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GLOBAL GOVERNANCE2015-12-112023-07-10

First Ever UN Security Council Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security

NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution on youth, peace and security, which for the first time in its history focuses entirely on the role of young men and women in peace-building and countering violent extremism.

The resolution, sponsored by Jordan, embodies an unprecedented acknowledgment of the urgent need to engage young peace-builders in promoting peace and frustrating extremism. Adopted on December 9, 2015 it also regards the youth and youth-led organizations as important partners in the global efforts to thwart violent extremism and promote lasting peace.

SYNDICATION, UNITED NATIONS2015-12-112023-07-12

First Ever UN Security Council Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security

By J Nastranis | IDN-InDepthNews Report

Climate Change2015-12-102023-07-10

Polluters and Sufferers Push for Legally Binding Deal by COP21

By Jaya Ramachandran | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis

BERLIN | BRUSSELS | PARIS (IDN) – The UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris would be recorded in the annals of global negotiations if only because a block of wealthy nations responsible for contributing to global warming made a common cause with a group of developing nations suffering the dire consequences of climate change.

Global Goals2015-12-102023-07-10

China: ‘Zwei-Kind-Politik’ bietet keine Patentlösung für Wirtschaftskrise

Von Shastri Ramachandaran*

PEKING (IDN) – Das Ende der zwangsweise durchgesetzten Ein-Kind-Politik in China erscheint als bahnbrechende Maßnahme mit großer wirtschaftlicher und politischer Tragweite. Es bleibt jedoch zu bezweifeln, ob sie tatsächlich die beabsichtigen positiven Auswirkungen auf die Wirtschaft der Volksrepublik haben wird. Die Entscheidung der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas vom 29. Oktober 2015, die bislang strikt umgesetzte Ein-Kind-Politik nach 35 Jahren abzuschaffen und jeder Familie künftig zwei Kinder zu erlauben, hat in erster Linie politische Bedeutung.

Climate Action2015-12-102023-07-10

Polluters and Sufferers Push for Legally Binding Deal by COP21

Refugees2015-12-092023-07-10

Jordan Risking Humanitarian Disaster by Denying Entry to Syrian Refugees

By Bernhard Schell | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis

AMMAN (IDN) – Amnesty International johas urged Jordan to “take immediate action” to help up to 12,000 refugees who have been denied entry to the country and are struggling to survive in desperate, freezing conditions in “no man’s land” on the Jordanian side of the border with Syria.

SYNDICATION, UNITED NATIONS2015-12-082023-07-12

Progress in Containing HIV/AIDS, But No Cause for Complacency

By Somar Wijayadasa* | IDN-InDepthNews Analyis

NEW YORK (IDN) – Almost all countries of the world commemorated the World AIDS Day on December 1 with statements that exhibit optimism that the HIV/AIDS epidemic is finally on its last leg.

Despite tremendous progress in containing the pandemic, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates that, in 2014, there were “over 2 million new HIV infections”.

PLANET EARTH2015-12-082023-07-10

Humans Causing Sixth Mass Extinction of Species

By Robert J. Burrowes* | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis

DAYLESFORD, Victoria | Australia (IDN) – What do the Pyrenean ibex, St. Helena olive, Baiji dolphin, Liverpool pigeon, Eastern cougar, West African black rhinoceros, Formosan clouded leopard, Chinese Paddlefish, the Golden Toad and the Rockland grass skipper butterfly all have in common but which is different from the Dodo?

The answer is that these species all became extinct since the year 2000, that is, in the last fifteen years. The Dodo became extinct in 1662.

The one thing that all of these species have in common is that the cause of their extinction was human beings.

Global Goals2015-12-072023-07-10

Afrika: ‘Transparency International’ stuft auch Privatsektor als äußerst korrupt ein

Von Jutta Wolf

BERLIN (IDN) – In Simbabwe vergewaltigte ein Mann ein neunjähriges Mädchen, das auf dem Weg zur Schule war. Die Polizei nahm den Täter fest, ließ ihn kurz darauf aber wieder frei – weil er Schmiergeld gezahlt hatte. Dieser Fall ist keine Ausnahme. In ihrem neuen Bericht ‘People and Corruption: Africa Survey 2015’ stuft die Organisation ‘Transparency International’ die Polizei und die Privatwirtschaft auf dem Kontinent als hochgradig korrupt ein. “Solche Geschichten erfahren wir jeden Tag”, heißt es in dem Report. “In vielen Ländern kann man mit Geld erreichen, dass Polizeibeamte jedes Verbrechen übersehen, so grauenvoll es auch sein mag. Es ist nur eine Frage des Preises.”

Population2015-12-052023-07-10

China’s New Two-Child Policy No Economic Panacea

By Shastri Ramachandaran* | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis

BEIJING (IDN) – The ending of China’s one-child policy, which gained notoriety for its coercive implementation, is a landmark event of immense economic and political significance, but there are serious question marks about whether it can effectively produce the positive economic fallout that its architects expect.

The importance of the October 29 decision of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to jettison the 35-year-old draconian one-child policy in favour of a new, universal two-child norm is primarily political as underscored by the fact that the announcement was made in a communique released at the conclusion of the four-day conclave – Fifth Plenum – of the CPC’s 18th Central Committee.

The main purpose of the plenum was to finalise China’s 13th Five-Year Plan – the first since Xi Jinping became President – and map the road ahead for the world’s second largest economy, which has had to contend with a falling growth rate in the last few years. China now aims to strive for a GDP growth rate of 6.5 to 7 percent during the five years of this Plan ending in 2020.