By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — In a sharply-worded letter aimed at media leaders and chief editors prior to the UN Climate Change Conference now taking place in Glasgow, Scotland, young woman activist Vanessa Nakate of Uganda spared the politeness and highlighted today’s calamities in her part of the world. “Melting […]
Concerted Action Necessary to Achieve Carbon Neutrality in the Asia-Pacific Region By 2050
Viewpoint by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) BANGKOK (IDN) — As the leaders of Asia and the Pacific prepared to head to Glasgow for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties […]
Time To Bolster the NPT’s Disarmament Pillar
Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball The following by Daryl G. Kimball, Executive Director of The Arms Control Association, was published on October 29, 2021 in Arms Control Today. WASHINGTON, DC (IDN) — Twenty-six years ago, as states-parties negotiated the terms for the extension of the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), the future of the treaty was […]
IDN-INPS Southeast Asia’s Second Sustainable Development Observer
By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY | BANGKOK (IDN) — The second issue of Sustainable Development Observer—an e-monthly of IDN-InDepthNews in association with INPS Southeast Asia with news and views on sustainable development goals from the perspective of the two-thirds world (Global South)—has been published. The inaugural issue can be downloaded here.
Youth Group Fights to Save Indigenous Land on The Palawan Island in the Philippines
By Nena Palagi PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan, Philippines (IDN) — It is a feat unimaginable by any modern standard. Six young people from this remote island of Palawan, in the Philippines, have taken on the goliaths of land ownership, and won. They got over 40,000 hectares of land legally declared as protected habitat with the direct […]
Australia Censured For ‘Abandoning’ Pacific Nuclear-Free Pact
By Asia Pacific Report Newsdesk SUVA (IDN) — Australia needs to be put on notice by Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders over abandoning its commitments under the South Pacific’s nuclear free accord— he Treaty of Rarotonga—by signing up to the controversial security pact, AUKUS, says the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG). The deal by the […]
Climate Change: How This Crisis Will Impact the Achievement of The SDGs?
Viewpoint by Fernando Rosales The author is Coordinator of the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Programme (SDCC) of the South Centre. GENEVA (IDN) — The SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) adopted in 2015 reflect the multilateral consensus to deal with the most crucial problems humanity is facing nowadays. The 17 goals are multidimensional and are interlinked […]
The NPT Review Conference: Finally, New York, January 2022
Viewpoint by Tariq Rauf* “We now have the opportunity to carry out the important work of the Review Conference and to ensure the NPT maintains its place as the cornerstone of the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime and an essential pillar of international peace and security”, Ambassador Gustavo Zlauvinen. VIENNA (IDN) — It’s done, finally […]
The Middle East Still Leads as One of the World’s Most Prolific Arms Markets
By Thalif Deen New York (IDN) — The politically and militarily volatile Middle East continues its run as one of the world’s biggest single arms markets—led primarily by Saudi Arabia. But the Saudi dominance is being gradually challenged by another oil-blessed country in the region: the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to the latest report […]
New US Envoy to Colombo, Julie Chung, Emphasises Constructive Ties
Viewpoint by Sugeeswara Senadhira COLOMBO (IDN) — Recently, Sri Lanka has been wooed by world powers—particularly China, US, India and Russia—thus, in view of Sri Lanka’s desire to engage with major powers through continued cooperation in areas that are beneficial to the country, it is very interesting to note the American ambassador designate Julie Chung’s […]