Global IssuesNews headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 28
UN Secretary-General Wants Peace through Institutional Reforms
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12 (IPS) - The United Nations and its Member States are up against what the Secretary-General António Guterres calls existential challenges for the world, and they must be organized in taking a united approach to addressing these issues through ambitious plans and widespread reform.
YangonA Junta-Ruled Bubble in a Fragmenting Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
YANGON, Myanmar, Feb 12 (IPS) - Landing in Rangoon nearly 100 years ago, a young Chilean poet described “a city of blood, dreams, and gold” with “leprous streets”. The flourishing capital of then British-ruled Burma and its major port were a must-see staging post on an Asian tour.
From Memory to Policy
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Austria, Feb 09 (IPS) - A bloodbath is taking place in the Middle East, and yet, the world is embroiled in absurd debates. One is tempted to say, paraphrasing Marx: here the tragedy, there the farce. The German-speaking world – and Germany in particular – takes a decidedly pro-Israeli stance, while in other societies, an equally dubious anti-Israeli position prevails.
Embodying the Spirit of the Dragon
- Inter Press Service
BEIJING, Feb 08 (IPS) - The Year of the Dragon is upon us.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for this Lunar New Year, “The dragon symbolizes energy, wisdom, protection and good luck. We need these qualities to rise to today’s global challenges.”
White House Still Denies Mideast Turmoil Linked to Gaza
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Feb 07 (IPS) - The Biden administration continues to deny any connections between the war in Gaza and the ongoing conflicts involving U.S. forces in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen.
The West's Addiction to War Must End in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb 02 (IPS) - Two months ago, an opinion piece I wrote, "The Cries of Gaza Reach Afghanistan," was published with the hope of reminding American and other Western leaders of how quickly wars ON terror descend into wars OF terror because of their disproportionate impact on civilians and the unpredictability once unleashed.
Israel Could Face Further Legal Action For Non-Compliance of ICJ Ruling
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 02 (IPS) - South Africa's permanent representative to the United Nations, Mathu Joyini, said the country would take further legal action should Israel ignore the provisional measures set out by the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Genocide Convention @75: A Call for its Application as a ‘Living Force in World Society’
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 01 (IPS) - It was a notion which haunted him well before the Second World War – from the history books his mother would read him, to the following of the 1921 trial of young Armenian Soghomon Teilerian.
Onerous Debt Making Poorest Poorer
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 31 (IPS) - Contractionary economic trends since 2008 and ‘geopolitical’ conflicts subverting international cooperation have worsened world conditions, especially in the poorest countries, mainly in Africa, leaving their poor worse off.
Blinken's Visit to Africa: Is US Counterterrorism Counterproductive?
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, Jan 30 (IPS) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s week-long tour across four African countries was aimed at strengthening the US-Africa relationship—a relationship, according to some commentators, already waning as China and Russia are increasing their influence.
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