IPS Inter Press Service - Multilateralism Under SiegeIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.EUROPE: U.S. Seeks the Peaceful Way for Military Base- (Found July 2, 2008 ) PRAGUE, Apr 21 (IPS) - NATO countries have given cautious support to U.S. plans to extend its missile defence system to Eastern Europe, just as Washington is working hard to fulfil Russia's conditions to agree to its construction.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42073 TRADE: Possibilities and Pitfalls for India, Brazil and S. Africa- (Found July 2, 2008 ) JOHANNESBURG, Oct 17 (IPS) - Enthusiasm tempered with notes of caution has characterised the IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) Business Forum, held in Johannesburg in the run up to the latest heads of state summit of the three countries.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39680 DEVELOPMENT: IBSA Summit a "Political Endorsement" for Future Plans- (Found July 2, 2008 ) JOHANNESBURG, Oct 20 (IPS) - A slew of co-operation agreements emerged from the second IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) summit in Pretoria, South Africa, this week.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39744 POLITICS: Iraqi MPs Challenge Coalition Mandate- (Found July 2, 2008 ) UNITED NATIONS, Nov 13 (IPS) - The United Nations Security Council has been warned by Iraqi parliamentarians of a potentially "serious" constitutional and political crisis if it decides to renew the mandate of the U.S.-led multinational force (MNF) beyond December 2007, without approval from lawmakers.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40038 MIGRATION: 35 Countries Agree to Regulate Flows Across Mediterranean- (Found July 2, 2008 ) ALBUFEIRA, Portugal, Nov 20 (IPS) - Everyone agrees: migration flows from the developing South to the industrialised North must be regulated to curb the appalling trafficking of human beings across the Mediterranean sea.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40131 POLITICS-US: The Nuclear Cowboys- (Found July 2, 2008 ) WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (IPS) - What do the current Pakistani political crisis, Israel's September air strike against Syria, and Iran's continued pursuit of nuclear enrichment all have in common All three events reflect the aggressive policies adopted by the George W. Bush administration to deal with the growing threat of nuclear proliferation.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40157 DEVELOPMENT: U.S. Key to Balanced Carbon Budget, UN Says- (Found July 2, 2008 ) UNITED NATIONS, Nov 27 (IPS) - Calls for profound change in the environmental behaviour of the United States are on the rise as world leaders prepare to attend a major summit on climate change in Bali, Indonesia next month.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40228 CHALLENGES 2007-2008: U.N. Remains Impotent as Captive of U.S.- (Found July 2, 2008 ) UNITED NATIONS, Jan 10 (IPS) - As Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon begins his second year in office, he has refused to claim any tangible successes during 2007, nor has he laid out any clear-cut strategy to meet the political and economic challenges facing the United Nations in 2008.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40744 POLITICS: Security Council Loses Credibility Over Iran, Israel- (Found July 2, 2008 ) UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 (IPS) - The 15-member U.N. Security Council (UNSC) is set to lose its credibility once again as it prepares to impose a third set of sanctions on Iran while failing to pass any strictures on Israel for its continued heavy-handed repression of Palestinians in Gaza.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40983 US-MEXICO: Border Wall Condemns Jaguars to Extinction- (Found July 2, 2008 ) TORONTO, Feb 2 (Tierramrica) - Jaguars have no place in the United States, although a handful still roam the southwest. Environmentalists suspect the real reason U.S. officials are allowing the jaguar to become extinct is the "security" wall being built along the Mexican border.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41046 |