Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball and Julia Masterson The following are extensive extracts from an that analysis first appeared on the website of Arms Control Association (ACA) on September 24. Daryl G. Kimball is ACA Executive Director and Julia Masterson research assistant. WASHINGTON, DC (IDN | Arms Control Association) – The latest attempt by European […]
UN Calls for A Global Green New Deal and Radical Reforms
By Jaya Ramachandran GENEVA (IDN) – In a bold move, new UN report has proposed a series of reform measures to make debt, capital and banks work for development and finance a Global Green New Deal generating a net increase in global employment of at least 170 million jobs, with cleaner industrialization in the South […]
Russia Making Further Inroads into Zimbabwe
By Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW (IDN) – Russia maintains very friendly relations with Zimbabwe, thanks to ties which evolved during the struggle for independence. Since then, it has had a very strong mutual sympathy with and friendly feelings toward the southern African people, government and country. One of the fora in which relations between the […]
Ayurveda Could Provide Affordable ‘Health for All’
Viewpoint by Manish Uprety* NEW DELHI (IDN) – The quest for a healthy life has been an eternal one. In 1978 Alma-Ata Declaration expressed the need for urgent action by all governments, health and development workers, and the world community to protect and promote the health of all people. The World Health Organization (WHO) launched […]
We Have a Long Way to Go Battling Climate Change, Laments UN Chief
By Shanta Roy NEW YORK (IDN) – The much-publicized Climate Action Summit, hosted by the United Nations on September 23, took off on a not-so-positive note even though it was billed as a high-level meeting of world political leaders. Despite dire warnings from UN Secretary-General António Guterres of an impending “climate emergency” – with hurricanes, […]
ACP Ministers of Culture Meet in Niger to ‘Strengthen and Diversify Partnerships’
BRUSSELS (ACP Press) – Cultural Ministers throughout the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States will meet at the Palais des Congrès in Niamey, Niger from October 19 to 20 for the 5th Meeting of ACP Ministers of Culture. The Ministerial meeting will be preceded by a two-day preparatory technical meeting of ACP Senior […]
ACP, EU Point to Crucial Linkages Between Sustainable Development and Climate Action
By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – More than half of the UN members have issued a joint declaration in support of the 2030 Agenda, 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) endorsed by the international community in September 2015, and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change adopted three months later. The joint declaration by the African, […]
Corruption a Cause for Citizen Concern in Latin America and the Caribbean
By Kwame Buist BERLIN (IDN) – In the last five years, momentum has been building against corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean. High-level politicians have been found guilty of corruption in Guatemala and Brazil, and a wave of legal action against the perpetrators of grand corruption has swept across the continent, including the Lava […]
EU Joins 79 ACP States in Calling for ‘Bold Decisions’ to Achieve SDGs
By J. Tuyet Nguyen NEW YORK (IDN) – Governments from Africa, Caribbean, Pacific and the European Union issued on September 24 a joint declaration calling for “bold decisions” to implement the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and climate change agreements, saying that the two programs are closely linked. “Recognizing that the linkages between sustainable development […]
Military Confrontation with Russia in Kaliningrad Is Dangerous
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – “What idiocy”, exclaims Jack Matlock on Facebook. Matlock is one of my “Facebook Friends” because I judge his knowledge of Russia as second to none, having been under President Ronald Reagan the White House’s senior advisor on the Soviet Union and, later, his ambassador to Moscow. The […]