By Chris Cheang The author is a Senior Fellow with the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He served three tours of duty in the Singapore Embassy in Moscow between 1994 and 2013. A version of this article was first published on RSIS and then reproduced by the EastAsiaForum […]
Asia-Pacific Reviews Ambitious Targets of 1994 Cairo Conference
Viewpoint by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Natalia Kanem Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Dr. Natalia Kanem is United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). BANGKOK (IDN) – Ministers and […]
Iran Looks East in the Face of Crippling U.S. Sanctions
Viewpoint by Micha’el Tanchum The author is a Fellow at the Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University and an affiliated scholar with the Center for Strategic Studies at Başkent University in Ankara, Turkey (Başkent-SAM). This article first appeared in EastAsiaForum on 22 November 2018. ANKARA (IDN-INPS) – Tehran has taken a […]
Women Medics Pitch for Effective Role in Decision Making on Health Issues
By Justus Wanzala NAIROBI (IDN) – Achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is crucial in attainment of not only health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) but also all SDGs. Participants in the Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA) Regional Conference 2018, that was held in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, from November 11-15, noted that achieving UHC can […]
Germany Backs UNCTAD to Help Africa Implement Continental Trade Deal
By Rita Joshi BERLIN | GENEVA (IDN) – Eight months after the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), the first pan-African agreement of its kind, Germany has donated 1.6 million euros to UNCTAD, to help the UN’s trade and development body work with African partners to implement the landmark continental pact on […]
Sri Lanka Chaired UNCTAD Commission Boosts Multilateralism
By Jamshed Baruah GENEVA (IDN) – “We need to look at how best multilateralism can be advanced and strengthened rather than at theories that suggest a ‘doomsday’ scenario or the ‘dawn of an era of post-multilateralism’,” said Ambassador A.L.A. Azeez, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to United Nations in Geneva. He was addressing the 10th […]
Stop Preventable Scourge of Violence Against Women
By UN Women NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – To commemorate this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Secretary-General’s UNiTE Campaign is calling upon us to stand in solidarity with survivors and survivor advocates and women’s human rights defenders who are working to prevent and end violence against women and girls. Our duty is not only to stand […]
Continuing Political Instability Impacting Economic Policy-Making in Sri Lanka
By Friday Forum The following media release issued by the Friday Forum (FF) on November 22, 2018 expresses grave concern about the situation in the aftermath of Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena’s move to remove Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and prorogue Parliament on October 26, 2018. The FF is an informal group of concerned citizens pledged […]
Blue Economy Conference: Kenya Keen to Stimulate Global Conversations and Partnerships
By Jaya Ramachandran NEW YORK | NAIROBI (IDN) – The first ever Sustainable Blue Economy Conference (SBEC) opens on November 26 in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Canada and Japan are co-hosts of the three-day landmark event. It builds on the momentum of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development comprising 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), […]
UN Reviews Education Programme on Slave Trade, Warns of Racism
By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – The Ark of Return by Rodney Leon, an American architect of Haitian descent, at the UN Headquarters in New Yok honours the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade that was perpetrated for over 400 years. The permanent memorial was erected on March 25, 2015 – […]