Oscar-winner for Best Film in 2008, Slumdog Millionaire, highlights both the plight and the very real existence for millions of orphans and vulnerable children living in the slums and on the streets of India and in many countries around the world. Many of these children are runaways from abusive homes or orphans forced to beg [...]

At Last! We are beginning to see new leadership that understands the importance of sustainable, safe, clean energy production. Our new President has spoken clearly about America needing new and better sources of power, and his willingness to support those efforts. The positive trickle down effect has already begun. As just one example, two weeks [...]

Dear ONE Member, Zimbabwe was once one of the most promising countries in Africa with a thriving agricultural industry, one of the region’s highest literacy rates and a robust healthcare system. Today, the people of Zimbabwe are facing desperation. Twenty eight years of increasingly dictatorial rule by President Robert Mugabe have led to hyperinflation, food [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Nurturing Instability: Lebanon’s Palestinian Refugee Camps Beirut/Brussels, 19 February 2009: Filled with hundreds of thousands of marginalised and heavily armed Palestinians deprived of basic political rights, Lebanon’s refugee camps are a time bomb that needs urgent attention. Nurturing Instability: Lebanon’s Palestinian Refugee Camps,* the latest International Crisis Group report, examines conditions and [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Nepal’s Faltering Peace Process Kathmandu/Brussels, 19 February 2009: Despite successful elections and a lasting military ceasefire, Nepal’s peace process is facing its most severe tests yet. Nepal’s Faltering Peace Process,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines the fragile state of Nepal’s peace process. Ten months after the elections, the [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP The Philippines: Running in Place in Mindanao Jakarta/Brussels, 16 February 2009: The Philippines government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) should focus on reaching a ceasefire in central Mindanao, especially as a broader settlement of the conflict seems out of reach during the remaining tenure of the Arroyo administration. The Philippines: [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Tajikistan: On the Road to Failure Dushanbe/Brussels, 12 February 2009: Far from being a bulwark against the spread of violence from Afghanistan, Tajikistan is looking increasingly like its southern neighbour – a weak state that is suffering from a failure of leadership. Tajikistan: On the Road to Failure,* the latest report from [...]