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PAKISTAN: Electoral Process Is Self-Contradictory
20 March 2010 1:42pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Pakistan claims to provide a universal right to vote to all its citizens, which proves to be contradictory to the facts. Indeed, the members of the Ahmadi community have been denied this fundamental right. The shameful regulations implemented against ... More >>
Hope for a Cyclone Ravaged Pacific
20 March 2010 1:38pm | United Nations Development Programme
Shortly after Cyclone Pat tore through one of the Cook Islands’ most popular tourist destinations it became clear that quick action to rebuild homes and livelihoods was needed to head off another blow to Aitutaki’s fragile economy. More >>
PIFS Secretary General Signs MoU With Australia
20 March 2010 1:31pm | Pacific Islands Forum
The Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Tuiloma Neroni Slade has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Foreign Minister of Australia, Mr Stephen Smith covering Australia’s annual membership contribution to the Forum ... More >>
Brown Reiterates Support for Turkey’s EU bid
20 March 2010 1:28pm | 10 Downing Street
The Prime Minister reiterated his support for Turkey’s bid to become part of the European Union as he met the Turkish Prime Minister. In a joint press conference with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Gordon Brown said Europe would benefit ... More >>
Action needed on Norwegian offshore reflagging
20 March 2010 1:24pm | International Transport Workers Federation
ITF seafarer representatives meeting in Berlin have warned that unless action is taken now there could soon be a situation where there are no Norwegian seafarers left in Norway’s offshore sector. More >>
ASIA: Human rights in Sri Lanka & Philippines
20 March 2010 1:05pm | ALRC
The ALRC wishes to highlight the lack of credible action by the government of the Philippines concerning the November 23, 2009, massacre in Maguindanao, in which 57 persons travelling to register a candidate in local elections were massacred by the ... More >>
Global Data Watch
20 March 2010 12:48pm | JP Morgan
Historic slide in core inflation in developed economies will reverberate through economy, policy, and markets in 2010; Inflation dynamics are quite different in the EM, where central banks are inching toward policy normalization. More >>
Lack Of Females On Climate Change Panel Criticised
20 March 2010 12:46pm | MediaGlobal
The new High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing, assembled to determine how to direct funds secured at Copenhagen and apply them to thwarting climate change in developing countries, was criticized for having no female representatives out ... More >>
Human Rights Groups Urge States From Resolutions
20 March 2010 12:41pm | Article 19
Forty-seven international, regional and national civil society organisations - have written to Member States of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) expressing their opposition to draft resolutions on "combating defamation of religions" and on complementary ... More >>
Security Council Votes To Expand Somali Sanctions
20 March 2010 12:32pm | United Nations
The Security Council today agreed to extend the United Nations panel of experts monitoring compliance with sanctions related to the conflict in Somalia for another year and to expand its mandate to try to maintain the arms embargo imposed in the region. More >>
UNICEF Assists Those In Cyclone Affected Areas
20 March 2010 11:47am | UNICEF
Landslides, destruction to homes, schools and health centers, and damage to vegetation were sighted when United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF Pacific) Emergency Coordinator, Mr Hamish Weatherly, accompanied the Australian Airforce which flew over the cyclone ... More >>
Managing Diversity A Challenge For All, Says UN
20 March 2010 11:45am | United Nations
Even the world’s most homogeneous country faces the challenge of constructively managing diversity, the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide said today, calling on States to recognize the need to end discrimination and inequalities ... More >>
First-Ever French Language Day Celebrated At UN
20 March 2010 11:43am | United Nations
The United Nations is celebrating French language today as part of a new initiative to raise awareness and respect for the history, culture and achievements of each of the six official languages of the world body. More >>
Costa Rica as a Peaceful State
20 March 2010 11:40am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
