By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – South Africa has called on the international community in general and the UN Security Council in particular to provide the necessary support to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the aftermath of the December 30 provincial and presidential elections that will be the first democratic […]
End of The Antarctic Ice Cap In Sight If We Do Nothing
By Dr Palitha Kohona The author is former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, and former Foreign Secretary. Dr Kohona visited Antarctica on board the expedition vessel Silver Cloud recently. This is the first of a two-part report . COLOMBO (IDN) – The thick ice cap above the Antarctic continent will […]
ACP Group Chief Calls For Strengthening The UN System
By Robert Johnson BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) – In the face of burgeoning unilateralism and generally “turbulent” global environment, the 79-nation African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States has urged “vigorous support” for the United Nations. ”Vigorous support for the United Nations to advance multilateralism will loom large in all the programmes and projects of the […]
UAE Hosts UNIDO’s Supreme Policy Making Organ in November
By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | VIENNA (IDN) – When the Heads of State and Government, Ministers, and other official representatives, gathered in 2013 at the fifteenth session of the General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Peru’s capital Lima, they agreed that eradication of poverty – Goal 1 of UN Sustainable […]
Pyongyang And Washington Do Not Speak The Same Language
Viewpoint by Kelsey Davenport The writer is the Director for Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association, where she provides research and analysis on the nuclear and missile programs in Iran, North Korea, India, and Pakistan and on nuclear security issues. This article was posted on January 8 on the Association’s website as part of […]
ILO Connects With The Public On World Of Work Issues
By ILO News GENEVA (IDN-INPS) – To coincide with its 100th year, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has announced a Global Campaign, “Taking the ILO to the people”, that demonstrates the relevance of the Organization’s founding mandate to contemporary challenges and its central role in helping build a fairer future for all. “Work and the […]
UNCTAD Helps Pacific Islands Build New Economic Links
By Jamshed Baruah* GENEVA (IDN) – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has opened an office in Samoa to coordinate a trade and transparency project for Pacific small islands, ahead of a regional free trade agreement coming into force in 2019. UNCTAD has joined agencies including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the […]
The INF Treaty Crisis Is A Global Security Problem
Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball The author is Executive Director of the Arms Control Association. He wrote this editorial for the January-February issue of Arms Control Today. WASHINGTON ; DC (IDN-INPS) – Next month, it is very likely the Trump administration will take the next step toward fulfilling the president’s threat to “terminate” one of […]
Time To Leave The Nuclear Age, Create A Green Planet At Peace
Viewpoint by Medea Benjamin and Alice Slater While Medea Benjamin is codirect or of CODEPINK for Peace and author of several books, including Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic, Alice Slater serves on the Coordinating Committee of World Beyond War and is the UN Representative of the Nuclear Age Peace […]
Myanmar Buddhists Say International Media Is ‘Unfair’
Viewpoint by Kalinga Seneviratne This article is the 26th in a series of joint productions of Lotus News Features and IDN-InDepthNews, flagship of the International Press Syndicate. YANGON, Myanmar (IDN) – When I checked into a hotel at 10.00 pm in Central Yangon near the iconic Sule Pagoda, seeing a lot of South Asian Muslims around […]