Just Published What is happening in Poznan?
United Nations-led talks in Poznan, Poland – which start today – will mark the half-way stage of negotiations to form a new global agreement to prevent dangerous climate change. The process began last year at a conference in Bali, Indonesia and will end in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December 2009. The agreement will succeed the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. Yvo De Boer, executive director of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... more »
The SWISH Report (13), Paul Rogers
A report from the South Waziristan Institute of Strategic Hermeneutics to the International Security Unit of the Obama Transition Team, Washington DC, on the condition and future of the war on terror.
Part 1 [The second part of the SWISH report to the ISU of the OTT will be published on 15 December 2008]
Thank you for this unexpected yet welcome invitation. We appreciate that you will have a wealth of advice coming to you from universities, think-tanks, defence-industry... more »
Syrian Women's Rights: "the fight does not stop here",
- Play: - Length: 24:56 minutes (22.83 MB) - Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
- Subscribe to openDemocracy Podcasts in iTunes- - Download the MP3 File here
In Syria, decree 121 specifically bans organisations working for women's rights, but many women's groups and associations have met informally in private places for years. In this podcast, women from four different organisations based in Damascus speak to Jane Gabriel about their efforts to improve... more »
Posts
