Children’s rights must be at the heart of the Paris climate agreement
Despite rhetoric about protecting our planet for future generations, children and human rights have been largely absent from COP21 negotiations...
View ArticleClimate change and conflict, a perfect storm
Violence has cast a long shadow over a climate summit opening in Paris on Monday, two weeks after 130 people were killed in a coordinated jihadist onslaught on the French capital. As more than 150...
View ArticleDialogue only route to resolution of Kashmir problem: Farooq
Dialogue is the only way forward for a resolution to the Kashmir issue, former chief minister Farooq Abdullah today said even as he held that nothing has been done to reclaim Pakistan-occupied Kashmir...
View ArticleVisit of ICRC delegates: Workshops and working sessions on the agenda...
(Source: Government of the Republic of Mauritius) GIS - 26 November, 2015: International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the effects of war on society were the focus of a half-day workshop which was held...
View ArticleCall to action to alleviate hunger (University of East London)
(Source: University of East London) A UEL lecturer has called on the European Union to provide leadership and to support the global movement recognising fundamental human rights to land for the most...
View ArticleFrench PM Valls calls on Gulf to accept more refugees
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has called on the Gulf states to accept more refugees fleeing Syria, saying that a "humanitarian disaster" could erupt in the Balkans if Europe does not control its...
View ArticleParis 2015: As UN climate change talks start, islanders consider a life on...
Micah Puia lives in a shanty town on a dirty beach in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands. He is 11 years old, and has lived here all his life. He sleeps in a raised fibro hut with his...
View ArticleState secretary meets with Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of...
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain) The State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ignacio Ybáñez, held a meeting on Wednesday with the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of...
View ArticleSecretary-General Appoints Rashid Khalikov of Russian Federation Assistant...
(Source: ECOSOC - United Nations Economic and Social Council) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Rashid Khalikov of the Russian Federation as Assistant...
View ArticleAs Europe Collapses Under Migrant Crisis, French PM Renews Calls for Gulf...
The French Prime Minister has called on the Arab Gulf States to take in Syrian refugees, warning that a “humanitarian disaster” could erupt in the Balkans if Europe is not able to...
View ArticleElectoral Systems, Human Rights, Civil Society Core Elements of...
(Source: ECOSOC - United Nations Economic and Social Council) Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson's remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Annual Democracy Forum 2015 on the theme...
View ArticleWhat is left of our democratic ambitions? (Université de Montréal)
(Source: Université de Montréal) Daniel Weinstock, moderating, Charles Taylor and Michael J. Sandel. Photo: Amélie Philibert. It had been planned for several months, but as fate would have it, the...
View ArticleSierra Leone News: Letter to Editor : Namati welcomes new National Land Policy
Sierra Leone’s new National Land Policy, recently approved by the cabinet, presents a progressive and ambitious plan for protecting land rights that will strengthen women’s access to land, give...
View ArticleSteps Underway to Improve Business Environment (Government of the Republic of...
(Source: Government of the Republic of Armenia) A regular Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. The Government endorsed the list of those goods designed for use in...
View ArticleDeputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Annual Democracy Forum 2015 -...
(Source: UN - United Nations) Berne, Switzerland, 25 November 2015 - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Annual Democracy Forum 2015 - 'Accountability is a Central Element of Deepening Democracy'...
View ArticleThe renewal of the EU Internal Security Strategy (ISS) (EFD - Europe of...
(Source: EFD - Europe of Freedom & Democracy Group) On 3 December 2014, the European Parliament's LIBE committee voted on the adoption of a motion for a resolution on the renewal of the EU Internal...
View ArticleClimate change victims need help to adapt or move on Archbishop Makgoba says...
(Source: The Anglican Communion) [ACNS] People suffering from the catastrophic effects of climate change need help to adapt or - where the effects are so significant that adaption is not a possibility...
View ArticleRegional Parliamentary Dialogue on Migrant Crisis (Narodna Skupstina...
(Source: Narodna Skupstina Republike Srbije) The meeting was opened by the Chairperson of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee Marija Obradovic who said that it was the duty of everybody who is...
View ArticleBesieged Yemeni City Battered in Pivotal Civil War Battle
Associated Press SANAA, YEMEN— In Yemen's third largest city, residents are battling back against a months-long siege by Shiite rebels, armed by airdrops of weapons by planes from the Saudi-led...
View ArticleSyrian Crisis - United Nations Response (UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva)
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) 25 November 2015 Special Envoy meets with Syrian opposition groups on efforts to broker ceasefire As part of his consultations following the meetings of...
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