IPS Inter Press Service Questions and Answers - One-on-One with IPS
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- Q&A: Strategic Plan Emphasises South-South Cooperation
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 5 (IPS) - "UNDP’s South-South work is focused on marshalling the expertise and resources at our disposal to support developing countries pursue their development goals," says Kemal Dervis, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). - Q&A: Car-Centric Urban Growth Fuelled By Subsidies
NEW DELHI, Mar 5 (IPS) - Pollution and road congestion are at crisis proportions in India’s cities. Yet, the government encourages car-centric urban growth, subsidised by public largesse, says Anumita Roychowdhury of the non-governmental Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which is leading a campaign for cleaner air in Delhi. - LATIN AMERICA: "Crisis Will Strengthen Forces Calling for Negotiations"
MEXICO CITY, Mar 4 (IPS) - The political analyst who coined the phrase "21st century socialism" said the "war drums" sounding in South America’s Andean region since Colombian troops made an incursion into Ecuador to kill a senior FARC guerrilla commander will politically benefit the Venezuelan government and pressure the Colombian administration to tone down its belligerent stance. - Q&A: ''Plan by TNCs to Control Seeds Bound to Fail''
NEW DELHI, Mar 3 (IPS) - An attempt by a handful of developed countries and trans-national corporations (TNCs) to monopolise and control the world's seeds is doomed to failure, says Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher, director-general of Ethiopia's Environment Protection Agency, and a formidable negotiator at biodiversity-related fora. - Q&A: As Civil Wars End, Child Soldiers Decline
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 (IPS) - The number of child soldiers, who are forcibly pressed into military service in conflicts worldwide, has declined: from about 300,000 in 1997 to an estimated 250,000 now, says U.N. Under-Secretary-General Radhika Coomaraswamy. - Q&A: "Simply Not Enough People Committed to Proper Water Management"
GRAHAMSTOWN, Feb 25 (IPS) - Following several incidents that have raised questions about water quality and distribution in South Africa, Water Affairs and Forestry Minister Lindiwe Hendricks has tried to allay fears about her department's ability to provide potable water to all South Africans. - Q&A: "Before We Single Out the Media... What About Politicians?"
NAIROBI, Feb 25 (IPS) - The messenger may not have been killed, exactly, but (s)he has had a rough time of it over the past few days in Kenya. - Q&A: 'The Innocent May Be Freed - If the Guilty Are Apprehended'
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Feb 22 (IPS) - Uzbekistan has not broken with its past. The announcement of its abolition of the death penalty does not mean it will now be respecting the rights of individual, says Surat Ikramov, a leading rights lawyer. - Q&A: "I Fear That Chad Will One Day Lose Its Sovereignty"
GENEVA, Feb 20 (IPS/InfoSud) - In the wake of a failed rebel attack three weeks ago, the Chadian capital of N'Djamena is feeling the effects of a clampdown on opposition leaders, activists and reporters -- this as authorities scour the city for any remaining rebels. - Q&A: World's Children Have Progressed and Regressed
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 15 (IPS) - Most of the world's 2.2 billion children are languishing in extreme poverty, ignorance and exploitation, according to Reverend Keishi Miyamoto, who is described as the guiding spirit behind the Tokyo-based Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC). - RIGHTS-US: Journalist on Death Row
BOSTON, Feb 14 (IPS) - Mumia Abu-Jamal, a journalist and black activist who exposed corruption in the Philadelphia police department, is among the best known of America's 3,500 death row inmates. For years, lawyers have been fighting to overturn his 1982 murder conviction. They argue that Abu-Jamal was condemned due to his skin colour and undue influence from the powerful Fraternal Order of Police. - Q&A: "Vitamin A and Zinc Should Be an Essential Part of Malaria Control Strategies"
TORONTO, Feb 13 (IPS) - Malaria continues to cut a swathe through Africa, which accounts for most cases of the disease and the majority of malaria-related deaths. Globally, more than a million people die from malaria each year. In the case of children, this translates into a death every 30 seconds, according to the World Health Organisation. - Q&A: "You Can See the Whole Hemisphere Breathing"
VANCOUVER, Feb 8 (IPS) - Dr. Ralph Keeling is a climate change expert who explores how rises in carbon dioxide influence global oxygen levels. - Q&A: 'International Battles Need To Be Fought Nationally'
ROME, Feb 7 (IPS) - After the recent inauguration of two regional centres in Africa and Asia, the U.N. Millennium Campaign arrives in Europe. The new European office -- headquartered in Rome -- will be headed by Marina Ponti, deputy director of the global campaign and director for Europe. - Q&A: "Ahmad Harun Will Face Justice; It Is His Destiny"
TAMPA, Florida, Feb 6 (IPS) - In April 2007, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its first arrest warrants in a three-year investigation of war crimes in Darfur, Sudan, naming Janjaweed militia leader Ali Kushayb and Sudanese official Ahmad Muhammed Harun, who is believed to have been one of the masterminds behind the well-reported mass killings and displacements in the region.
