New Delhi: The former Union Law Minister and senior lawyer, Ram Jethmalani, caused a flutter at an international conference on terrorism here on Saturday by alleging that Wahabism was responsible for terrorism, provoking a walkout by Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to India Faisal-al-Trad. In his address, Mr. Jethmalani, who is president of the All-India Senior Advocates Association, said: “Unfortunately...
First Lady Leila Ben Ali, Chairwoman of the Arab Women Organisation (AWO), made a statement upon her arrival Saturday in Rome, Italy, on the occasion of her participation in works of the Second Summit of First Ladies of member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement on Food Security and Women's Access to Resources.
On the eve of the World Summit on Food Security, the first ladies of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) met on Sunday at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters here to discuss women's role in the global fight against hunger. The meeting was chaired by Suzanne Mubarak of Egypt, wife of President Hosni Mubarak, and focused on how to improve women's access to productive resources in order...
The Internationalist Indian in Lond (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Exactly 120 years ago, India's first and longest-serving Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru , was born in Allahabad in the modern north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. A student of Harrow and Trinity College (Cambridge), Nehru like Gandhi was then called to the Bar at London's Inner Temple in 1912. But unlike Gandhi he did not spend much time in the legal profession, instead he answered the Mahatma's...
Added November 03, 2009 Authored by Lieutenant Colonel Brian K. Hedrick. SOURCE: Strategic Studies Institute United States Army War College Brief Synopsis India’s transformation to modernize its military, obtain “strategic partnerships” with the United States and other nations, and expand its influence in the Indian Ocean and beyond includes a shift from an emphasis on the former...
Review of Gerald Horne, The End of Empires: African Americans and India . “The Vanguard of Anti-Imperialism...” Gerald Horne is an historian who has been revealing neglected aspects of African American history for several decades, particularly those relating to class struggle, communism, and what W E B Du Bois referred to as the global ‘colour line’. In The Deepest South , he...
New York - The UN General Assembly on Thursday voted 114-18 to adopt a controversial report on the Israel-Hamas fighting in the Gaza Strip earlier this year. The majority voting bloc of Arab and Non-Aligned Movement countries in the 192-nation assemb...
Arab and Non-Aligned Movement countries Wednesday called upon the UN General Assembly to act upon the report and findings of the UN fact finding mission on the Gaza conflict to further prevent "ongoing lack of accountability." The statement came as UN Egyptian Ambassador Maged Abdelaziz introduced a draft resolution to the plenary session of the 64th General Assembly session during the debate...
MANILA, Oct. 25 (PNA) -- The Philippines will push for the deferment in its hosting of the meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), one of the largest and most influential international bodies pushing for world peace.
Manila - The Philippines Saturday postponed the December meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) it was scheduled to host, in order to recover from two devastating tropical storms. The Special NAM Ministerial Meeting on Inter-faith Dialogue and Coo...
The Philippines is asking for a postponement of the ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) for its pre-occupation with relief and rehabilitation in the wake of two destructive tropical cyclones. "Because of what we are experiencing, and we really need all hands on deck in relief and rehabilitation, that's why the president and Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo are studying...
Labour’s online sheep certainly didn’t like it when their line of attack over who the Tories sit with in Europe was fired straight back at them on Sunday. Dan Hamilton over at CentreRight has exposed even more scum who Labour choose to sit with in the Party of European Socialists. Once again how can they dare attack the Conservatives when they are in bed with this lot: The first is the...
Since 1947, India has not fully pledged itself to any camp or global pole during the Cold War and as a result was a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement (N.A.M.). Since the post-Cold War era that position has eroded. New Delhi has been gradually moving away from its traditional position, relationships, and policies in the international arena for over a decade.
by Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS - A U.S. decision to stall Security Council action against Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas for war crimes during the 22-day conflict in Gaza last December has come under heavy fire both from inside and outside the United Nations. Addressing the Security Council Wednesday, the chair of the 118-member Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ambassador Maged Abdelaziz...
NAM wants Israel to be responsible for Gaza crimes 115 countries of the Non-aligned Movement (NAM) have called on the UN Security Council to hold Israel responsible for atrocities committed in Gaza during its offensive. NAM Ambassador Maged Abdelaziz asked the Security Council on Wednesday to "seriously consider and act upon the recommendations" of the UN Fact Finding Mission headed by Richard...
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