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Language English A man wearing a camouflage uniform walks with a child as they enter a school on the start of the new school year in Donetsk on September 1, 2015 Alt Text 2015_09_eca_donetsk © 2015 ReutersRegion / Country Europe/Central Asia Ukraine Topic Arms …read more Source: Human Rights...
Donbass Is Clinging to Illusion of Peace
Expand A man wearing a camouflage uniform walks with a child as they enter a school on the start of the new school year in Donetsk on September 1, 2015 © 2015 Reuters There was neither shelling nor shooting in Donetsk in the first week of September. The city seemed strikingly normal, …read more Source: Human Rights...
Obama Deifies American Hegemony
This is the 70th anniversary of the UN. It is not clear how much good the UN has done. Some UN Blue Hemet peacekeeping operations had limited success. But mainly Washington has used the UN for war, such as the Korean War and Washington’s Cold War against the Soviet Union. In our time Washington had UN tanks sent in against Bosnian Serbs...
Regional organizations central to global efforts in countering violent extremism, says OSCE Secretary General
NEW YORK CITY, 29 September 2015 – “Regional and sub-regional organizations have a key role to play in global efforts to counter violent extremism”, says OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier. Zannier is taking part in the Leaders’ Summit on Countering ISIL and Violent Extremism hosted by President of the United States of America...
What to make of the Dutch referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement?
What to make of the Dutch referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement?To the suprise of many, there is now likely to be a Dutch referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement thanks to a petition signed by over 450,000 people. But what is it really about? Open Europe’s Pieter Cleppe explains.The post What to make of the Dutch...
Kurdish Family’s Story Highlights Plight of Refugee Air Travelers
A family from Iraqi Kurdistan has been camped out in a Moscow airport for almost three weeks. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Rights Activist Awarded Vaclav Havel Prize
Ludmilla Alexeeva, founding member of Russia’s oldest human rights group, is still campaigning for change at age 88. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Video: Meeting the Challenges of Global Polio Eradication – Opening Keynote
The number of wild poliovirus cases worldwide is significantly reduced compared to last year, as Pakistan improves its immunization reach and Africa goes more than a year since its last reported case. Nonetheless, substantial challenges remain to global eradication, including newly reported cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus in Ukraine and Mali....
NATO Chief Eager to Coordinate Action in Syria with Russia
Putin is expected to present his call for “collective action” to the UN General Assembly as a solution to ending Syria’s civil war. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
It’s the war in Syria, stupid!
Aylan Kurdi had been about the same age as my youngest son, Nicholas. In theory, both children were born entitled to the same basic rights to life, protection, food, shelter, education and play. But we as the international community tragically failed Aylan. Even more importantly, there are still millions of other children and adults in similar...
