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New Kiwi Contingent For Soloman Islands
20 November 2009 3:54pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Another 43 mainly Territorial Force (TF) personnel will head to the Solomon Islands on Sunday for a four month tour of duty. The contingent, drawn largely from the 4th Otago Southland and 2nd Canterbury Nelson Marlborough West Coast Battalions, will ... More >>
Daily Press Briefing - November 19
20 November 2009 2:07pm | US State Department
MR. KELLY: Okay. Good afternoon. The Secretary had a full day in Kabul today. She met with, of course, the Afghan leadership, with international partners and allies. She had breakfast with foreign ministers, met with U.S. and international troops ... More >>
Number Of Poor In Latin America To Rise
20 November 2009 12:32pm | United Nations
Nine million more people in Latin America will fall into poverty this year due to the global economic crisis, bringing the total number of poor in the region to 189 million, or 34 per cent of the population, according to a United Nations report released ... More >>
Recovery Depends on Rebalancing Global Demand
20 November 2009 12:28pm | US Department of State
Washington - To establish a global foundation for growth and avert future economic crises, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says, the major advanced economies must rebalance global demand. More >>
Effort Against Trans-Sahara Terrorists
20 November 2009 12:27pm | US Department of State
Washington - The North Africa-based terrorist group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) continues to be a menace to parts of the Maghreb and the Sahel, but the Muslim populations there generally reject AQIM, and the group is less likely to expand operations ... More >>
women will be most affected by climate change
20 November 2009 12:25pm | World Watch
Washington, D.C.-Women will bear the greatest burden of a changing climate but so far have received little attention from negotiators working toward a new global climate deal, according to the 2009 edition of the United Nations Population Fund's State ... More >>
Kevin Rudd Should Face Senate Inquiry
20 November 2009 12:20pm | Project SafeCom
"The Prime Minister should be subject to a Senate Inquiry over his handling of the various asylum boat debacles of the last month, which include reports that the Oceanic Viking was directed away from Australian waters after rescuing asylum seekers in ... More >>
Australian Pirate Busters Heading Home
20 November 2009 12:17pm | Australian Department Of Defence
HMAS Toowoomba is heading home after a highly successful tour of duty in the Middle East conducting operations under Operation SLIPPER. More >>
National Parade To Mark The End Of Operation
20 November 2009 12:16pm | Australian Department Of Defence
ABC TV is doing an outside broadcast of this event . The ABC will be providing head on feed pool of VIP speeches to all networks at 1530 through Parliament House. If other media outlets wish to record the broadcast they can do so off air between 1400 ... More >>
Kanimbla Returns From Humanitarian Mission
20 November 2009 12:16pm | Australian Department Of Defence
Six weeks after sailing for the earthquake affected region of Padang, Indonesia, Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Kanimbla has returned to her home port of Garden Island, Sydney. More >>
State-Sponsored Racially Discriminatory Measures
20 November 2009 12:15pm | Amnesty International
Slamming decades of failure by Australian governments to address the dire living conditions, disempowerment and discrimination faced by many of the country’s Indigenous peoples, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan warned that the government ... More >>
More Support Needed For Sri Lanka’s Displaced
20 November 2009 12:09pm | United Nations
The top United Nations humanitarian official has welcomed the recent releases of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from camps in northern Sri Lanka, and underscored the need to ensure full freedom of movement for those remaining. More >>
Under-Nutrition Causes Poverty But Solutions Exist
20 November 2009 12:02pm | UNICEF
Under-nutrition is both a consequence and a cause of poverty. Childhood under-nutrition makes learning more difficult and ill health more likely, which hinders a child’s capacity to secure a job as an adult, and the cycle of generational poverty and under-nutrition ... More >>
Chile Invokes Pinochet-Era Anti-Terrorism Law
20 November 2009 12:01pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
In comparison to other countries in Latin America, Chile boasts relatively stable political institutions, particularly free and fair elections, and a substantial middle class. More >>
UN Official Certain Of Success At Copenhagen
20 November 2009 11:59am | United Nations
With just 17 days left before the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen, a top UN official today predicted success for a framework accord including specific reduction targets from the United States, the only hold-out among industrialized ... More >>
Building Mobile Money Network in Papua New Guinea
20 November 2009 11:46am | Pacific.scoop
