Languages
Sunday, April 19, 2026
News and Views from the Global South
/CORRECTED REPEAT//RIGHTS-EGYPT: Cairo Meet Prompted Shift on Genital Mutilations Study Says
A new study asserts that, since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was held in Cairo, awareness has grown throughout Egypt of the dangers of female genital mutilation - and the practise has declined as a result.POLITICS-EAST TIMOR: Violence Overshadows Progress on Autonomy
U.N. plans to reach an agreement between Portugal and Indonesia on the future status of East Timor picked up steam this week, but the threat of violence on the ground in East Timor is sparking concerns about the state's future if Indonesia departs.POPULATION-UN: Outlook Bright for Hague Conference
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is pleased at the progress made by governments in implementing reforms in population policies after the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo.POLITICS-IRAQ: UN Review of Iraqi Relations Grinds On
The UN Security Council has ended weeks of bickering on Iraq with an agreement to review UN-Iraqi relations, but has set up a timetable which, in effect, postpones most tough decisions until April.POLITICS-IRAQ: Council Rift on Iraq Is Hard to Heal
The UN Security Council has struggled for the past two weeks to shape its policy on Iraq, but is still unable even to draw up guidelines for a major review of Iraqi disarmament and sanctions.Weekly Selection/EAST TIMOR: UN Talks Stress Autonomy
The Indonesian government startled diplomats here with its announcement that it might consider independence for East Timor, but UN officials are concentrating instead on proposals for autonomy at this week's Indonesia- Portugal meetings.EAST TIMOR: UN Talks Stress Autonomy Amid Mixed Signals
The Indonesian government startled diplomats here with its announcement that it might consider independence for East Timor, but UN officials are concentrating instead on proposals for autonomy at this week's Indonesia- Portugal meetings.RIGHTS-INDONESIA: UN Welcomes Softer Stance on East Timor
UN officials praised Indonesia's surprise announcement Wednesday that it could be willing to consider independence for East Timor, but some supporters of Timorese rights remain skeptical about Jakarta's stance.POLITICS-UNITED STATES: The Titanic Threatens to Sink the Iceberg
The tensions in the Republican majority in the U.S. Senate as the impeachment debate drags on recalls a joke that has been circulating on the Internet for a year now: Had Bill Clinton been the 'Titanic', the iceberg would have sunk.ART-US: Seeing the Method Behind Jackson Pollock’s Madness
People viewing Jackson Pollock's paintings can be forgiven for seeing a seemingly random series of splatters, drips and blobs; after all, that is what the artist himself saw when he poured and dripped paint on his large canvases.POLITICS-IRAQ: Canada Compromise Seeks to Bridge Council Gap
The UN Security Council is set for a major struggle this week to find common ground on how to deal with the disarmament programme and sanctions regime against Baghdad, one month after U.S. and British attacks on Iraq shattered the Council's unity.POLITICS-ANGOLA: Security Council Debates Fate of UN Mission
U.N. peacekeepers are set to leave Angola within the next two months, but key powers, including the United States and Russia, are pushing for some continued UN diplomatic presence in the troubled country.POLITICS-US: Clinton Trial Grinds On, Despite Lack of Attention
U.S. politicians have argued for months over whether President Bill Clinton should be removed from office for allegedly lying under oath about an affair with a former White House intern, but most of the public simply sees the trial as an annoyance that will not end.RIGHTS-UN: UNICEF Seeks Emergency Help for Women, Children
The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) is asking nations to provide some 136 million dollars to help it cope with what it claims is a growing state of emergency for millions of women and children worldwide.POLITICS-LIBYA: All Sides Hope for Deal on Lockerbie Suspects
The U.S. and British governments Monday called on Libya to accept without further delay a plan to try two men suspected of involvement in the bombing 10 years ago of Pan American flight 103.POLITICS-UN: Unity on Iraq Hard to Find
After ending four days of air strikes on Iraq, the U.S. government is confronted now with a potentially larger challenge: rebuilding support at the United Nations for its policy on dealing with Baghdad.RIGHTS-OUTLOOK: Landmark Year for Human Rights
New challenges on rights issues face the United Nations in 1999, even as the world body ended a year that marked the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.UN-OUTLOOK: Multiple Crises Make for a Challenging 1999
In a perceptive moment, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned on his return from Europe and the Middle East this month that if the Kosovo and Iraq crises were not resolved soon, "we have reason to fear the worst by 1999."POLITICS-IRAQ: New Threat of Air Strikes on Iraq
Iraq faced the renewed threat of U.S. air strikes Wednesday after the chief United Nations weapons inspector issued a report saying Baghdad continued to refuse to cooperate with U.N. weapons inspectors.POLITICS-UN: Doubts Over UN’s Role in Angola
U.N. officials, deeply concerned over intensified fighting in the Angolan provinces of Huambo and Bie, wondered Tuesday whether anything could be done to prevent the return of a full-scale civil war throughout the country.POLITICS-IRAQ: Annan Firmer on Lifting Sanctions
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is pushing more clearly for a timely lifting of U.N. sanctions on Iraq despite signs of fraying relations between U.N. weapons inspectors and the Iraqi government.« Previous Page — Next Page »
The Week with IPS
NEXT STOP - SDGs
Tracking global progress towards a sustainable world
Tracking global progress towards a sustainable world
