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Glasgow Caledonian pay tribute to political figurehead »

A former leader of the United Nations (UN) together with a renowned Scots singer-songwriter were among the eminent figures to be honoured by a Glasgow university last month. Nobel Laureate Kofi Annan was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by Glasgo...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

Accounting for human rights »

News that the United Kingdom chose to abstain on a crucial UN vote on the Goldstone report is deeply disappointing. Concluding that both Israeli and Palestinian forces committed war crimes, and possibly crimes against humanity, during the conflict in G...

Wed 25 Nov 2009 by John Watson | Read more »

A Precarious Peace »

President Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka came to the end of a 26-year-long war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) on the 18 May 2009. Since then, 'peace' has been balancing on a curtailment of basic freedoms. Despite criticism from the international community, Tamil civ...

Thu 15 Oct 2009 by Iman Qureshi | Read more »

PM ready to make cuts to Britain's nuclear fleet »

Gordon Brown

Having announced preliminary plans to reduce the number of nuclear submarines from four to three, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has faced criticism for maintaining any at all. The UK’s present complement of four Vanguard class nuclear-armed submar...

Wed 07 Oct 2009 by Neil Bennet | Read more »

UN Chief predicts US climate revolution »

Rajendra Pachauri

The chief advisor to the UN on climate change has claimed that a US revolution could come about as a result of proposed carbon cuts. The head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Rajendra Pachauri, claimed that if Barack Obama comm...

Mon 23 Mar 2009 by Demian Hobby | Read more »

UN: fit for purpose? »

The UN

On 2 September 1945, in the calm waters of Tokyo Bay, General Yoshijiro Umezu signed the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Imperial Army General Headquarters, and insodoing officially brought to a close the Second World War. From Hirosh...

Mon 19 Nov 2007 | Read more »

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