INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP North Korea: Getting Back to Talks Seoul/Brussels, 18 June 2009: Last Friday’s UN Security Council Resolution was an appropriately strong and united condemnation of North Korea’s second nuclear test and should be accompanied by strong containment measures and continued effective military deterrence to ensure that the situation does not further deteriorate. But [...]

Upon returning home from Gaza, a friend commented, “It must have been horrifying seeing all the destruction.” And it was. The 22-day Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip laid waste to an already ravaged territory. The landscape is dotted with piles of rubble of bombed out buildings, the twisted iron and aluminum of destroyed factories, [...]

Investment driving Amazon destruction and fuelling climate change Sao Paulo, Brazil, 12 June 2009 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private lending arm of the World Bank, has withdrawn a USD 90 million loan to Brazil’s cattle giant Bertin. The loan was used for the company to further expand into the Amazon region, which [...]

Dear Supporters, friends and interested observers: Our update this week took a bit longer to finish, because we wanted it to be a piece that would stay with you. Thanks to Michael Heart, who gave us permission to use his stunning song, and thanks to Paola, who spent many sleepless hours editing and re-editing, we [...]

Free Gaza Movement launches its “Right to Read” Campaign Dear Friend, In partnership with Al-Aqsa University in Gaza, the Free Gaza Movement (FG) is launching its “Right to Read” campaign which will use the FG boats to deliver textbooks and other educational supplies to universities throughout the occupied Gaza Strip. This is not a charitable [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Lebanon’s Elections: Avoiding a New Cycle of Confrontation Pour lire ce communiqué de presse en français, cliquez ici. Beirut/Brussels, 4 June 2009: The challenge of Lebanon’s 7 June elections will be to bring winners and losers together to avoid triggering another cycle of violent confrontation. Lebanon’s Elections: Avoiding a New Cycle of Confrontation,* [...]

  Greenpeace calls on world leaders to act on climate change and save the Indian Monsoon   Mumbai, India, 4 June, 2009:  The Indian monsoon – the lifeline of the subcontinent – will be significantly affected by climate change, according to a Greenpeace report released on the eve of World Environment Day. As negotiators in [...]