NEW YORK – In 2015, around 5.9 million children under the age of five, almost all in developing countries, died from easily preventable or treatable causes. And up to 200 million young children and adolescents do not attend primary or secondary school, owing to poverty, including 110 million through the lower-secondary level, according to a …

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Author: Olivera Z. Mijuskovic, President of the "World Philosophy Network", CEO, Founding Director and Editor-in-Chief of "Philosophical Views", a member of "International Association of Greek Philosophy- University of Athens", Project Leader of…

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Displaced refugee children in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. CREDIT: Julien Harneis (CC)

Introduction

JOANNE MYERS: Good afternoon. I'm Joanne Myers, and on behalf of the…

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In this blog, we report on developments in and around North Korea, including the broader security setting and political, economic and social change in the country.

Marcus Noland: Executive Vice President & Director of Studies at the Peterson Institute for International Economics

Stephan Haggard: Lawrence and Sallye Krause Distinguished…

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Update on the Rule of Law for Human Rights in ASEAN: The Path to Integration

Carnegie Council Pacific Fellow Francis Tom Temprosa is the lead researcher for an important new report titled …

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CREDIT: Ggia - Wikimedia (CC). Syrian and Iraqi refugees arrive at Lesvos, Greece, October 2015.

While migrants seeking to escape conflict, persecution, poverty, and environmental disaster have been…

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Since wars begin in the mind, it is the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.#UNESCO Constitution 1945 (9)

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How can we as humanity construct the defences of peace in the minds/hearts of men?

I think with the advent of innovative technologies,the social media/cyberspace will be a veritable tool to accomplish this task. Wherein, all and sundry will be involved;owing to the ever available Personal Cyber Power (PCP) in the digital world. No one person… Continue

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs is pleased to announce that it has won a Bronze …

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DHAKA – Children die from preventable and treatable conditions like diarrhea and pneumonia every day, with the developing world accounting for the majority of victims. The need to produce innovative and cost-effective solutions that can be delivered in resource-deprived settings could not be more apparent.

Consider pneumonia, which accounts for 15% of all deaths of children under five years old – nearly…

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Author: Olivera Z. Mijuskovic, philosopher, a member of the International Association of Greek Philosophy of the University of Athens, CEO, Founding Director and Editor in Chief of "Philosophical Views" and a President of the "…

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In this blog, we report on developments in and around North Korea, including the broader security setting and political, economic and social change in the country.

Marcus Noland: Executive Vice President & Director of Studies at the Peterson Institute for International Economics

Stephan Haggard: Lawrence and Sallye Krause Distinguished…

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From my personal point of view

 

Author: Olivera Z. Mijuskovic, philosopher, bioethicist, art theorist, journalist and painter

 

Two years ago (in November 2014) I got a call from my dear colleague Piero from Italy to participate in a truly beautiful cultural and scientific idea.…

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Ethics & International Affairs is pleased to announce the publication of the second issue in EIA's 30th anniversary volume.

THE ENTIRE ISSUE IS FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME.

This issue includes an essay by John R. Emery on the humanitarian…

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"It is not enough simply to pray. There are solutions to many problems we face; new mechanisms for dialogue need to be created, along with systems of education to inculcate moral values. These must be grounded in the perspective that we all belong to one human family and that together we can take action to address global challenges." Dalai Lama

(Excerpt from Washington Post article, 6/14/2016, "Collaborative action for a…

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We are pleased to confirm the Postgraduate Bioethics Conference (PGBC) UK 2016 will be held on August 31 and September 1 at the University of Bristol. The theme of the conference will be "Bioethics in Theory; Bioethics in Practice". The conference marks the 10th PGBC and coincides with the 20th anniversary of the University of Bristol’s Centre for Ethics in Medicine. The conference is funded by the Wellcome Trust and…

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Farmers near Lake Sebu, Philippines. CREDIT: ILO/Allan Barredo (CC)

AMBER KIWAN: I'm Amber Kiwan from the Carnegie Council in New York. Last month I went to the United Nations to…

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Dear Prosecutors and other Legal Professionals:

Below you will find information about an Advanced Training on the Prosecution of International Crimes with a focus on addressing conflict-related sexual violence, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 28 July - 3 August, 2016.  

The problem

Violations of International Criminal Law are committed on an unprecedented level, while transnational crime is also increasing in Africa and around the world. More and more,…

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LONDON – “Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him.” These words, spoken by Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, should be taken as a test of our sincerity, and as a challenge to our complacency, when considering the fate of the 30 million children displaced from their homes by civil wars and natural disasters.

More boys and girls have been uprooted by crisis than at any time since 1945. They are…

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