of Peradeniya, Kandy, on 26 November 2018. – Click here for Part 1. COLOMBO (IDN-INPS) […]
Sri Lanka’s Heroic Freedom Struggles of 1818 and 1848 – Part 1
By Dr. Palitha Kohona The author is former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, and former Foreign Secretary. The following is Part 1 of the text of his keynote address delivered at Sri Lanka’s University of Peradeniya, Kandy, on 26 November 2018. COLOMBO (IDN-INPS) – We look back on a […]