Ban urges greater efforts to boost women’s role in peace and security Countries need to take more action to increase the role of women in the search for peace and justice and enhance their input in decision-making, even though positive steps have been made in recent... Read Article

Security fears 'erode free press' Security worries can erode freedoms even in democratic nations and undermine press freedom, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says. Read Article

Ahtisaari says credit crunch is break on global peace efforts London - The credit crunch is slowing down peacemaking in the world's conflict zones by undermining the economic development of war-torn countries, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari said... Read Article

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2008 The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2008 to Martti Ahtisaari for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve... Read Article

Religions for Peace and Millennium Campaign forge alliance against poverty Religious Leaders of Different Faiths Pledge with Heads of State
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Zimbabwe ‘week of peace’ THE week commencing 11 September should be declared a “Week of Peace” in Zimbabwe in honour of the political will demonstrated by our leaders to end the political crisis that had ravished our... Read Article

Rocking the world In a career that has spanned three decades and more than 100 countries, Jeffrey Sachs, perhaps the world's most famous macroeconomist (and certainly the economist with the most famous friends), has... Read Article

India points the way to new global realities WORLD VIEW: 'THE GLOBAL governance structure needs to be more democratic and more representative of all the people of the world, with a greater voice for the developing countries." The president of... Read Article

The value of keeping order - A dismal calculus Yes, peacekeeping makes sense: an accountant's view Read Article