We’re gobbling up the Earth’s resources at an unsustainable rate
George Monbiot, a correspondent for Britain’s
The Guardian newspaper and known for his environmental and political
activism, has made a surprising call for people in the United...
Why Climate Change Is Not a Hoax
We humans are programmed to respond to dangers apparent and immediate,
but the long term, the incipient, and to our eyes invisible elude us.
Climate change...
Marcia Andrade Braga: A ‘stellar example’ of why more women are needed in UN peacekeeping
Training gender advisors and focal points in the Central African
Republic (CAR) has earned a Brazilian United Nations peacekeeper a special
gender advocate award, it was...
First ever Cities Summit calls for integrated approach to urban infrastructure
While Member States were adopting a resolution on sustainable
infrastructure at the UN Environment Assembly, the Cities Summit reinforced the
importance of local action and the...
Plight of Christians in India
Two Hindu teenagers in Pakistan embraced Islam. It was alleged that they
were abducted and forced to change their religion. Pakistan is looking into the
incident...
“The Rights of the Nations, National and Ethnic Minorities for Self- Determination”
The
new article of the Charter of the UN "The rights of the nations, national
and ethnic minorities for self-determination", will allow, by vote of the
population...
Trump’s Golan Heights Declaration: The Message to Azerbaijan
On March 21, 2019, United States President
Trump tweeted, “After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully
recognize Israel’s Sovereignty over the...
Davos: The Other Side of the Mirror
It has been a couple of months since I was
hanging out in Davos learning about this year’s World Economic Forum. Perhaps I have a...
Civilizationism vs the Nation State
Many have framed the battle lines in the geopolitics
of the emerging new world order as the 21st century’s Great Game. It’s a game
that aims...
UN Environment, Google, EC partnership effective to depoliticize water crisis in South Asia
This year
the theme for World Water Day 2019 is 'Leaving no one
behind' and goes hand in hand with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-six which
is...