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A giant of European integration, France’s Jacques Delors, who headed the European Commission between 1985-94 and is considered the founding father of the euro as a single currency for Europe, is not impressed by ...
The UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) presented a preliminary assessment (August 24) of the state of organization among UN member states when it comes to dealing with the possibility of cyber attacks. The report ...
In early September the Geneva-based UN-affiliated NGO, Interpeace, will launch a handbook of advice for emerging nations on how to go about the difficult process of creating a constitution. Constitution-making and Reform couldn’t have ...
Republicans in the US House of Representatives have introduced legislation threatening to cut off US funding to the United Nations unless certain reforms are undertaken. The bill is expected to pass in the Republican-controlled House ...
The Geneva-based OIF (Organization Internationale de Francophonie) is disturbed by the prevalence of the English language over French, the historic language of diplomacy, whether in UN documents, meetings or in the corridors of the UN ...
An agreement signed between the US and Romania to base anti-missile interceptors on Romanian territory as part of a NATO missile-defense plan has caused renewed friction with Russia. On September 13 US Secretary of State ...
The world’s second fastest-growing economy has embarked on a project of colossal proportions as it seeks to lift over 400 million Indians out of poverty and enfranchise a population of 1.2 billion through ...
Guantánamo Bay and the future of legal “black holes”. When one nation (or clan or tribe or ethnic group) covets the land of another, the result, throughout history, has usually been aggression. It is ...
According to the latest world hunger report from the Rome-based FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), international food prices and volatility will continue to increase over the next decade without increased investment in agriculture and concerted ...
Even as the US House of Representatives approved a bill (October 14) to slash US dues to the United Nations by half, a recent national opinion poll shows that an overwhelming majority of Americans support ...
When Liberia’s Leymah Gbowee and thousands of her countrywomen spent two years peacefully protesting the war in Liberia, they knew they were following in the footsteps of women who had gone before them. Gbowee ...
The International Labor Organization’s (ILO) latest report (October 19) on global youth employment presents a grim picture for the future of young adults in the job market in the face of the current economic ...
Ushahidi is a non-profit software company that is revolutionizing the way governments and international organizations respond to unrest, crises and humanitarian disasters: it uses mobile technology and social media to let citizens report and visualize ...
US and North Korean officials ended two days of behind closed door talks in Geneva (October 25) but gave no details of what progress might have been made. The special US envoy for North Korea ...
A two-day conference in London (November 2-3) to discuss the benefits and risks of policing cyberspace raised a lot of important issues but ended with no consensus on what could be done. In his opening ...
Students from developing countries would, one would think, be the ones studying development economics. But, often, development studies is the science of studying the rear view mirror. The British study the Indians, the Indians study ...
Imagine that your organization did not exist and you were asked to invent it. What would you do? How would it be fundamentally different from what exists? What would be the differences regarding mandate, resources ...
It looks like Palestine’s hopes for being granted full membership to the United Nations may be dashed. A UN admissions committee could not reach a consensus and get the nine votes the Palestinian Authority ...
The latest edition of the Low Carbon Economy Index finds that for the first time since 2000 there has been no improvement in the rate of decarbonisation among the G20 countries. In fact, the index ...
The regulatory atmosphere for local entrepreneurs trying to start a business was made easier around the world in 2010-2011 with the greatest improvement found in several African and Eastern European countries. The World Bank presented ...
Interview with Antonio Guterres, High Commissioner, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR Imagine that your organization didn’t exist and you were asked to invent it. What would you do? How would it be ...
Interview with Navi Pillay, High Commissioner, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR, Geneva: Imagine that your organization didn’t exist and you were asked to invent it. What would you do? How ...
Earlier this month Edit Schaffler, Executive Director of Women Without Borders, came to New York City to tell the world that mothers can stop terrorism in its tracks: “We see potential change coming from the ...
The screening of the movie The Whistleblower comes to an end. In the dark room, the atmosphere is heavily charged with disgust and indignation. Massive applause blasts out from a fully filled theatre, both to ...
European countries are heading towards increased ‘’interdependence and co-responsibility” according to Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council at Humboldt University (6th February). Speaking on 'The Discovery of Co-responsibility: Europe in the Debt Crisis ...
Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, has responded to criticism from a group of women’s rights organizations in an open letter published by the New York Review of Books online. The debate ...
For a long time the Arctic region has been viewed as barren wasteland far from civilization due to its inaccessibility arising from layers of thick ice. As a consequence, territorial claims have been relatively limited ...
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SSR) has announced a wide review of all of its internet platforms, radio and television stations across Switzerland. The oldest English language radio with national broadcasting, World Radio Switzerland (WRS), finds ...
Heads are rolling - and the City of London coined the name of this revolution: “the shareholder spring.” It is threatening CEOs of major European companies. After the much discussed resignation of Aviva's CEO, Andrew ...
The euro crisis has upset traditional ideas of what makes a nation powerful by turning Greece into one of the world’s most feared countries. It illustrates how the globalized economy gives almost any nation ...
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