By Stewart M. Patrick (CFR) – President Barack Obama used his eighth and final address to the UN General Assembly to share his noble vision of a world order in which equality, liberty, and unity trump injustice, oppression, and division. Part sermon, part pep-talk, the speech exuded an unflinching faith in liberal ideals…

By Eleanor Rose BIRN (NEW YORK) -  At a Clinton Foundation panel discussion, Mayor Camil Durakovic said it had not been easy to hug Prime Minister Aleksander Vucic at the Potocari memorial to the Srebrenica massacre – where dignitaries gather every July 11 to commemorate more than 7,000 people killed in…

By John J. Metzler – UNITED NATIONS — Presidents, Prime Ministers and Kings will convene in New York next week for the opening of the 71st General Assembly of the United Nations. The annual Autumn  session meets amid trying to solve or at least contain growing conflicts, a surge in refugees, terrorism and a nuclear…

Bt Thalif Deen - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, one of the strongest advocates of press freedom, is facing two politically-sensitive issues which are beyond his decision-making jurisdiction: a proposal for a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) aimed at providing journalists with the right to access information, and the…

Viewpoint by Prof Muhammad Yunus* – DHAKA (IDN-INPS) – We are living in a time of unparalleled prosperity, fuelled in part by revolutions in knowledge, science, and technology, particularly information technology. This prosperity has changed the lives of many, yet billions of people still suffer from poverty, hunger, and disease. And…

By Lowana Veal – BERGEN  - Norway – Norway is a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), enjoying the Alliance’s protection as a nuclear umbrella state and yet widely known for its association with peace issues: not only for hosting the first international Conference on the Humanitarian Impact…

By Gordon Knežević — “Afinal report card on Dayton is not yet possible,” Richard Holbrooke wrote in his book To End A War, published in 1998. He passed away before he could see the peace agreement of which he was so proud being misused to keep the ghosts of war…