Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Jun (IPS) – Africans strongly support military intervention authorised by the United Nations Security Council to stop serious abuses of human rights in their region, according to a just-released survey which also found that they prefer U.N.… Continue Reading
By David Brown Washington Post Staff Writer June 2005 About 1 million people in the developing world are now getting antiretroviral drugs for AIDS, twice as many as 18 months ago but too few to reach the original goal of… Continue Reading
Fabio Scarpello ACEH BESAR, Indonesia, Jun 27 (IPS) – Riisa moves effortlessly, weaving her hands in harmony with six other young girls. Their embroidered dresses and red headscarves glitter under the midday Acehnese sun.
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – AIDS could spiral out of control in Asia, home to more than half the world’s population, unless authorities step up their fight against the disease, experts say. One in four new infections occurs in… Continue Reading
Xinhua Annan calls for united effort of nations for cause of development. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday called on both developing and developed countries to work together for the cause of development. Annan made the remarks to the General… Continue Reading
Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Jun 27 (IPS) – U.S. President George W. Bush has been significantly exaggerating the amount of money his administration has provided in aid to sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new study released here Monday. Instead of a… Continue Reading
Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Jun (IPS) – Two years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Washington’s image in Europe, Canada and much of the Islamic world remains broadly negative, according to the latest in a series of surveys of public opinion… Continue Reading
Leonardo Boff, Theologian The mass media drunkenness following the death of one Pope and the enthronement of another, or the feast of Corpus Christi, mobilizes millions of persons, and could led us into error as to the true meaning of… Continue Reading
Stephen Leahy BROOKLIN, Canada, Jun (IPS) – Holes in the ozone layer over the Earth’s polar regions remain dangerously large, even as international efforts to solve the problem are flagging, scientists warn. The Arctic region suffered its greatest ever loss… Continue Reading
Jubilee South, a network of debt campaigns, movements and people’s organization from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia and the Pacific, stands firm in its position that no less than the unconditional cancellation of all debts claimed from… Continue Reading
Jubilee South, a network of debt campaigns, movements and people’s organization from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia and the Pacific, stands firm in its position that no less than the unconditional cancellation of all debts claimed from… Continue Reading
Mithre J. Sandrasagra UNITED NATIONS, Jun (IPS) – For the first time ever, civil society has been invited to participate in interactive sessions of the U.N. General Assembly, but the guest list has irked some leading activists who wonder why… Continue Reading
Source: Reuters By Richard Waddington GENEVA, June (Reuters) – Genetically-modified foods can bring benefits both to farmers and consumers, but safety checks will always be needed before they are marketed, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday.
William Fisher NEW YORK, Jun (IPS) – As Amnesty International urged the George W. Bush administration to “close Guantánamo and disclose the situation in the USA’s shadowy network of detention centers around the globe”, a subsidiary of Halliburton, the oil… Continue Reading
Source: Reuters By Ben Hirschler VALLETTA, June (Reuters) – Generic drugs hold the key to AIDS treatment in the developing world, although a target of getting 3 million people on therapy by the end of 2005 may now be out… Continue Reading
Changes include a new code of conduct for peacekeepers and monitors within each mission. By Michael J. Jordan | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor NEW YORK – Since accusations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers in Congo arose a year… Continue Reading
Sanjay Suri LONDON, Jun 21 (IPS) – The developing world needs long-term economic opportunities and not temporary relief, Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon told IPS in an interview Tuesday. ”Until they get economic opportunities, all the rest is just band aid,”… Continue Reading
Analysis by Ferry Biedermann AMMAN, Jun (IPS) – Now that Sunni Arabs have been included, Iraq’s parliamentary committee that is drafting the new constitution is the closest to an elected, representative body that the country has ever seen.
By Silla Brush USNews.com The Bush administration has long called for United Nations reform but sidestepped the specifics. Now, though, the administration has jumped into the debate, backing several changes recommended by a bipartisan task force commissioned by Congress as… Continue Reading
Thalif Deen DOHA, Jun (IPS) – As the cry for increased development assistance continues to intensify, one of the world’s fastest growing gas-rich developing nations in the Middle East has initiated the creation of a new fund to meet some… Continue Reading
