Full Coverage: Geopolitics

25.07.2006 NEW YORK, Jul 24 (OneWorld) - A leading U.S.-based humanitarian group is urging the George W. Bush administration to engage all rebel groups in the Darfur peace process as the U.S. president prepares to talk with the leader of just one particular faction.

24.07.2006 As talks towards defining the final status Kosovo continue today in Vienna, Amnesty International calls on the participants to ensure that the protection of human rights of all persons in Kosovo remain at the heart of the process, and are addressed at every stage and in all aspects of the talks.

21.07.2006 The European Commission published the mandates for negotiations on visa regime alleviation and readmission agreements with Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The mandates provide for much simpler and quicker procedure, as well as issuance of multiple entry visas covering longer periods of time for students, researchers, artists and business-people, for travel into the EU.

19.07.2006 Six rounds into the talks on Kosovo’s future in Vienna, it seems that children and children rights’ issues were not and are not likely to be put onto the agenda of the Kosovo Status Talks. Save the Children reminds and urges the international community not to neglect children and education during the negotiations.

18.07.2006 NEW YORK, Jul 18 (OneWorld) - Leaders of the world's industrial nations have drawn fire from international civil society groups after they embraced an energy plan that favors continued reliance on oil and other fossil fuels with no hint of any solid steps to deal with the impending threat of climate change.

18.07.2006 Justice cannot be done to the United States' complicated relationship with our island neighbor, Cuba, in a short article. It can, however, point out some of the difficulties in the relationship that highlight a policy that doesn't work and is inhumane to both Cubans and Americans.

18.07.2006 The pro-EU integration opinion among B&H citizens remains high, shows the survey conducted by GFK Market Research Centre from Sarajevo. According to the survey, 83% of the citizens would vote for it, if a referendum on EU integration were held today, with only nine percent against it. The support is greater in B&H Federation and Brcko District (85%) than in RS (75%).

13.07.2006 from It’s Getting Hot In Here blog:
'The G8 summit seems poised to ignore its own previous decisions and the council of reputable scientific voices,' says Juan Pablo Hoffmaister.

11.07.2006 UNITED NATIONS, July 11 (OneWorld) - Following the collapse of diplomatic talks at a recent world conference on small arms, many governments and international civil society groups who want to see a global crackdown on the multibillion-dollar illegal business in guns are now looking to the United Nations General Assembly for help.

04.07.2006 Superman Returns! And not a moment too soon for those of us who grew up with his movies and comics and bedsheets. But be warned, this is not your mamma's flag-waving Superman.