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ECONOMY-US: "Green" Jobs Should Be Black and Brown Too

ECONOMY-US: NEW YORK, Nov 13 (IPS) - The Barack Obama administration's drive to promote a "green" economy is not working in the interest of poor people in the United States, especially those who belong to minority communities, according to ...

From HAIDER RIZVI, Inter Press Service,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Economic Policy Institute

POLITICS: On Nuke Disarmament, It's Still "You First"

POLITICS: Analysis by Haider Rizvi UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) - Is the ongoing controversy over Iran's nuclear programme helping to advance the United Nations' agenda on nuclear disarmament? To a number of diplomats and experts who have ...

From HAIDER RIZVI, Inter Press Service,  31 Oct 2009
Related Topics: United Nations,  Barack Obama,  Ban Ki-moon,  U N Security Council,  U.S. Republican Party

DEVELOPMENT: For-Profit Seeds Hurting Farmers, Biodiversity

DEVELOPMENT: UNITED NATIONS, Oct 23 (IPS) - Large biotechnology firms are not only depriving poor farmers of inputs essential for their livelihoods, but are also pushing up food prices, according to a new U.N. report. "Excessive protection ...

From HAIDER RIZVI, Inter Press Service,  23 Oct 2009
Related Topics: United Nations,  Melinda Gates,  Microsoft Corporation

POLITICS: "World Must Move In a New Direction," Obama Tells U.N.

POLITICS: UNITED NATIONS, Sep 23 (IPS) - Is the United States willing to give up its role as the world's most powerful cop? The message delivered by U.S. President Barack Obama to the U.N. General Assembly suggests that it's quite likely. " ...

From HAIDER RIZVI, Inter Press Service,  23 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva,  International Monetary Fund

FINANCE: Aid Losses Prompting "Development Emergency"

FINANCE: UNITED NATIONS, Sep 17 (IPS) - A new U.N. report warns that the world is likely to suffer more economic and environmental disasters if the richest countries fail to shoulder their share of development aid to poorer ...

From HAIDER RIZVI, Inter Press Service,  17 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Ban Ki-moon,  World Trade Organization

POLITICS: Firebrand Priest Leaves Mark at U.N.

POLITICS: UNITED NATIONS, Sep 16 (IPS) - Few critics of the United Nations' often skewed balance of power have matched the outspoken fury of the revolutionary priest who led the world body's principal organ until Monday. "Certain member ...

From HAIDER RIZVI, Inter Press Service,  16 Sep 2009
Related Topics: United Nations,  Miguel D'Escoto (politician),  International Monetary Fund,  Evo Morales,  World Bank

ECONOMY: Speculators Undermining Recovery, Report Says

ECONOMY: UNITED NATIONS, Sep 10 (IPS) - The current economic meltdown will continue for years if the world community does not take firm and coordinated action to regulate the flow of capital, say researchers who have just concluded a new ...

From HAIDER RIZVI, Inter Press Service,  10 Sep 2009
Related Topics: International Monetary Fund,  United Nations,  World Trade Organization,  U.S. Congress

EDUCATION: Mother Tongue Absent in Thousands of Classrooms

EDUCATION: UNITED NATIONS, Jul 16 (IPS) - Millions of children across the world fail to receive a basic education not only because they are born into poverty, but because local authorities do not allow them to read and write in their ...

From HAIDER RIZVI, Inter Press Service,  16 Jul 2009
Related Topics: United Nations,  UNICEF

RIGHTS: U.N. Revisits U.S. Policies on Racial Profiling

RIGHTS: UNITED NATIONS, Jul 1 (IPS) - Millions of U.S. citizens continue to face discrimination at the hands of police and other law enforcement agencies just because they are not white, although the country's new leader in the White House ...

From HAIDER RIZVI, Inter Press Service,  1 Jul 2009
Related Topics: American Civil Liberties Union,  George W. Bush,  White House,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Barack Obama

ECONOMY: "Patching Up Bretton Woods Makes No Sense"

ECONOMY: UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 (IPS) - The world community must take immediate action to overhaul the current global financial system that's what a vast majority of political leaders and policymakers from the developing world who are ...

From HAIDER RIZVI, Inter Press Service,  26 Jun 2009
Related Topics: International Monetary Fund,  Rafael Correa,  European Union,  World Bank,  Susan E. Rice

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