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NEW YORK, Apr 11 (IPS) - The resumption of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and the Saudis’ diplomatic overtures toward Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, are part and parcel of the Saudis’ overall reassessment of their geostrategic interests, which rest on three distinctives goals: regional stability, exerting greater regional and international influence, and uninterrupted oil exports. These three fundamental goals are tightly linked and are within the Saudis’ reach.

The current war in Ukraine has shown that nuclear deterrence is deeply flawed. It relies on the assumption of “rational actors” in power and credibility of threats, which we know are far from real

Save the Dream concludes field activities in Somalia

'Save the Dream' project concludes in Somalia

They proved to be not fit to address the specific context of the russian aggression against ukraine. nevertheless, i would like to remind all of us that lastjuly the secretary—general activated the mechanism, which is called caac, the mechanism of children in armed conflicts, and the united nations started collecting information and monitoring the situation. the united nations and the special representative of the united nations on the children in conflict will report to the security council t...

Evaluating the mandate and political strategy for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) ahead of the March 2023 mandate renewal.

This report documents torture, killings, rapes, forced expulsions, and other war crimes committed by Serbian and Yugoslav government forces against Kosovar Albanians between March 24 and June 12, 1999, the period of NATO's air campaign against Yugoslavia. The report reveals a coordinated and systematic campaign to terrorize, kill, and expel the ethnic Albanians of Kosovo that was organized by the highest levels of the Serbian and Yugoslav governments in power at that time.

CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report highlights the many ways civil society comes under attack, caught in the crossfire and or deliberately targeted.

QUEBEC, Canada, Mar 29 (IPS) - In the wake of Finlands announcement last fall that it will build a barrier along its border with Russia, the discussions surrounding the European Council meeting of 9 February 2023 confirmed that the tide had turned.

LONDON / MONTEVIDEO, Mar 29 (IPS) - Brave protests against women’s second-class status in Iran; the mass defence of economic rights in the face of a unilateral presidential decision in France; huge mobilisations to resist government plans to weaken the courts in Israel: all these have shown the willingness of people to take public action to stand up for human rights.