Kazakhstan, widely acknowledged as a leader in nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, has availed of this year’s International Day against Nuclear Tests to honour two eminent advocates of a world free of nuclear weapons.
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IDN-InDepthNews, flagship agency of the International Press Syndicate group and its partner, the Global Cooperation Council provided an in-depth extensive coverage of the 2019 High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), from July 9 to July 18, 2019 – including the three-day ministerial meeting from July 16 to July 18, and the High-level Segment of ECOSOC on July 19 in ECOSOC Chamber.
We are delighted to have launched an internship programe with the University of Central Asia (UCA) for students from Central Asia from mid-May to mid-August 2019 – at the joint initiative of INPS-IDN Southeast Asia director and roving correspondent in Asia, Kalinga Seneviratne, and Dr Evangelia Papoutsaki, director of the Communication and Media Program at the UCA.
INPS-IDN provided in-depth video coverage of the final phase of the third session of the preparatory committee from April 29 to May 10, 2019 for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The centrepiece were interviews with experts and activists. These were backed by viewpoints and analysis published by IDN.
INPS-IDN spoke with Ambassador Dr. Riyad H. Mansour, Permanent Representative of Palestine to the UN Observer Mission of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to the United Nations (UN), and discussed what it means to chair the Group of 77 (G77) comprising 134 nations from around the world, without being a full-fledged member of the UN.
INPS-IDN called on the UN Office for South-South Cooperation's director Jorge Chediek on May 10, 2019.
Watch our video:
Jorge Chediek Speaks About Landmark Progress in South-South Cooperation > https://youtu.be/h5Lyvs_48Kg
Three and a half years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, the Vatican's Dicastery and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue hosted from March 7-9, 2019 a three-day International Conference on Religions and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Listening to the cry of the earth and the poor'.
During 2018 INPS Southeast Asia Director and Asia-Pacific correspondent Kalinga was constantly on the road in 2018: giving lectures on mindful communication, teaching radio journalism at PSB Academy in Singapore, coordinating the first Asian Buddhist Media Conclave in New Delhi for the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), visiting grassroots development projects in Thailand and meeting Buddhist communicators in Myanmar.
- FAWA Celebrates 60th Anniversary with Convention in Manila
- Japanese Parliamentarians Commemorate 160th Birth Anniversary of Ozaki Yukio
- Visiting Kazinform in Astana, Central Asia's largest news agency
- A Glimpse of the World Congress of Religions in Astana
- 2018 CTBTO-GEM Youth International Conference in Kazakhstan
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- Concerns About Military Build-up in Iceland
- Special UN Meeting Calls for Entry into Force of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
- Russian Weapons Accident Raises Nuclear Concerns
- Keeping Up Anti-Corruption Momentum in the Post-Lagarde IMF
- ACP Reiterates Call for Urgent Ambitious Climate Action
- Extinction ‘Imminent’ for Small Islands
- Kazakhstan Needs Young Graduates as Teachers for Education Reforms to Succeed
- Sri Lanka Praised for Advancing the Cluster Munitions Convention’s Objectives
- Burning Down the House
- Gunnar Myrdal Went Wrong with His ‘Asian Drama’
- Ghana’s First President Predicted Black-on-Black Troubles in Africa
- Refugees Being Shuttled from Libya to Rwanda
- The Emerald Forests Need Not Die
- UN Convenes A High-Level Forum to Stress the Significance of Culture of Peace
- Financing Gap of Trillions of Dollars to Achieve 17 SDGs
