A Glance at Mediators Beyond Borders International
Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) works to “build local skills for peace and promote [conflict] mediation worldwide” by...
Age Demands Action: The Imperative Need of an International Convention on the Rights of Old People
The Open Ended Working Group on Ageing, established by the General Secretariat of the United Nations in 2010 via resolution 65/182 [1],...
The Shortcomings of SDGs and Possible Solutions
In the year 2000, the United Nations realized the need to better protect the Earth from both old and new challenges. There 8 Millennium...
An Introduction to Peacebuilding and Religion
Religious peacebuilding is generally defined as “community-oriented processes that are relationship-centered and participatory” [1]....
UN Member States Review their Progress on Cities
At the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015, all 193 UN member states adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...
The Trump Administration: A Lesson on Inhumanity
On April 6, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the zero-tolerance policy, which separated approximately 2,000 migrant...
The 9th session of the Open Ended Working Group on Ageing: Outcome Document
The 9th session of the open-ended working group on ageing took place at the United Nations from July 23rd to July 26th, 2018 [1]. The...
What to Look Out for After HLPF 2018: Secretary-General António Guterres’ Closing Remarks
On Wednesday, July 18, 2018, the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres gave his closing remarks at the end of the High...
What is CoPN?
The first war in history is believed to have taken place in Egypt as early as 3,150 BCE when the Pharaoh Menes of the south conquered...
Nonviolence International in Ukraine
Why are we focusing on our Ukraine partners? Although there are several conflicts that have made the headlines recently, Ukraine has not...
