global governance

Native People Demand Autonomy Over Territory

In the view of governments, international bodies and some sectors of civil society participating in negotiations towards new global rules on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the REDD programme is the last chance to save tropical rainforests. But to the representatives of indigenous peoples who live in the forests in question, REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries) is just one of many superfluous mechanisms devised by governments and (...) read

To save the world from hell

> September 2005, published in Le Monde Diplomatique

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This article looks at some of the reasons behind calls for UN reform and considers some of the difficulties the body has recently faced; maintaining a democratic structure, despite its dominance by the P-5 (permanent five member states on the Security Council); increasingly weakened peacekeeping missions; and its cumbersome and bureaucratic management.  read