Viewpoint by Manish Uprety F.R.A.S. and Jainendra Karn * NEW DELHI (IDN) – Dealing with numbers can take a toll and might make one seek fulfillment in other spheres. No wonder the most influential poet of the last Century penned The Waste Land in 1922 when he was dutifully employed with the foreign transactions department […]
Bring Women at the Peace Table, Build from the Grassroots to the Tree Tops
“Some people change when they see the light; others when they feel the heat”. – Caroline Schoeder, former U.S. Congress member Viewpoint by Rene Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens GENEVA (IDN) – The UN Security Council Resolution 1325 of 2000 is a commitment to work resolutely toward greater protection of women and girls in […]
The Afghans Have to Find Their Own Way
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – It’s the most repeated maxim in all the reportage on the war in Afghanistan: “The Americans have the watches, we, the Taliban, have the time.” “Play it again, Sam” was said in “Casablanca”. It should be played, said and listened to in Kabul and Washington today. This […]
Ample Reasons Why the West’s Break with Russia Must End
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – It’s time overdue for the West to make up with Russia. The contretemps over Ukraine, now played out over five years, is too long. As the world goes it doesn’t deserve so much attention. Ukraine in land mass may be a big country but its population is […]
The Sochi Summit and the Pride of Africa
Viewpoint by Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW (IDN) – After nearly three decades of extremely low political, economic and cultural engagement, Russia is indeed returning to Africa. For obvious reasons, Russia’s relations with Africa turned extremely worse as some diplomatic representations were unexpectedly cut, all cultural centers closed, and many projects were suspended. Of course, relations […]
Renewal and Reform Are Challenges of the UN Day
Viewpoint by Rene Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens GENEVA (IDN) – The dreams of vast horizons of the Soul Through dreams made whole, Unfettered free … help me! Help me make our world anew – Langston Hughes The United Nations remains the only universally representative and comprehensively empowered body the world […]
The EU Pulled the Rug from Under the Kurds
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – Insurgencies may not die, but at least, like old soldiers, they usually fade away. Well, that seemed to be the case with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the PKK. For the best part of five years between 2000 and 2005 there was a truce in Turkey’s bitter and […]
The Culture of Peace Begins with Each One of Us
Viewpoint by Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury * The writer is the founder of The Global Movement for The Culture of Peace (GMCoP), former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations. ALISO VIEJO, California, USA (IDN-INPS) – My life’s experience has taught me to value peace and equality as the essential components of our existence. […]
Tackling Global Warming Is Important but Nuclear Disarmament Deserves Priority
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – There’s a lot of end-of-the-world hyperbole around on climate change. So there should be. But it blankets out other important causes that are even more imminently important – wiping out malaria and sleeping sickness and introducing pure water supplies, sewerage systems and education for girls – all […]
“China Today Is a Proud Member of the Global Community”
Viewpoint by Wang Yi The following is the statement of Wang Yi, State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of The People’s Republic of China, at the General Debate of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 27 September 2019 NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – This year marks the 70th […]