This article is based on the content analysis of two comprehensive presentations made in August 2009. The first was made by General Sarath Fonseka, the former Army Commander, at an event organized by the Postgraduate Institute of Management Alumni (PIMA). The second presentation was made by the Defence Secretary, Mr Gothabaya Rajapaksa at Business Today Top 10 Corporate Awards ceremony. The lis...

1Adjunct Professor, Instituto Biomédico, Universidade Federal Fluminense. Specialist in Sports Medicine from Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina do Exercício e do Esporte (SBMEE) and Cardiology from Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC). Former President of the Brazilian Society of Sports Medicine (2009/2011). Secretary General of the Panamerican Confederation of Sports Medicine (Copamede). Tr...

In 2003 the United Nations issued a decree, the Secretary-General’s Bulletin (SGB), prohibiting acts of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse by UN Staff, where sexual exploitation is defined as “any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sex...

A former HHS secretary reflects on what's needed to enable more minorities to become doctors and other health professionals.

Since the publication of the 2015 Global Terrorism Index (GTI), the Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) agenda has gained attention and become more clearly defined. Of course, reservations remain, for example concerning definitions, data, and drivers; the genesis and ultimate purpose of PVE; and the risks associated with the implementation of the agenda. Nevertheless, momentum is developing. The...

T Economic and Social Council will hold its Special high-level meeting with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on 22 April 2013 at United Nations Headquarters, New York. The overall theme of the meeting will be “Coherence, coordination and cooperation in the context of financing for sustainable development and ...

in recent years, talk of climate justice has really taken off. on September 21, 2014, more than 300,000 people participated in the New York City “People’s Climate March,” many rallying around demands for climate justice. High-profile activists such as Bill McKibben, Jane Goodall, and Vandana Shiva participated, and so did United States senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT) a...