Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – I haven’t played cricket with Imran Khan, the newly elected prime minister of Pakistan, but I did interview him back in 2005 when only a rare foreign journalist was interested in him despite his fame as having been the world’s best cricketer. Now he has won a […]
Governments, Partners Asked To Provide Funds, Incentives For Sustainable Development Targets
By Amina Mohammed Following are extensive extracts from UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the informal briefing on the Secretary-General’s meeting on financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in New York on July 27, 2018. – The Editor UNITED NATIONS (IDN-INPS) – As we look ahead together, our focus is clear: to advance […]
Peace as Form of Life
Viewpoint by Tito Alvarado MONTREAL (IDN) – Of the world’s more than six thousand extant languages, three thousand have little chance of continuing to be used in the next century. This tragic fact represents a terrible finding: we will lose three thousand ways to approach life and humanity from the perspective of others in their […]
The Media Is Misleading On Trump’s Remarks in Helsinki
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed in all my years of journalism such a hysterical outpouring against a presidential statement as I’ve seen in the aftermath of Helsinki summit. President Donald Trump has even been accused of treason by prominent columnists and politicians. There’s barely a voice […]
Trump’s Trade War With China Prompted By Flimsy Reasons
Viewpoint by Yu Yongding* BEIJING (IDN-INPS) – No one wins in a trade war. Yet U.S. President Donald Trump seems determined to pursue one with China, which he accuses of causing the United States’ trade deficit, violating World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and using unfair practices to acquire foreign technology. While most economists marvel at […]
A U.S.-Russia Summit That Left Trump In The Hot Seat
Viewpoint by Somar Wijayadasa* NEW YORK (IDN | INPS) – In a historic bilateral summit, the United States President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 16, 2018. The summit took place notwithstanding myriad objections, conjectures and apprehensions from many U.S. political leaders who oppose rapprochement with Russia over a […]
Humanitarian Hypocrisy Helps the Criminals Behind Migrant Embarkations
Viewpoint by Roberto Massari* This article and the previous one entitled ‘The Trafficking of Human Beings’ by Fred Kuwornu deal with the phenomenon of human trafficking from an Italian point of view – Editor. ROME (IDN) – I start from the premise that I am in favour of the maximum welcoming of migrant flows provided […]
The Trafficking of Human Beings
Viewpoint by Fred Kuwornu* This article and the one which follows entitled ‘Humanitarian Hypocrisy Helps the Criminals Behind Migrant Embarkations’ by Roberto Massari deal with the phenomenon of human trafficking from an Italian point of view – Editor. NEW YORK (IDN) – The trafficking of human beings worldwide produces 150 billion dollars for the various […]
Reality Submerged by Myths on Immigration
Viewpoint by Roberto Savio The writer is publisher of Other News, an eminent proponent of “information that markets eliminate” and founder of IPS-Inter Press Service News Agency. This article is being reproduced courtesy of Other News with the writer’s permission. He can be contacted at utopia@robertosavio.info and his articles and comments can be read on […]
Climate Change Is Driving Up Forced Displacement By Disasters
By Mami Mizutori The author is Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). The following appeared as blog on ‘Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform’ on 17 July 2018. – The Editor. NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – If there was a SDG18 it might well coalesce around […]