Opinions

We reproduce here the Editorial from the First Committee Monitor, the weekly publication from our friends at Reaching Critical Will, published during the weeks of debate in the United Nations General Assembly. A few days before the vote on the…

The trial of Golden Dawn (GD) continues with revelations that should: a) make institutions such as the Greek Police provide a series of explanations; b) make the political elite condemn fascism and Nazism every 10 minutes; and c) make the…

Banks and corporations are being liberated from the rule of law, and are ripping the world apart. What have governments learnt from the financial crisis? I could write a column spelling it out. Or I could do the same job…

The United Nations General Assembly adopts countless resolutions on nuclear weapons, every year. But this year something was different. At the UN headquarters in New York, a significant battle over nuclear weapons took place. Taking the form of competing resolutions,…

Nuclear weapons: yes or no? This article courtesy of our friends at Wildfire>_. Everyone wants nuclear disarmament, right? All countries support the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons – at least, that’s what they keep telling us at…

At the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), nuclear disarmament resolutions passed this week by large majorities in the First Committee show continued and growing support for disarmament measures “in a new key.” These measures have arisen under the banner of…

The TTIP (The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) aka US-EU Free Trade Agreement together with the TTP (same, for the Pacific Rim) are the biggest threats today to national sovereignty and democracy. If imposed big corporations will be able to…

For many people, it is easier, safer and more comfortable to live in a world of delusion, particularly when this delusion requires no effort to seek out and understand truths that might prove unpalatable. If the delusion is one that…

As the UN General Assembly debates continue, Reaching Critical Will produces a weekly publication, First Committee Monitor, which deals with the issues raised in the First Committee, responsible for disarmament issues.  Pressenza is publishing this week’s editorial article by Ray…

Rene Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens In an exceptional presentation on 31 October 2015, at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer presented…