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Women Still Walk Two Steps Behind in Arab World
In much of the Arab world, women's participation in the labour force is the lowest in the world, according to the United Nations, while women in politics are a rare breed both in the Middle East and North Africa.
Russians Back Crimea Action, They’d Better
Elena Smolenskaya doesn’t hesitate a second when asked what she thinks about the Russian military intervention in Crimea. The 23-year-old Moscow student is convinced that President Vladimir Putin had no choice but to order troops into the country.
U.N. Struggles for Relevancy in Ukraine Crisis
When the crisis in Ukraine moved into the august chambers of the Security Council last week, it was virtually dead on arrival.OP-ED: Toward a Final-Phase Deal with Iran
Last month, negotiators from the United States, its P5+1 partners (China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom), and Iran agreed to a framework for talks on a “comprehensive solution that would ensure Iran’s nuclear programme will be exclusively peaceful.”
OP-ED: The Care Imperative
As the debate about a future global development agenda to succeed the Millennium Development Goals in 2015 gathers pace, there is broad agreement that gender equality and women’s empowerment are crucial components.
Political Wrangling Stymies CAR Peacekeeping Force
Budget constraints in Washington and obstinacy at the highest levels of the African Union (AU) have combined to dangerously delay a possible U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR), according to sources close to negotiations currently underway in New York.
Resolving Nuclear Arms Claims Hinges on Iran’s Demand for Documents
The Barack Obama administration has demanded that Iran resolve “past and present concerns” about the “possible military dimensions” of its nuclear programme as a condition for signing a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Tehran.
Shifting Rainy Season Wreaks Havoc on Barbuda’s Crops
Water rationing has become a way of life for the 1,800 residents of the tiny island of Barbuda, which has been experiencing prolonged dry periods, especially in the Highlands area near the main agricultural lands.
Economic Reforms Needed for Peace in South Sudan
Gatmai Deng lost three family members in the violence that erupted in South Sudan on Dec. 15 and lasted until the end of January. And he blames their deaths on the government’s failure to use the country’s vast oil revenues to create a better life for its almost 11 million people.
North Korea Doing Fine Without the South
If the North Korea of the 1990s was seen as a starving nation that produced an exodus of hungry people, then the picture should be even gloomier now – six years after it stopped receiving South Korea’s generous aid. But it’s not. The nation of 24 million people, widely said to be the most secretive in the world and a nuclear threat, appears to have weathered the years well.
U.N. Report on South Sudan Paints Grim Picture
An interim human rights report released by the beleaguered U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan is being tentatively hailed by rights groups and observers who have pressured the mission to be more transparent with its findings.
U.S., EU Out-Manoeuvred by Syria
An inflow of Russian-made weapons. Political and military support from Iran and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Sharp dissension among fractious rebel groups. And the unyielding loyalty of the armed forces.CORRECTION/OP-ED: Nuclear Disarmament, the State of Play
If psychosis is a loss of contact with reality, the current status of nuclear disarmament can best be described as psychotic.
Global Citizenship Key to World Peace
Nobel Laureate Betty Williams started her speech to a peace forum at the U.N. headquarters Thursday with perhaps the last thing the audience would expect her to say.
Somalis Caught in Crossfire as Al-Shabaab ‘Plays to Survive’
As the Somali government plans to launch a new military campaign to wipe out the Islamic extremist group, Al-Shabaab, from its strongholds in this Horn of Africa nation, experts say that its Somalia’s innocent who live in areas controlled by the group who will suffer the most.Next Page »
It was dubbed "The Glass House" by U.S. ambassador James Wadsworth in 1966. But how transparent are the workings of the United Nations today? From offices at Headquarters in New York, and around the globe, IPS's coverage goes beyond the edicts of the Security Council and its influential veto-wielding members to illuminate the power struggles, successes and shortcomings of the 192-member institution as it grapples with crises like climate change, conflict and poverty.
