The general secretary of United Nations, Antonio Guterres, gave a speech for the International day of zero tolerance on female genital mutilations on the last 6th of February. He declared « together, we can eliminate female genital mutilation by 2030 ; doing so will have a positive ripple effect on the health, education and economic advancement Continue Reading
On March 20, 2003, the attacks of the international coalition against Iraq of Saddam Hussein, commonly known as the Second Gulf War, began. The clearly stated objectives were the fight against terrorism and the establishment of a democracy in Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom). After referring to the growing suspicion that the Saddam regime possessed weapons Continue Reading
« We are economically dependent on Moscow, But Moscow depends politically on us« [1]. It all began in 1991 when Chechen President Djokhar Dudaev unilaterally proclaimed the independence of the Chechen Republic and in 1992 refused to sign the treaty forming the Russian Federation. A small republic[2] situated in the south of the Russian Federation, at the Continue Reading
Since the announcement of the 2016 referendum when the UK voted to leave the European Union, there have been escalating tensions over what this might mean for various domestic issues, notably that of Northern Ireland. It has been a recurrent theme which has kept coming back into the spotlight throughout the Brexit process for a Continue Reading
The twelfth session of the Forum on Minority Issues was convened on November 28 and 29, 2019 at the « Palais des Nations » in Geneva pursuant to resolution 6/15 of September 28, 2007 on human rights and resolution 19/23 of March 23, 2012. This year, the Forum’s Continue Reading
SPIA Ukraine in Eastern Europe During the last week of October (10-24-2019 to 11-01-2019), Ukrainian youth participating in the « Young Peace Makers » program had the opportunity to visit Eastern Europe, with the support of the United Nations. This trip was made possible with the help of the Department of Education and the Department of International Continue Reading
