– U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon insists there is a special role for the world’s younger generation in the U.N.’s post-2015 development agenda. But that generation of young people, he realizes, cannot be expected to march on an empty stomach. SPANISH | GERMAN | HINDI | JAPANESE
Japan Spreads Development Wings Across Zimbabwe
By Jeffrey Moyo | IDN-InDepthNews Feature
HARARE (IDN) – As the battle to attain the Sustainable Development Goals hits up across the globe, the government of Japan through its development organisation, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has covered a myriad of development areas in this Southern African nation.
Global Citizenship Education Underpins Efforts of Youth to Build Peaceful Societies
By Kanya D’Almeida | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis
UNITED NATIONS (IDN) – By mid-2015, the number of young people between the ages of 10 and 24 stood at 1.8 billion, representing the largest youth population the world has ever seen.
A large portion of this demographic is based in the global South, according to the United Nations, with children and adolescents making up a majority of the combined populations of the world’s 48 least developed countries (LDCs).
The Complex Game of Counting U.S. and Russian ‘Warheads’
By Hans M. Kristensen* | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis
WASHIGTON, DC (FAS | IDN) – The number of U.S. strategic warheads counted as “deployed” under the New START Treaty has dropped below the treaty’s limit of 1,550 warheads for the first time since the treaty entered into force in February 2011 – a reduction of 263 warheads over four and a half years.
Russia, by contrast, has increased its deployed warheads and now has more strategic warheads counted as deployed under the treaty than in 2011 – up 111 warheads.
Japan Spreads Development Wings Across Zimbabwe
HARARE (IDN) – As the battle to attain the Sustainable Development Goals hits up across the globe, the government of Japan through its development organisation, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has covered a myriad of development areas in this Southern African nation. SPANISH | GERMAN | HINDI | JAPANESE
UN Secretary-General Explains Significance of 2030 Global Goals
By Fabíola Ortiz | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis
NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is keen that member countries make Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) an integral part of their national policies so as to ensure that these are achieved by 2030. In an interview with IDN, he also stressed the need for the civil society to play a critical role in pushing forward this new set of global targets.
Growing Inequality Triggering Child Poverty in Affluent Nations
By Rodrigo Pérez | IDN-InDepthNews Analyis
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (IDN) – A new landmark report, released here the same day as the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that Professor Angus Deaton was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in economics, seeks to deepen understanding of the impact of income inequality on children.
While Deaton was awarded for his work in “consumption, poverty and welfare,” the report published on October 13 by the 34-nation Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) looks at child well being for the first time.
Abrüstung: Atomwaffengegner fordern von Obama und Putin “Reduzierung nuklearer Risiken”
Von Ramesh Jaura
BERLIN (IDN) – Die Atomarsenale der USA und Russland, die etwa 90 bis 95 Prozent aller weltweit vorhandenen Nuklearwaffen umfassen, könnten unsere gesamte Zivilisation in weniger als 90 Minuten vollständig auslöschen. Diese Warnung formulierten prominente Atomwaffengegner in einem Schreiben an den US-Kongress, das Pentagon, das US-Außenministerium sowie an weitere politische Entscheidungsträger.
Klima: Endspurt zur COP21 – Paris zeigt innovative Klimalösungen
Von A.D. McKenzie
PARIS (IDN) – Wenn Touristen und Einheimische dieser Tage an der Seine in Paris entlang spazieren, können sie unterwegs ihre Mobiltelefone aufladen: In der Nähe des berühmten Musée d’Orsay stehen drei solarbetriebene Straßenlaternen, die gleichzeitig als Ladestationen dienen.
USA and Russia Should Join Hands to Resolve Global Crises
By Somar Wijayadasa* | IDN-InDepthNews Viewpoint
NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations marked its 70th Anniversary in September with world leaders making grandiose statements. With over 160 world leaders in town, the General Assembly was described as one of the greatest geopolitical spectacles in UN memory.