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GLOBAL ISSUES

ACP Keen on a Development Centred Outcome of WTO Conference

By INPS* | IDN-InDepthNews Report

NAIROBI (IDN) – Trade ministers of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of countries have emphasized the importance of securing a development centred outcome at the Tenth Ministerial Conference (MC10) of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

This is the first ever WTO conference to be held in Africa – from December 15 to 18, 2015 in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. At a strategic preparatory meeting a day ahead of the conference, WTO members of the 79-nation ACP Group reaffirmed their declaration on the WTO 10th Ministerial Conference, which was previously endorsed in October by trade ministers meeting in Brussels.

Global Goals

Entwicklung: Reiche US-Amerikaner bestimmen Entwicklungspolitik

Von Rodney Reynolds

NEW YORK (IDN) – Nicht nur multinationale Konzerne, auch reiche Philanthropen geben der Politik vor, wohin ihre Entwicklungshilfe fließen soll. Mit Stiftungen beeinflussen sie maßgeblich, wie Armut reduziert, nachhaltige Entwicklung durchgesetzt, der Klimawandel aufgehalten und Menschenrechte geschützt werden, kritisiert eine Studie der kirchlichen Entwicklungsorganisationen Brot für die Welt und MISEREOR und dem in Berlin ansässigen Global Policy Forum.

OPINION

Build a Dike Against the Middle-Easternization of Turkey

WASHINGTON (IDN | GMF) – Ongoing developments in EU-Turkey relations are as significant as they are worrying. In an exceptional summit in November, the EU committed itself to massive financial aid in exchange for Turkey bearing the brunt of a refugee crisis that has sent it over 2 million Syrians since 2011.

Despite the direct threat posed by the self-proclaimed Islamic State group (ISIS) after the Paris terrorist attacks, the summit’s focus was only partly on the transit of foreign terrorist fighters across the porous Turkish-Syrian border that Turkey has recently been working to block.

OPINION

Paris and A Tale of Democracy and Climate

ROME (IDN) – In the space of just a few days, two fundamental lessons have come from Paris for the world about democracy and climate. The media have been dealing with them as separate issues, but they are, in fact, linked by the same problem that can no longer be ignored: democracy is on the wane. READ IN JAPANESE

While all media have reported the defeat of the Front National in the French administrative elections, and while few have made the old observation that to win a battle is not to win a war, there is no doubt that the FN is becoming a mainstream party.

In these elections, the traditional political system – the centre-right under former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and the socialists under current president François Hollande – again joined forces to keep the FN under Marine Le Pen out.

GLOBAL ISSUES

Build a Dike Against the Middle-Easternization of Turkey

By Emiliano Alessandri* | IDN-InDepthNews Viewpoint

WASHINGTON (IDN | GMF) – Ongoing developments in EU-Turkey relations are as significant as they are worrying. In an exceptional summit in November, the EU committed itself to massive financial aid in exchange for Turkey bearing the brunt of a refugee crisis that has sent it over 2 million Syrians since 2011.

Despite the direct threat posed by the self-proclaimed Islamic State group (ISIS) after the Paris terrorist attacks, the summit’s focus was only partly on the transit of foreign terrorist fighters across the porous Turkish-Syrian border that Turkey has recently been working to block.

GLOBAL ISSUES

Paris and A Tale of Democracy and Climate

By Roberto Savio* | IDN-InDepthNews Viewpoint

ROME (IDN) – In the space of just a few days, two fundamental lessons have come from Paris for the world about democracy and climate. The media have been dealing with them as separate issues, but they are, in fact, linked by the same problem that can no longer be ignored: democracy is on the wane. | READ IN JAPANESE |

While all media have reported the defeat of the Front National in the French administrative elections, and while few have made the old observation that to win a battle is not to win a war, there is no doubt that the FN is becoming a mainstream party.

In these elections, the traditional political system – the centre-right under former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and the socialists under current president François Hollande – again joined forces to keep the FN under Marine Le Pen out.

Global Goals

Kinderrechte: UN-Resolution fordert Mitsprache von Jugendlichen in Friedensverhandlungen

Von J. Nastranis

NEW YORK (IDN) – Der UN-Sicherheitsrat hat eine Resolution angenommen, die sich zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte des Gremiums ausschließlich mit der Rolle von Kindern bei Friedensprozessen beschäftigt. Die von Jordanien eingebrachte Resolution 2250 fordert die UN-Mitgliedstaaten dazu auf, junge Menschen in Friedensverhandlungen und in den Kampf gegen Extremismus einzubeziehen.

GLOBAL ISSUES

Study Unveils How Big Philanthropy Shapes Development Agenda

By Rodney Reynolds | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis


UNITED NATIONS (IDN) – Global development policy is being increasingly influenced not only by “big business” but also by “big philanthropy”, warns a new study released here.

“They have become influential actors in international policy debates, including, most importantly, how to address poverty eradication, sustainable development, climate change and the protection of human rights”.

DEVNET

Study Unveils How Big Philanthropy Shapes Development Agenda

UNITED NATIONS (IDN) – Global development policy is being increasingly influenced not only by “big business” but also by “big philanthropy”, warns a new study released here.

“They have become influential actors in international policy debates, including, most importantly, how to address poverty eradication, sustainable development, climate change and the protection of human rights”. SPANISH | GERMAN | HINDI | JAPANESE

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