In its most positive light, Costa Rica has had a long and impressive history as a pacifist state. This history finds its roots in the colonial period, starting with Columbus’ fourth and final voyage in 1502. The Spaniards called the present-day ... More >>
UN Calls For Two Pesticides To Join Watch List
20 March 2010 11:33am | United Nations
United Nations experts have recommended that two pesticides be added to a trade “watch list” under a UN-backed treaty aimed at helping poorer countries more effectively manage potentially harmful imported substances. More >>
UN Reaches 2.7 Million Pakistanis With Food Aid
20 March 2010 11:27am | United Nations
The United Nations food agency distributed some 37,000 metric tons of food to more than 2.7 million people in conflict-affected areas of Pakistan this month, including 1.6 million people who were displaced at the height of the crisis in 2009 and who ... More >>
Central Africa: Ending Arms Trade Way To Peace
20 March 2010 11:26am | United Nations
The efforts of Central African nations to consolidate peace and further development are being thwarted by weapons trafficking, top United Nations officials warned today, calling on Member States to do all they can to eradicate this scourge. More >>
US: Physicians Unfavorable To Health Care Reform
20 March 2010 11:16am | HCD Research
A new media study among 900 physicians revealed that the majority of physicians (71%) reported that they are not in favor of the Obama administration’s plans for health care reform. More >>
Disaster Preparedness Key To Saving Lives – Ban
20 March 2010 11:10am | United Nations
Lives can be saved and the destruction of property minimized when natural disasters strike if governments invest adequate resources in disaster risk reduction measures, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
Support For World’s Poorest Nations Must Not Waver
20 March 2010 11:07am | United Nations
The progress made over the past decade in lifting the world’s most vulnerable nations out of poverty has been undermined since the global recession began, according to a senior United Nations official, who urged rich countries not to renege on their ... More >>
UN Calls For Resumption Of Middle East Peace Talks
20 March 2010 11:00am | United Nations
The United Nations-supported diplomatic group promoting peace in the Middle East today called on the Israeli and Palestinian sides to resume negotiations as soon as possible with the aim of reaching a settlement within two years. More >>
UN Lauds Progress Of Cash-For-Work Scheme
20 March 2010 10:58am | United Nations
A senior United Nations official has lauded the progress achieved by the men and women of Haiti involved in the cash-for-work programme, which was identified as one of the priority activities in the early recovery agenda following the 12 January ... More >>
FPI Overnight Brief
20 March 2010 10:54am | Foreign Policy Initiative
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Russia’s foreign minister clashed publicly Thursday over an announcement that Russia would complete a nuclear power plant in Iran this summer. Mrs. Clinton said the announcement, made during her visit, ... More >>
CDF Thanks Troops For Commitment To East Timor
20 March 2010 10:33am | Australian Department Of Defence
The Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, has thanked soldiers and their families for their commitment to restoring stability in East Timor. More >>
Hungary: Hindus Condemn Molotov Attack On Roma
20 March 2010 10:28am | Rajan Zed
Hindus have strongly condemned reported Molotov cocktail attack on Roma homes in Hungary on March 18. Expressing shock, acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, asked for its early and thorough investigation and ... More >>
RNZAF C-130 Hercules Helps In Wake Of “Tomas”
19 March 2010 2:54pm | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force Te Ope Kaatua O Aotearoa Media Release Friday 19 March 2010 More >>
Tax transparency: Country-by-country reviews
19 March 2010 12:06pm | OECD
The international fight against cross-border tax evasion has entered a new phase with the launch by countries participating in the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information of a peer review process covering a first group of 15 jurisdictions: ... More >>
Governments fail to protect bluefin tuna
19 March 2010 12:04pm | Greenpeace
Doha, Qatar - March 18 2010, Greenpeace condemns the failure of governments meeting for at the CITES (Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species), to agree any measures to protect endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna. More >>
Shocking situation of Guarani tribe in Brazil
19 March 2010 12:02pm | Survival International
The situation of the Guarani tribe of southern Brazil is one of the worst of all indigenous peoples in the Americas, says a new report by Survival International to the UN. More >>
