And explore fascinating. Both heritage dw World Heritage 360. Now the, their cold wind countries descend into war and turmoil. Un peacekeepers often the last bastion to protect civilians when states fail. Successful peacekeeping requires the highest standards of conduct by all are United Nations peacekeepers, both cvn and uniforms. But what do we really know about those who are sent to bring peace . We get some really pretty useless troops as a pretty broad for the ones as well. With this investigation, we can reveal that at least 2 countries, some is keepers that were implicated in torture and murder back home. I better witness to multiple extrajudicial giddings, including cold blooded clinic and that the un seemingly turned a blind eye. This is in tennessee written lodge, and nobody has done anything to stop that. The were in the dash with nearly 6000. 00 peacekeepers deployed world wide, its one of the largest contributors of troops to un missions. Cheer up on good options you when
Welcome to hardtalk a significant shift is afoot in the world of International Development, more of the Decision Making power is being located in the global south, closer to the front line on the wall in poverty. There is less talk of aid and more of empowerment, self help and more of empowerment, self help and local solutions. And at the forefront of this is my guest today, winnie byanyima, the ugandan boss of oxfa m winnie byanyima, the ugandan boss of Oxfam International, who is overseeing the ngos move from the uk to can you. Is International Development currently and fit for purpose . Kenya. And fit. Unfit. Winnie byanyima, wellcome. Thank you, stephen. We have talked to quite a number of top officials on this programme, the bosses of international ngos, you are different from most because of your back story. Do you feel somewhat different from your peers in this world . Different from your peers in this world . A little bit. Not completely. I feel different because there are few
Is afoot in the world winnie byanyima, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. We have talked to quite a number of top officials on this programme, big bosses of international ngos, you are different from most because of your back story. Do you feel somewhat different from your peers in this world . A little bit. Not completely. I feel different because there are few heads, maybe i am the first, head of a Global Organisation from africa, from the south and who is a woman. Combining all those three. So yes, sometimes i feel a bit different, but generally feel the same with my peers. We are all passionate, we share the same values and we fight the same causes. I am interested you picked that word fight, your life compared to most of your peers has been defined by this notion of struggle and fight. Sometimes in the most liberal sense, because you did spend a couple of years in the ugandan bush fighting against the dictatorship in uganda. So for you, this idea of struggle does seem to be
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Five taliban commanders held at guantanamo. We will speak with colonel morris davis and sean smith. He spent time with bergdahl in afghanistan and recently produced a video focused on his father bob bergdahl in idaho. I dont think anybody can relate to the prisoners at guantanamo more, i dont think, then our family and our family because it is the same thing. , andn is a prisoner of war and end with reconciliation negotiations with the enemy. And prisoners of war should be part of that dialogue. And i insist that it will be. Then, in a major press freedom case, the Supreme Court has denied the appeal of New York Times reporter james risen who faces a possible prison term for refusing to reveal a confidential source. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has called on congress to support a 1 billion plan to ramp up u. S. Military presence across europe amidst tensions between russia and ukrain