Viewpoint by Vincent Casey The writer is Senior WASH Manager – Water, WaterAid UK LONDON (IDN) – WaterAid’s newly released water security research has uncovered an alarming lack of global governance and grave mismanagement of the world’s precious groundwater reserves, needlessly putting millions of lives at risk. Hundreds of millions of people rely on groundwater […]
The Need to Engage Youth Social Entrepreneurs to Accelerate the SDGs
Viewpoint by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana Ms. Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) was Professor of Economics at Universitas Padjadjaran in Bandung, Indonesia. BANGKOK (IDN) – This year, the United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary – a milestone of extraordinary economic and social progress […]
Win or Lose, Trump Is Africa’s Dangerous Example
Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief of The Interview magazine based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) – If Donald J. Trump were president of Wakanda on the eve of an election, that country would have received several warnings from the US State Department on the need for free and fair polls, […]
The Politicization of the United States Supreme Court
An affront to the Independence of the Judiciary and American Democracy Viewpoint by Somar Wijayadasa* NEW YORK (IDN) – The United States Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, as a Justice of the Supreme Court. Despite the partisan rancor, Barrett’s confirmation was a forgone conclusion. The Court now has a conservative […]
Soon Nuclear Weapons Will Be Prohibited
Viewpoint by Sergio Duarte The writer is President of Pugwash. Former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. NEW YORK (IDN) – The 50th instrument of ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was deposited on October 24 – coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the United Nations Charter. In accordance with […]
Why Joe Biden Should be Elected and Not Trump Despite Foreign Policy Successes
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN) – Any day now the news will come that the US and Russia have decided to renew the important nuclear arms reduction of around 1000 warheads each that was agreed by Presidents Barack Obama and Dimitri Medvedev. Another feather in Trump’s foreign policy hat? Yes, indeed. In fact, […]
Nuclear-armed States Panic as Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty Becomes International Law
Viewpoint by Tariq Rauf * “Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat, Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad, Evil appears as good in the minds of those whom gods lead to destruction.” VIENNA (IDN) -– On 22 January 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition on Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) becomes international law in accordance […]
Global Superman’s Air-Dash to Colombo
Viewpoint by Sugeeswara Senadhira * COLOMBO (IDN) – Clark Kent alias Kal-El of the fictitious planet Krypton, known popularly as Superman usually travels at lightning speed, makes flying visits or air-dashes to fight evil forces. Super Global cop’s Secretary of State or Foreign Minister air-dashes from place to place when he is on flying visits […]
Towards Banning the Bomb
The following is the text of a statement by Mr. Hirotsugu Terasaki, Director General, Peace and Global Issues of Soka Gakkai International (SGI) on the Ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by 50 States. TOKYO (IDN) – We wish to wholeheartedly welcome the ratification, on October 24, 2020, UN Day, of […]
The Promise of the Treaty on Prevention of Nuclear Weapons
Viewpoint by Dr Joseph Gerson* NEW YORK (IDN) – The Treaty on the Prevention of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) has received its 50th ratification and will go into force in 90 days – January 22, 2021. Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb survivors, activists from ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) and the diplomats are celebrating this […]