Viewpoint by Tariq Rauf The writer is a Vienna-based nuclear arms control specialist, who was Head of Verification and Security Policy Coordination, Office reporting to the Director General at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 2002—2011/2012, in which capacity he was the Alternate Head of the IAEA NPT Delegation. The views expressed in this […]
Nuclear Disarmament Through the Vortex of Global Concern
Viewpoint by A.L.A. Azeez The writer, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in Geneva, is concerned about the security landscape in most regions as well as globally. He pleads for all feasible measures to resume discussions on substantive matters. Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are the foremost among them, he adds. The […]
China Holds Firm on No First Use of Nuclear Weapons, Misses U.S. Assurances
Viewpoint by Gregory Kulacki The writer researches the cross-cultural aspects of nuclear arms control negotiations between the United States, China and Japan. He is China project manager and senior analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). The following was first published at UCS’s blog on July 24, 2019. CLAREMONT, CA, USA (IDN | UCS) […]
ACP-EU Partnership Fights Poverty Across Africa
By Jeffrey Moyo HARARE (IDN) – From the Horn of Africa to the slums of Capetown and Johannesburg in South Africa, and even further up across West Africa, poverty has over the years reigned supreme affecting millions of Africans. But since the sub-Saharan African countries joined the Caribbean and Pacific nations, signed the Georgetown Agreement […]
INF Treaty’s Demise Opens Door to a Dangerous Arms Race
Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball The writer is Executive Director of the Arms Control Association. The following is the text of his statement issued on August 2. WASHINGTON, DC (IDN | Arms Control Association) – The loss of the landmark INF Treaty, which helped end the Cold War nuclear arms race, is a blow to […]
New Multilateralism Vital to Shift to Sustainable Tracks
By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – “We need a new multilateralism to shift the world to sustainable tracks,” United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Liu Zhenmin, has accentuated in a conversation with the UN DESA ‘Voice’, which offers an insider’s look at the world body in the area of economic, social […]
The World Is on a Breakneck Course Towards Barbarisation
Viewpoint by Roberto Savio* ROME (IDN | OtherNews) – When all is said and done, it appears that Thomas Hobbes, the 17th century English philosopher who had a dire vision of man, was not totally wrong. From the frivolous to the serious, in just a week we have had four items of news which would […]
Growing Concern about US-Russian Disarmament Treaties
By Jamshed Baruah NEW YORK (IDN) – In his agenda for disarmament, Securing Our Common Future, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres calls for reinvigorated dialogue, serious negotiations and a return to a common vision leading towards nuclear disarmament. Next year, over 190 States Parties will gather in New York for the 2020 Review Conference […]
South African Miners Win Compensation for Lung Diseases
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | JOHANNESBURG (IDN) – A Johannesburg High Court has approved a pioneering 5 billion rand ($353 million) “class action” settlement on behalf of miners who contracted tuberculosis, silicosis and other chronic lung diseases through their work in the mines. A class action, also known as a class […]
ACP Honours Former President of Its Parliamentary Assembly
By ACP Press BRUSSELS (IDN) – On behalf of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the Secretariat, Secretary General Dr. Patrick I. Gomes conveyed his deepest condolences to the family and friends, the Government and People of the Republic of Kenya, particularly the people of Bomet County following the death of […]