Film about salt fields of India’s Kutch
19 March 2010 12:00pm | Rajan Zed
A short experimental film about the salt fields of Central Kutch in India has made into the competitive category in internationally renowned 48th Ann Arbor Film Festival of USA being held March 23-28, according to reports. More >>
Chief of Defence Force Visits East Timor
19 March 2010 11:57am | Australian Defence Force
The Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, arrived in Dili this afternoon for a two day visit to East Timor. More >>
Sudan: kidnapped staff member is free
19 March 2010 11:53am | International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva/Khartoum (ICRC) – Gauthier Lefèvre, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff member abducted in West Darfur on 22 October 2009, is free. More >>
Daily Press Briefing - March 18
19 March 2010 11:45am | US State Department
I’d first like to note that the United States and Pakistan will hold their first strategic dialogue at the ministerial level in Washington, D.C. on March the 24th. Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Qureshi will co-chair the talks. Topics for ... More >>
Remarks With Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
19 March 2010 11:43am | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Sergey. Thank you for hosting me and my delegation today in Moscow and thanks to the Russian Government for hosting the Quartet meeting that we will be attending. More >>
G8/G20 People’s Summit in Toronto
19 March 2010 11:41am | Canadians.org
Three months from today the 2010 People’s Summit will begin in Toronto , and is inviting people from across Canada and around the world to come to Toronto to challenge the policies of the G8 and G20 this June. More >>
The Future of Inter-American Relations
19 March 2010 11:38am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
“[It is] important to keep before ourselves and the Latin American peoples at all times the reality of the thesis that we are a great power; that we are by and large much less in need of them than they are in need of us; that we are entirely prepared ... More >>
Delay of the President’s Asia Trip
19 March 2010 11:15am | The White House
The President is pleased that the House has posted the health care legislation on the Internet and that a final vote is coming. More >>
IDB Project: Massive Displacement in Latin America
19 March 2010 11:14am | Americas Program
Failure to enforce its own policies, lack of consultation with affected parties and insistence on megaprojects have had devastating consequences on the very citizens the Bank claims to help. More >>
Helping Poor States Meet Development Goals
19 March 2010 11:11am | United Nations
The second-ranking official at the United Nations today called on richer countries to implement their commitments on providing finance for development to help poorer nations reach the social and economic targets known as the Millennium Development ... More >>
UN Continues To Help Ugandan Landslide Victims
19 March 2010 11:10am | United Nations
The United Nations is continuing to assist people in eastern Uganda affected by deadly landslides, which have killed at least 94 people since they occurred earlier this month. More >>
Madagascar: UN Assists Relief Efforts
19 March 2010 11:08am | United Nations
United Nations aid workers in eastern Madagascar are helping local officials mount relief efforts in the wake of Tropical Storm Hubert, which has killed dozens of people in the Indian Ocean country and left an estimated 11,000 others homeless. More >>
Afghan Responsibility For Peace And Stability
19 March 2010 11:07am | United Nations
The time has come to transform the relationship between Afghanistan and its partners to enable greater responsibility on the part of Afghans themselves and an increasingly supporting role for the international community as the country strives to achieve ... More >>
Portuguese-Speaking Countries Join Forces With UN
19 March 2010 11:06am | United Nations
The United Nations agency that tackles HIV/AIDS and eight Portuguese-speaking countries that are home to an estimated 223 million people have agreed to strengthen their cooperation against the deadly disease. More >>
Another Darfur Ceasefire Deal Is Signed
19 March 2010 11:05am | United Nations
The top United Nations official in the war-wracked Darfur region of western Sudan today welcomed an agreement between the national Government and a rebel group, calling it “another important milestone” on the path towards a comprehensive peace pact ... More >>
Record Levels Of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
19 March 2010 11:04am | United Nations
