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DEVNET2015-09-142023-07-10

Learning from Korea’s ‘Saemaul Undong’ to Achieve SDGs

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – More than 3.3 billion people live in rural areas around the world. Rural development is therefore of vital significance if the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – “a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity” – is to become reality. SPANISH | GERMAN | HINDI | JAPANESE

A day after world leaders unanimously adopted 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) on Sept. 25 at the UN headquarters in New York, the Development Centre of the 34-nation Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) co-hosted a landmark event to discuss ways for reaching SDGs across developing countries.

Trade2015-09-142023-07-10

Uruguay Pulls Out of ‘Secret’ Talks on Trade in Services

By Roberto Bissio* | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis

MONTEVIDEO (IDN | SUNS) – Just a week before the deadline for submitting national offers on liberalisation of services sectors under the on-going “secret” talks for a Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez decided on September 7 to abandon the plurilateral negotiations.

SYNDICATION, UNITED NATIONS2015-09-122023-07-12

UN High Level Forum Pleads for Culture of Peace

By J R Nastranis | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis

NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations General Assembly deliberated on peace and non-violence at the UN headquarters in New York on September 9, making a significant contribution to fostering global citizenship at a point in time when the world is torn apart by multidimensional conflicts in all sectors of the globe.

At the fourth UN High Level Forum on the Culture of Peace, convened by General Assembly President Sam Kahamba Kutesa, senior UN officials and eminent peace advocates pointed out that peace neither meant absence of conflict nor did it automatically result from ending conflict, but rather from building societies that embraced diversity, equality, democratic participation and access to education.

GLOBAL ISSUES2015-09-112023-07-10

Vietnam: From Ho Chi Minh to ‘Selfies’

By Shastri Ramachandran | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis

NEW DELHI (IDN) – Transitions are easy to recognise, difficult to define and describe. Vietnam’s transition is no different: easily experienced by the visitor but hard to express adequately in words.

New Vietnam is most visible at the historical sites of Old Vietnam, such as the Ho Chi Minh complex in Hanoi and the Cu Chi Tunnel complex, 70 kms northwest of Ho Chi Minh City.

ARTS & CULTURE2015-09-112023-07-10

Vietnam: From Ho Chi Minh to ‘Selfies’

New Vietnam is most visible at the historical sites of Old Vietnam, such as the Ho Chi Minh complex in Hanoi and the Cu Chi Tunnel complex, 70 kms northwest of Ho Chi Minh City.

Middle East2015-09-082023-07-10

How Israel Contributes to Global Citizenship

By Mel Frykberg | IDN-InDepthNews Feature

HAIFA (IDN) – Israel has contributed to Global Citizenship in a number of ways including assisting students from developing countries to tackle development challenges, using the Jewish state’s experience in emergency situations to provide assistance and emergency relief around the world.

Asia-Pacific2015-09-062023-07-10

Japan Will Never Be ‘Belligerent’ Overseas

By Isamu Ueda* | IDN-InDepthNews Viewpoint

The author is New Komeito Party member of Japan’s House of Representatives and Chairman of the party’s International Committee. In a brief and exclusive opinion article, he says: “Japan’s ‘Peace and Security legislation’ has not changed its exclusively defence-oriented posture.”

TOKYO (IDN) – In Japan, “Peace and Security Legislation” has been a main focus of deliberations in the Diet this year. How Japan could ensure the country’s security in response to the changing security environment has been discussed.

Debate has also focused on the extent to which Japan should contribute to the peace of the international community. Following meetings between the ruling parties over one year, the Japanese government submitted this legislation to the current Diet session.

ARMAMENTS2015-08-312023-07-10

‘Generation of Change’ Pleads for Walking the Nuclear Abolition Talk

By Ronald Joshua | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis

HIROSHIMA (IDN) – A new ‘Generation of Change’ is making its presence felt, pledging to walk the talk over the last 70 years in a clarion call for freeing the world of 16,000 to 17,000 nuclear weapons that continue “to threaten every single person with the prospect of a cruel and inhumane death”.

VIDEOS2015-08-302023-07-10

Disarmament Talk with Amb. Aikawa, DG Disarmament, Non-Proliferation, Japan’s MOFA

{youtube}mXZIq6f2K-8{/youtube} At the 25th UN Conference on Disarmament Issues in Hiroshima 26-28 August 2015, International Press Syndicate interviewed Ambassador Kazutoshi Aikawa, Director-General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on joint move with Kazakhstan to facilitate the entry into force of the CTBT, and planned nuclear disarmament initiatives.

VIDEOS2015-08-302023-07-10

Disarmament Talk with Jayantha Dhanapala, Former UN USG for Disarmament Affairs

{youtube}4e5FT-UJv_Q{/youtube} At the 25th UN Conference on Disarmament Issues in Hiroshima 26-28 August 2015, International Press Syndicate interviewed Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala, President of Pugwash Conferences on Science & World Affairs, former UN Under Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs on: How to find a short-cut to CTBT waiting in the wings for 20 years?