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In the recently concluded World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference in Hong Kong last December, industrialised nations got what they wanted from developing countries, as shown in the services text of the conference declaration. Now, the US is seeking to step up its advantage by actively pursuing bilateral trade negotiations, even at the expense of people’s welfare.

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Multinational companies (MNCs) exert undue influence over the World Trade Organization (WTO) policymaking process, a recently launched report of Action Aid International says. “Under the Influence” reports that corporate lobby groups are ensuring that multinational corporate interests are prioritised in trade policies at the expense of poor people worldwide.

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In any war, the most vulnerable members of the community are usually women, children, older people, and people with disability. Surviving bombs and bullets, they continue to face challenges even after the troops are gone.

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Small arms, according to the United Nations, are the real weapons of mass destruction, killing over 500,000 people worldwide (or 10,000 weekly) in 2005 alone.

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Of the developing nations in Asia, China and India have shown the most rapid economic growth, fast joining the United States and Europe as superpowers.

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Far from just being an end-of-the-world scenario in films, climate change is now terrifyingly real.