By: Lin Gao A file picture of American and Chinese flags fluettering at Genting Snow Park, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP) One of the key tools of international peacekeeping of recent decades has been an unofficial but concerted effort called “Track 2 diplomacy”. So named because it takes place outside of official, so-called Track 1 channels, Track 2 seeks to alleviate tensions by building relationships between citizens and institutions of potentially rival states, helping the

By: Khaled A. BaRahma Credit: Reuters.com According to news reports, Yemeni Journalists Syndicate, and Gulf Center for Human Rights, a bomb planted in Saber al-Haidari's car exploded while he was driving in al-Mansoura district of the southern port city of Aden on June 15th, killing him at the scene. One other person who was traveling with alHaidari was injured and two others were killed in the explosion, according to the Gulf Center. According to those news reports, there wa

On Wednesday June 22, Danilo Türk, former President of Slovenia, President of Club de Madrid and member of the UNSGs High-level Advisory Board for Effective Multilateralism, will share his reflections on the links between the war in Ukraine, multilateral peace and security mechanisms and the retreat of democracy, as well as the proposals that have come out of Club de Madrid´s recent work on this front, including reform proposals for ‘Our Common Agenda’, and ideas beyond it in

By: Claus Mueller, Senior Editor PC: www.ITVS.com We live in a period with unending destruction of the natural environment. This destruction ranges from the large-scale unfreezing of Siberian permafrost to the destruction of Indonesian jungle forests for palm oil and the desertification of huge African regions. Documentaries about the action guided opposition of indigenous and other peoples who are victimized but refuse to accept these conditions are welcome. DELIKADO, a 2022

African Consul General Forum group photo On Friday June 10th, the African Consul General Forum and the New York City Mayor's Office for International Affairs celebrated Africa Day. This in-person celebration attracted delegates and friends of Africa commemorating the founding of the organization of African Unity on May 25th, which is also celebrated globally by Africans. This year, the celebration included the Consul Generals of Algeria, Angola, Ethiopia, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt

By: Khaled A. BaRahma Credit: OCHA/Giles Clarke Background: U.N. statistics show that 80 percent of the country's 30 million people live in extreme poverty, while 58 percent rely on humanitarian aid and face the most severe humanitarian crisis in the world. Thus, the move toward a truce could therefore enable the focus to be on the internal dynamics that brought about the war in the first place. The U.S. envoy and U.N. envoy to Yemen jointly call for a Yemen peace conference

Jeddah, 8 June 2022 The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) dispatched a mission to observe the referendum that took place on June 05, 2022, in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The OIC mission observed the referendum process in the capital, Nur-Sultan, and its suburbs and noted with satisfaction that it was conducted in a peaceful, transparent, and orderly manner. H.E. Hissein Brahim Taha, the OIC’s Secretary-General, congratulated the government a

By: Claus Mueller, Senior Editor Premiering in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival, FATHER by Sdran Golubovic won several awards for its realistic portrayal of a father’s struggle to reclaim his children, removed from him because the local welfare officer declared him incompetent to take care of them. Nikola is an underemployed semi-skilled blue collar worker, denied the compensation he was owed when he lost his last job. Because of the seemingly insurmountabl