How can a coffee grower in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea get payment for his produce without having to cross great distances to go to the bank? Can women travel more safely if they don’t have to carry cash? Could parents save for school fees ... More >>
Passing of Global Trade Union Leader Neil Kearney
20 November 2009 11:43am | International Trade Union Confederation
It is with profound sadness that the ITUC has learned of the passing of global trade union leader Neil Kearney in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 18 November. More >>
Spotlight interview with Rosane Sasse (UGT-Brazil)
20 November 2009 11:42am | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 19 November 2009 (ITUC OnLine): Gender equality is at the heart of the fight for decent work. Rosane Sasse, assistant secretary of the UGT (1) Women's Committee and vice president of the garment, textile and leather sector union STIV (2), reviews ... More >>
ITUC Condemns Israel's Settlement Expansion
20 November 2009 11:40am | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC has today condemned the decision of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to expand the Gilo settlement south of Jerusalem, on land annexed by Israel in 1967, as illegal and a further threat to prospects for peace. More >>
Squeeze On Public Budgets Boosting E-Government
20 November 2009 11:37am | OECD
The squeeze on public budgets in the wake of the economic crisis is driving governments to rethink their approach to online government services or “e-government” as public authorities seek increased efficiency, according to new OECD analysis. More >>
RAAF Jet Flypast At Welcome Home Parade
20 November 2009 11:35am | Australian Defence Force
WHAT: Royal Australian Air Force aircraft will conduct a flypast over Canberra as part of the Operation Catalyst Welcome Home Parade. More >>
Emirates Team New Zealand update
20 November 2009 11:26am | Emirates Team New Zealand
Only one semi-final match of the Louis Vuitton Trophy was sailed at Nice on Thursday before the breeze died and racing was abandoned. More >>
President Yudhoyono Should Uphold Free Expression
20 November 2009 11:25am | West Papua Media Alerts
President Yudhoyono (Indonesia) has a chance to show Papuans before the December 1 anniversary that Indonesia is a rights-respecting country that upholds free expression. Yudhoyono should have these men freed without delay. More >>
Interview With Mujahid Jawad of Radio Azadi
20 November 2009 11:22am | US State Department
QUESTION: Your Excellency Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State, first thank you very much for giving time to Radio Azadi. My first question is: The international community, especially the United States, urges Hamid Karzai not to include warlords ... More >>
Interview With Kim Ghattas of BBC
20 November 2009 11:21am | US State Department
QUESTION: Madame Secretary, you’ve just attended the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai for his second term. Now, you and your allies, including the British, have made very clear that you didn’t want to see cronies, you didn’t want to ... More >>
Remarks at Civil-Military Integration Briefing
20 November 2009 11:19am | US State Department
Terrific. Well, first let me thank you all. I’m sorry that my schedule didn’t permit me to get to Bagram to actually have this meeting, but thanks for coming down. I really appreciate the opportunity to hear firsthand from all of you. More >>
Address to All Troops in Afghanistan
20 November 2009 11:19am | US State Department
Thanks a lot. Thank you. Well, I am delighted to have this chance to come by and thank you in person for what you’re all doing. I’m very grateful to the leadership that both General McChrystal and General Rodriguez are giving to NATO-ISAF and to ... More >>
Press Conference at U.S. Embassy Kabul
20 November 2009 11:17am | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you all very much for being here. I want to start by thanking Ambassador Eikenberry and General McChrystal and all of the dedicated men and women of the U.S. and NATO ISAF missions here in Afghanistan. The work that Ambassador ... More >>
Ban To Focus On Climate Change
20 November 2009 11:16am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is hoping to boost momentum for December’s climate change conference in Copenhagen when he meets with political leaders at the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago next Friday, his ... More >>
Lebanon: UN Force Commander Confers With PM
20 November 2009 11:14am | United Nations
The military chief of United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon today met separately with Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to discuss the security situation in the south of the country. More >>
UN Congratulates Afghan President On Inauguration
20 November 2009 11:11am | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reaffirmed the commitment of the United Nations to support Afghanistan’s progress towards peace, stability and development, as he congratulated Hamid Karzai on his inauguration as President for a second term. More >>
Pulling Developing Countries Out Of Recession
