Tutti i temi: Sicurezza

29.06.2005 The recent interception of a young Palestinian women on her way to attack an Israeli hospital where she was being treated for burns makes Ami Isseroff wonder if the violence is now driven by a group of "rent-a-terrorists" who are afraid that peace would render them unemployed. And what does this new level of depravity portend for the future of the Middle East?

27.06.2005 Recent reports show the Bush administration continues to press for the militarization of space, claiming it would protect U.S. interests and ensure U.S. military dominance. Critics, however, dismiss the plan as not cost effective and unlikely to achieve its goals. But the greatest danger, writes economist Richard Kaufman, is that the program may increase global nuclear proliferation.

21.06.2005 The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said on Tuesday that the Organization should devote more attention to curbing the spread of small arms and light weapons and securing stockpiles of conventional ammunition.

20.06.2005 While the violence in Iraq continues to garner attention, the situation in Haiti--where the Bush administration also played a key role in creating regime change--is going from bad to desperate, reports Jim Lobe of Inter Press Service.

15.06.2005 The EU Police Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUPM) started the monitoring of the preparations by the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Srpska, regarding the security at the forthcoming Commemoration Ceremony in Srebrenica.

15.06.2005 There are remaining 209,5 square kilometers of suspected mine-field in 19 towns and municipalities in the Osijek-Baranja District, which puts the District on the last place of the list of most polluted areas in Croatia in terms of land-mine pollution.

15.06.2005 As aid workers and agencies face increasing threats, 70 NGOs met last week to focus on the many successes in Iraq. Agreeing on the need for stronger advocacy and the creation of a safe space for humanitarian work, the sector showed confidence in proposals to create a worker-protection plan within two months.

14.06.2005 Megunraodnata federacija na novinari na 9. juni izrazi sokantnosti i zagrizenost zaradi obidot za ubistvo na kosovskiot novinar Bardil Ajeti, koj e pogoden na 3.juni. Ajeti e prefrlen vo bolnica vo Milano kade se naoga vo kriticna , no stabilna sostojba na kursimite, koi ostanale vo negovata glava i vo drugite delovi na teloto.

13.06.2005 Somalia's Transitional Federal Government, which has been based in Nairobi, Kenya since it was formed eight months ago, finally began relocating to Mogadishu this week. Despite the failure of previous promises to return to its own capital, analysts are optimistic that this relocation will be carried out, citing the interim president's lead as a positive sign.

13.06.2005 On June 9, The International Federation of Journalists expressed its shock and concern over the attempted murder of Kosovo journalist, Bardhyl Ajeti, shot on Friday 3 June. Ajeti has been flown to a hospital in Milan where he remains in a critical but stable condition with a bullet resting in his head and another in his body.

11.06.2005 La sécurité mondiale et la « guerre contre le terrorisme » dominent aujourd’hui le programme politique au niveau international. Sous la poussée des États-Unis, un nombre croissant de mesures « antiterroristes » et de « sécurité » sont adoptées par des pays du monde entier. Ce nouveau paradigme « sécuritaire » sert à restreindre les libertés et à accroître les pouvoirs policiers de façon à exercer un contrôle toujours plus grand sur les personnes et les populations.

08.06.2005 Post 9/11, the global war on terrorism and heightened threat perception levels have meant that global defence spending in 2003 touched a record high, even in cash-strapped developing countries. A new report ‘Military spending and development’, published by the British global research reporting agency id21, finds that military spending reached over US$1 trillion (1,000 billion) -- a level last seen during the Cold War.

07.06.2005 CIVIL - Human rights and civil society development Ngo, and the Journalists for Rights of Women and Children and Environmental Protection implement the “SAY NO TO ARMS” campaign, conducted under the Global Week Against Small Arms, June 6-12. The global campaign was initiated by International Action Network for Small Arms IANSA.

06.06.2005 The landscape of global security is a muddled and complicated one, encompassing issues of water, weapons, disease, oil, population, climate change, unemployment...the list goes on and on. The Worldwatch Institute helps to straighten it all out with a set of articles and discussion questions on the key issues that are re-defining our times.

03.06.2005 Da ieri pomeriggio, Medici Senza Frontiere (MSF) non ha più notizie di due suoi operatori che si stavano recando, a bordo di una jeep chiaramente identificabile dai logo dell'organizzazione, verso il campo sfollati di Jina (regione di Djugu), situato a circa 35 km a Nord di Bunia, capitale dell'Ituri. Alcuni testimoni riferiscono di averli visti mentre venivano fermati e condotti a piedi, da alcuni uomini armati non identificati, verso un luogo sconosciuto. MSF condanna questo gesto incomprensibile e esige la liberazione incondizionata e immediata.