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ARMAMENTS2015-10-192023-07-10

International Partnership Updates on Nuclear Disarmament Verification

By Fabíola Ortiz | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis

NEW YORK (IDN) – An effective verification of atomic arsenals as well as that of nuclear material and other military activities is a pre-condition for achieving a world free of nuclear weapons, experts told IDN. They were participating in a briefing to update on International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification (IPNDV) at the UN Headquarters in New York.

The establishment of the IPNDV goes back to December 4, 2014, when the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller announced a new initiative to develop the tools and technologies in the quest to reduce and eliminate nuclear weapons.

Europe2015-10-192023-07-10

EU Gives Additional Funds to Promote Entry into Force of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

By Ramesh Jaura | IDN-InDepthNews Report

BERLIN (IDN) – With a view to promoting entry-into-force of the nuclear test ban treaty, the European Union (EU) has decided to increase its support to the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) by contributing an additional amount of 3 million euros (about 3.9 million dollars). This brings the bloc’s voluntary financial contributions since 2006 to a total of some 19 million euros (nearly 21.5 million dollars).

Trade2015-10-162023-07-10

ACP Ministers Convene to Adopt Strategy for Global Trade Meet in Kenya

By INPS* | IDN-InDepthNews Report

BRUSSELS (IDN) – African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries’ trade ministers will gather in Brussels on October 19 for a strategic two-day meeting to prepare for the Tenth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from December 15-18.

According to the ACP Secretariat, the meeting would discuss ACP strategy and adopt a Declaration on the WTO ministerial conference in Nairobi. Key issues of concern for the ACP Group include those related to development, agriculture, Non-Agricultural Goods Market Access (NAMA), and appropriate provisions for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small and Vulnerable Economies (SVEs).

GLOBAL ISSUES2015-10-162023-07-10

World Food Day Events Focus on Finance and Much More

By INPS* | IDN-InDepthNews Report

MILAN (IDN) – Investment in small-scale farmers can put an end to hunger, Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella and senior United Nations officials said celebrating World Food Day at the Milan Expo 2015 ending on October 31.

At an event hosted by the Italian Ministry of Finance and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on the occasion of World Food Day on October 16, Italy’s President said: “Theoretically, the right to water and food is not debatable. Nevertheless, it can be, and in fact is a cause of tension and conflict between countries.”

Global Goals2015-10-162023-07-10

Entwicklung: Japan bringt Agrarsektor, Tourismus und Bildung in Simbabwe voran

Von Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE, SIMBABWE (IDN) – Gerade erst wurde der Startschuss für die UN-Nachhaltigkeitsziele (SDG) gegeben, und schon hat Japan die Nase vorn: Die japanische Regierung bietet dem afrikanischen Staat Simbabwe über die Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in zahlreichen Entwicklungsbereichen tatkräftige Unterstützung.

ACP Group of States2015-10-162023-07-10

ACP Ministers Convene to Adopt Strategy for Global Trade Meet in Kenya

DEVNET2015-10-162023-07-10

A Younger Generation Cannot March on an Empty Stomach

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – 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

Africa2015-10-152023-07-10

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.

Education2015-10-152023-07-10

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).

ARMAMENTS2015-10-152023-07-10

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.