By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, 7 June 2023 (IDN) — The death toll from military conflicts worldwide is frighteningly high—over 237,000 battle-related deaths in 2022 alone, mostly from the wars in Ukraine and Ethiopia. The war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region accounted for over 100,000 battle-related deaths in 2022, even more than Russia’s invasion of Ukraine […]
How JFK Would Pursue Peace in Ukraine
By Jeffrey D. Sachs* This article was published in Common Dreams and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK, 6 June 2023 (IDN) — President John F. Kennedy was one of the world’s great peacemakers. He led a peaceful solution to the Cuban Missile Crisis and then successfully negotiated the Partial Nuclear Test […]
The Jews Ignore Their History in The Post-Christ Era
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden, 6 June 2023 (IDN) — There are questions that even today the historians don’t seem moved to investigate. Two important ones come to mind. Why was it that Pharaonic Egypt never went to war for hundreds of years until Ramesses 11 became pharaoh in 1303 BC? Isn’t it a fact […]
US Mayors Call for Urgent Action to Avoid Nuclear War
By J Nastranis NEW YORK, 5 June 2023 (IDN) — “We are living in a time of extraordinary nuclear dangers, with all the nuclear-armed states qualitatively, and in some cases quantitatively, modernizing their nuclear arsenals”, observes the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) and calls for “urgent action to avoid nuclear war, resolve the Ukraine […]
Need To Undertake a Comprehensive Study of Nuke-free Zones
Growing importance of NWFZs Viewpoint by Dr. J. Enkhsaikhan The writer is Chairman of Blue Banner NGO and Former Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the United Nations ULAANBAATAR, 5 June 2023 (IDN) — Nuclear-weapon-free zones (NWFZs) are important and practical regional measures of non-nuclear-weapon states (NNWSs) in promoting the goals of nuclear non-proliferation and strengthening […]
Yemen: How UNDP Is Helping Agriculture and Climate Resilience
By Bernhard Schell* CAIRO, 4 June 2023 (IDN) — Climate change has severely affected agriculture sector in the Western Asian country Yemen, which employs a large number of workers and produces the majority of the country’s food. A weak and fragile economy was further damaged by the country’s eight-year conflict, leaving large swathes of the […]
High-Level Political Forum to Focus on Sustainable Development
By UNDESA UNITED NATIONS, 4 June 2023 (IDN) — “The SDGs are not just 17 lofty goals. They represent real lives with real needs. They represent women and children, young and old, you and me, and a chance to fullfil our potential,” said UN DESA’s Under-Secretary-General Li Junhua. His comment came as the department is […]
UN Human Rights Experts Denounce Supreme Court Ruling on Abortions
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, 4 June 2023 (IDN) — The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), currently consisting of nine Justices, is the highest court in the land—and one of the most powerful bodies in the country exercising unlimited authority to declare whether a Legislative or Executive act is in violation of the […]
Grief at Demise of Eminent Ghanaian Poet and Feminist
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 3 June 2023 (IDN) — Ghanaian author, poet, playwright and scholar, Ama Ata Aidoo, is resting in power after seven decades of an illustrious career. A renowned feminist, celebrated writer and playwright, she spent most of her early life among the Fante community, later studying at the […]
Another Rwandan Warlord to be Put on Trial
Liberia Fails to Try a Single One By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 3 June 2023 (IDN) — After WWII, international, domestic, and military courts conducted trials of tens of thousands of accused war criminals. Efforts to bring to justice the perpetrators of Nazi-era crimes continued well into the 21st century.