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is now at record levels with Asia bearing the brunt of the epidemic, says the United Nations World Health Organization in a report released today that also calls for better diagnosis of the disease. More >>
Appeals By Two Convicted Rwandans
19 March 2010 11:03am | United Nations
A United Nations tribunal today affirmed the conviction and 15-year sentence of a famous Rwandan singer and composer for his role during the mass killings that engulfed the country in 1994, and reduced the sentence handed down against a top official ... More >>
Over 200 Million Escape Slums
19 March 2010 11:02am | United Nations
While more than 200 million slum dwellers worldwide have escaped their conditions in the past decade, the overall population of slums has swelled by nearly 60 million in the same period, a new United Nations report finds. More >>
Vacancy At International Court Of Justice
19 March 2010 11:00am | United Nations
The Security Council decided today that the election to fill the vacancy at the principal judicial organ of the United Nations arising from the resignation of Judge Shi Jiuyong will take place on 29 June. More >>
Asia-Pacific: Cooperation In Health Sector
19 March 2010 10:58am | United Nations
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region must step up their cooperation to tackle the threat of highly infectious diseases – including H1N1 – crossing borders, a senior United Nations official said today. More >>
Rocket Attack From Gaza Into Israel
19 March 2010 10:55am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned today’s rocket attack from Gaza which killed a civilian in Israel, stressing that all acts of violence are “totally unacceptable.” More >>
NZ Trauma Recovery Team continues work in Samoa
19 March 2010 10:23am | Trauma Recovery Team NZ
The NZ Trauma Recovery Team returned from Samoa earlier this month, following a successful first trip. Over forty people attended the three-day training held at Aggie Gray’s Hotel in Apia. Day One opened with the Samoan Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Lupesoliai ... More >>
Delay of the President’s Indonesia, Australia Trip
19 March 2010 9:48am | The White House
the President telephoned the leaders of Indonesia and Australia and told them that he must postpone his planned visits there for a later date so he can remain in Washington for this critical vote. The President now expects to visit Indonesia and Australia ... More >>
Trades volunteers needed to rebuild in Fiji
19 March 2010 9:47am | Habitat for Humanity
Habitat is calling for expressions of interest from qualified builders as the organisation responds to the devastation caused by category 4 Cyclone Tomas in Fiji last Friday. More >>
Caritas Responding to Fiji Cyclone
19 March 2010 9:37am | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has pledged NZ$10,000 to help relief efforts in Fiji following Cyclone Tomas, and is accepting donations from the public. More >>
Consideration of 5th NZ Rights Report Concludes
18 March 2010 5:37pm | United Nations
Questions Posed on Treatment of Maori, Asylum Seekers, Human Trafficking More >>
Fire And Death At Major Ugandan Cultural Site
18 March 2010 5:35pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today expressed her sorrow over the fire that destroyed the Tombs of Buganda Kings, a World Heritage List site in Uganda. More >>
Independent Review Of Somali Food Programme
18 March 2010 5:28pm | United Nations
The Security Council should urge Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to initiate an independent investigation into the food distribution programme in Somalia, a United Nations group of experts recommends in a new report which claims that humanitarian officials divert ... More >>
TEAR Fund accepting donations for Fiji
18 March 2010 5:24pm | TEAR Fund
While TEAR Fund NZ has not launched an appeal to help the victims of Fiji’s most recent cyclone, it is accepting public funds to help with the aid effort. More >>
Key Challenges For Côte D'ivoire
18 March 2010 5:23pm | United Nations
The long-awaited and much-delayed presidential elections as well as reunification are the key issues for Côte d'Ivoire, the top United Nations envoy there said today, lamenting what he described as a “serious weakening” of the momentum toward holding ... More >>
Pakistan: Improving Access to Food
18 March 2010 5:21pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that it has contracted eight mills in Pakistan’s conflict-affected Swat Valley to produce fortified wheat flour in a bid to boost the local economy and make food more easily accessible to ... More >>
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