By Daryl G. Kimball Daryl G. Kimball is Executive Director of the Arms Control Association. Following is the text of his statement on the choice of John Bolton, former U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, as President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor. WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN) – The United States already faces an […]
In 2018, Who Will Speak Up for Peace in the Korean Peninsula?
By Rick Wayman Rick Wayman is Programs Director of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF). In April 2016, he received the ‘Activist of the Year’ award from the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) for “dynamic leadership in bringing the Marshall Islanders’ Nuclear Zero litigation to world attention, activating the next generation of peace leaders, and […]
UN Intensifies the Quest for Universal Access to Safe Water
By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – World Water Day turned 25 on March 22. On that day, as UN-Water noted, 1.8 billion people were using a source of drinking water contaminated with faeces, putting them at risk of contracting cholera, dysentery, typhoid and polio. And, as Global Citizen pointed out, girls and women around […]
UAE Lauded for Enhancing Access to Justice for Foreign Workers
By Jaya Ramachandran GENEVA (IDN) – Labour law experts have praised the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for launching an initiative to facilitate access to justice for foreign workers, and expressed the hope that this initiative would be replicated by the other five Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman. In […]
A New Book Shows Ways to ‘Decolonize’ the Minds of Asian Communicators
By Kannan Salazar Mindful Communication for Sustainable Development: Perspectives from AsiaEdited by: Kalinga Seneviratne – Lecturer, Faculty of Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. February 2018 | 372 pages | SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd. Electronic version: £38.00https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/mindful-communication-for-sustainable-development/book261649 BANGKOK (IDN) – The book tries to wean away the reader from the old paradigm of development communication, which […]
Trump Plans a Treaty with North Korea, Abandon One with Iran
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – Like it not we find that we’re having to get used to the paradoxes, contradictions and confusions of the Trump era. None is more apparent than his attack on the landmark Iran de-nuclearisation agreement, fashioned by the Obama Administration and the Iranian government. President Donald Trump wants […]
White Australians Debate Fast-Track Visas for Afrikaners Fleeing Land Reform
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Australia’s national security minister has proposed fast-tracking immigrant visas for white South Africans facing “horrific circumstances” under Cyril Ramaphosa, the country’s President since February 15, 2018. He was elected head of the African National Congress in December 2017. Barely a month into his presidency, Ramaphosa […]
Asylum-Seeking Mother and 7-Year-Old Daughter Reunited
By Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – After an episode described as both cruel and horrific, an asylum-seeking mother and her daughter have been reunited in Chicago. The daughter, who just turned 7, had been held thousands of miles apart from her mother since November 2017. According to an American Civil Liberties Union attorney […]
Support for Abolishing First-Class Tickets for Senior UN Staff
By J Nastranis UNITED NATIONS (IDN) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ proposal that high-ranking officials fly business class rather than first class – to help rein in one of the most expensive aspects of the Organization’s budget – is finding support in the Administrative and Budgetary Committee, also known as the Fifth Committee. Next to […]
Central Asian Leaders Follow Up on Discussions During Kazakh Security Council Presidency
By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – When Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke at a high-level meeting of the United Nations Security Council on ‘non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: confidence-building measures’ on January 18, the Foreign Ministers of Central Asian countries attended the event. Kazakhstan convened the briefing in its capacity as the […]