2015/7/28 |
Click here for the online version of this IPS newsletter  |
||||||||||||||||
 |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
Key Constituencies Call for Inclusion in Nepal’s Draft Constitution Ending a years-long political deadlock, Nepal’s major political parties inked a 16-point agreement last June to pave the way for the Constituent Assembly (CA) to write a new constitution. It marked the first time since the end of the Maoist insurgency and regime change in 2006 that the parties … |
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
Opinion: Developing Nations Set to Challenge Rich Ahead of SDG Summit The final round of negotiations on the sustainable development goals – the successor to the Millennium Development Goals, due to be inaugurated in September at the U.N. general assembly – is now underway in New York. Courtesy of Soren Ambrose/ActionAid The United Nations and many member … |
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
U.N. Leads Youth Battling Intolerance, Racism and Extremism When the 21-year-old Crown Prince of Jordan, Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, presided over a Security Council meeting last April, he was described as the youngest ever to chair one of the U.N.’s most powerful political bodies armed with powers to wage wars and declare peace. The seat was temporarily … |
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
UAE Cracks Down on Religious Extremism The United Arab Emirates is cracking down on hate crimes with tough legislation that prescribes up to 10 years in prison or the death penalty if convicted of “takfirism” or Sunni Muslim extremism, according to the text of the decree distributed by the official WAM news agency. The new law … |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
New Plan Would Aggravate the Troubles of Chile’s Beleaguered Pensioners The already precarious situation of pensioners in chile will get even worse if a controversial initiative is approved. Under the new plan, the elderly would mortgage their homes to increase their meagre pensions, most of which come from prívate pension funds, and which average 230 dollars a … |
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
Opinion: European Federalism and Missed Opportunities “A serious political and social crisis will sweep through the euro countries if they do not decide to strengthen the integration of their economies. The euro zone crisis did not begin with the Greek crisis, but was manifested much earlier, when a monetary union was created without economic and … |
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
