UN High Commissioner for refugees
Advancing global security is a challenge for which world leaders cannot afford failure. We have reached the end of the
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
We finish the first decade of the post-Cold War era decidedly discouraged. Instead of a peace dividend and a new
Read moreUN economic council plan under fire
Many developing countries fear industrial nations will dominate such a set-up. A PROPOSAL by the United Nations Secretary-General to set
Read moreU.N. agencies support Annan’s reform proposals
The united nations agencies welcomed and voiced full support for the u.n.secretary-general kofi annan’s reform proposals announced before the general
Read moreU.N. chief urges for new ways for peace-keeping
The U.N. security council is working like ‘an ongoing task force on global security’ and new ways must be found
Read moreTime to expand concept of global ‘Human Security’
A Commission on Human Security, co-chaired by Sadako Ogata, former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, is to be established.
Read moreThailand urges stress on human security, NATION
UNITED NATIONS – Thailand on Tuesday called on the international community to put human security and people-centered development at the
Read moreStaking out the ‘human-security’ turf
Since 1993, the business of Canada’s federal government has been business. The Chretien government has downsized, deregulated and off-loaded at
Read moreSocial Summit: Peace paradigm
The UN World Social Summit, currently taking place in Copenhagen, could easily be mistaken for an international forum for the
Read moreThe Hindu-Editorial: Security and governance – II
The fact that a crisis of governance exists in India and that the state has withered away in parts of
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