Доклад и комментарий Ашгабат, 18 мая 2011 (nCa) — Появились некоторые признаки того, что в ближайшее время начнется процесс по мирному урегулированию ситуации в Афганистане. Такие перспективы были отмечены и в ответах специального представителя Генерального Секретаря ООН и первого заместителя министра иностранных дел Туркменистана на вопросы агентства nCa в понедельник 16 мая. Возможность задать вопросы […]
Archives for 18/05/2011
Egypt’s Second Grassroots Resurgence
Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir The Egyptian people must still yet overturn an overbearing force that has marginalized them for generations: top-down government control of budgets and local development. Egypt’s central government administration consumes the far majority of public resources, allocating just 15 percent for local administration spending, which is less than half of the average percent […]
Nobel Laureates hand over recommendations to UN High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability
An emergency call from the future: The Stockholm Memorandum concludes that the planet has entered a new geological age, the Anthropocene. It recommends a suite of urgent and far-reaching actions for decision makers and societies to become active stewards of the planet for future generations. The verdict from the trial of humanity, which opened the […]
Peace in Afghanistan: Breakthrough in sight?
Ashgabat, 18 May 2011 (nCa) — There are some indications that announcement may come soon about the start of the peace process in Afghanistan. A special representative of the UN Secretary General, and the first deputy foreign minister of Turkmenistan, mentioned such possibilities when answering a question by nCa Monday (16 May). The opportunity for […]
Turkmenistan refutes Russian publication allegations
Ashgabat, 18 May 2011 (nCa) — The government of Turkmenistan has issued a press statement, refuting the allegations made by RBC, a Russia based publication. RBC, quoting an obscure think tank, asserted that the legal framework in Turkmenistan was inadequate to protect foreign investments. It cited the case of MTS, the Russian cellphone and wireless […]