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Strengthening the UN and its Creative Evolution into the Future

Interview with Soka Gakkai International (SGI) President Dr. Daisaku Ikeda

BERLIN | TOKYO (IDN-INPS) – Why is it important to highlight the role of young people in ushering in a New Era of Hope? Will the landmark UN Conference to negotiate “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination” succeed? How can UN Secretary-General António Guterres ensure sufficient support from the international community for implementing the SDGs and the Paris Climate Change Agreement?

Ramesh Jaura, Editor-in-Chief and International Correspondent of IDN, flagship agency of the International Press Syndicate group, asked SGI President Dr. Daisaku Ikeda these and related questions in an e-mail interview. Read the Q&A in full: (P06) JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF
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Le missioni di Peacekeeping delle Nazioni Unite affrontano le minacce di tagli e l’estinzione

Di Shanta Rao

NEW YORK (IDN) – Le 16 operazioni di mantenimento della pace delle Nazioni Unite (PKO), finanziate da un enorme bilancio di 7,9 miliardi di dollari per l’attuale biennio 2016-2017, sono a rischio, minacciate da tagli drastici e, in alcuni casi, anche di chiusure.

Gli Stati Uniti, il più grande contributore con circa il 28% di tale bilancio, non solo hanno minacciato di ridurre i finanziamenti, forse fino al 25%, ma chiedono anche un declassamento – o addirittura l’eliminazione totale – di alcune delle Missioni in corso.

Nel mese di marzo, affrontando il Consiglio sulle Relazioni Estere, l’ambasciatrice statunitense all’Onu, Nikki Haley, ha dato un preallerta quando ha contestato l’attuale stato delle operazioni di mantenimento della pace.…

若者１人当たり年間３０ドルかけることがなぜ必要なのか

【ニューヨークIDN＝J・ナストラニス】

１人当たり年間３０ドルに満たない予算をかけるだけでも、若者の健康や教育に驚くほど効果を上げることが可能であると、国連人口基金（UNFPA）が委託した最新の研究が示している。

報告書は、４月２１日から２３日にかけてワシントンDCで世界銀行春季会合が開催されるのを前にして『ランセット』誌に掲載された。春季会合では１８８カ国の財務・開発担当閣僚らが若者への投資の重要性について討論する予定だ。…

스리랑카 홍차농원이 가뭄에 의한 환경의식의 전환으로 내몰리다

【라토나프라IDN＝스테라 폴】

리루히나의 홍차제조공장에서 흘러나고있는 수십대의 기계로부터 발생하는 귀를 찢어지게하는 회전음을 들으면 머리에 일격을 엊어맞은듯하나 이공장에서 일을하는 비히터 마드라씨와 라쟈카 쿠시미 챤도라 쿠마르씨에게는 기분좋은 음악과　같이 들리는것이다.

굉음을내며 검은연기를 토해내는 이기계들은 그녀들에게 있어서는 정말 중요한 즉, 「오늘도 하루 일을 시작할수있다.」라는 현실을 상징하는것이다. 마드라씨는삽으로 홍차잎을 거대한 찜통가마속으로 퍼넣고있는 챤드라 쿠마르씨를 보면서 「이것이 우리들의 일상생활 입니다.」라고 말했다. 어느쪽도 40대인 마드라씨와 챤드라 쿠마르씨가 편안하게 지낼수있는 있는것은 그이유가있다. 홍차생산 대기업인「딜마」회사의 카와떼 농원이 보유하고있는 리루히나 공장은 스리랑카에서도 굴지의 우량 홍차 생산기업이기 때문이다.…

Exercising Power Fairly More Important SDG Yardstick than Democratic Accountability

By Kalinga Seneviratne

BANGKOK (IDN) – In its 2017 Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, the Bangkok-based UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) makes an interesting argument in regards to achieving the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in seemingly downplaying the importance of democratic accountability and emphasising that how power is exercised is more important.

“In the Survey for 2017 political dimensions, such as democratic accountability, are avoided, and governance is framed in terms of how power is exercised instead of how it is acquired,” the report says in its executive summary.

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Effective Governance Critical for the Quality of Asia-Pacific Economic Growth

By Shamshad Akhtar

Dr. Shamshad Akhtar is an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) and the Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). – The Editor

BANGKOK (IDN) – The Asia-Pacific region’s high and steady economic growth has been an anchor of stability for the struggling world economy in recent years. Developing economies of the region now account for almost a third of global GDP (gross domestic product), slightly less than the combined output of the developed economies of North America and Western Europe.

If the region continues to grow at the current pace, it would account for more than a half of world economic output by the year 2050. With its increasing importance, the role of traditional ‘success factors’ such as education, high investment and savings rates, reliance on world markets through exports, is likely to evolve as well. Future economic growth will need to rely more on productivity gains …

Por qué es esencial gastar 30 dólares al año en cada adolescente

Por J Nastranis

NUEVA YORK (IDN) – Menos de 30 dólares gastados por persona por año pueden hacer maravillas para la salud y la educación de los adolescentes, según un nuevo estudio encargado por el UNFPA, el Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas.

El informe se publicó en The Lancet en vísperas de las Reuniones de Primavera del Banco Mundial en Washington DC, del 21 de abril al 23 de abril de 2017, donde los líderes de finanzas y desarrollo de 188 países debían discutir la necesidad crítica de invertir en adolescentes.…

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Strengthening the UN and its Creative Evolution into the Future

Le missioni di Peacekeeping delle Nazioni Unite affrontano le minacce di tagli e l’estinzione

若者１人当たり年間３０ドルかけることがなぜ必要なのか

스리랑카 홍차농원이 가뭄에 의한 환경의식의 전환으로 내몰리다

Exercising Power Fairly More Important SDG Yardstick than Democratic Accountability

Effective Governance Critical for the Quality of Asia-Pacific Economic Growth

Por qué es esencial gastar 30 dólares al año en cada adolescente

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