20 November 2009 11:10am | United Nations
National parliaments are key allies of the United Nations in its efforts to haul the world’s most vulnerable people out of the global economic crisis, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today told an international gathering of lawmakers in New York. More >>
DRC: Blue Helmets Help When Plane Overshoots
20 November 2009 11:09am | United Nations
United Nations peacekeepers helped passengers and provided emergency medical treatment today after an airliner with 117 passengers on board over-ran the airstrip in Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More >>
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Pakistanis Need Aid
20 November 2009 11:07am | United Nations
United Nations agencies and their humanitarian partners are assisting hundreds of thousands of civilians uprooted by the latest military operations in Pakistan which intensified nearly three weeks ago. More >>
More Must Be Done To Protect Children’s Rights
20 November 2009 11:05am | United Nations
Despite considerable progress over the past 20 years in improving the lot of the world’s children, including a 28 per cent drop in annual mortality of those under five from 12.5 million to an estimated 8.8 million, their rights are still far from ... More >>
Cambodian Troops Arrive To Bolster Force In Chad
20 November 2009 11:04am | United Nations
The United Nations mission set up to protect civilians and facilitate humanitarian aid in Chad and Central African Republic (CAR) received a boost this week with the arrival of troops from Cambodia. More >>
Prisoner Access To Sanitation Is A Human Right
20 November 2009 11:03am | United Nations
The United Nations today marked World Toilet Day, stressing access to proper sanitation as a human right due to all, with a particular focus on “forgotten” prisoners and detainees in state institutions. More >>
UN And Iraq Agree On Plan To Boost Governance
20 November 2009 11:02am | United Nations
The United Nations and Iraq have agreed on the basics of a new development partnership to strengthen Iraqi governance, social services and economic growth over the next five years. More >>
Leaders Of Rwandan Rebel Militia Arrested
20 November 2009 10:54am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today welcomed the arrest of two leaders of a rebel Rwandan militia on suspicion of carrying out crimes against humanity and war crimes in the eastern region of the DRC. More >>
Spain Doubles Aid For UN Food Operation
20 November 2009 10:53am | United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received a boost today for its emergency relief efforts feeding millions of hungry people in the Horn of Africa, with the announcement of a $112 million donation from Spain. More >>
Tour Of Sri Lankan Displacement Camps
20 November 2009 10:52am | United Nations
The United Nations humanitarian chief today continued his mission to Sri Lanka with visits to camps in Vavuniya and Mannar, where a large number of the civilians displaced by the recently-ended conflict between the Government and Tamil rebels are still ... More >>
Thailand: Recommendations On The Justice System
19 November 2009 1:05pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Since three special laws have been enforced in the three Southern border provinces including the Martial Law Act B.E.2457 (1914) and the Emergency Decree on Government Administration in States of Emergency B.E. 2548 (2005) covering the provinces of ... More >>
India: Starvation in West Bengal
19 November 2009 1:04pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
E.M. Parvati died yesterday. Parvati was a resident of Belgachhia Bhagar, a municipal dumping ground of Howrah in West Bengal. The doctor who examined Parvati's body certified that the cause of death was pulmonary tuberculosis aggravated by severe malnourishment ... More >>
Bangladesh: Reform The Justice System
19 November 2009 1:03pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Bangladesh's Minister for Home Affairs Ms. Sahara Khatun has reportedly said that "no 'crossfire' killing occurred since her party has assumed office" in January this year while she was speaking to the media yesterday, 17 November 2009. More >>
Update: Nuclear Madness Reaches Finland
19 November 2009 1:01pm | Greenpeace
The cargo ship Happy Ranger made port in Finland today, carrying its cargo of steam generators from France, intended for a nuclear reactor under construction at Olkiluoto. In addition, it is also carrying a protest camp, complete with eight Greenpeace activists ... More >>
Supreme Court Rejects Tokyo Two Appeal
19 November 2009 12:59pm | Greenpeace
The Tokyo Supreme Court today denied a special appeal for disclosure of evidence in the trial of Greenpeace activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, upholding a string of human rights violations committed against them and reinforcing the flawed nature ... More >>
Govt To Consider Human Rights In Policy Making
19 November 2009 12:55pm | Pacific.scoop
Experts urged the government to consider human rights when making policies to avoid rights violations, and to establish better social conditions in the country. More >>
Greenpeace Activist Detained In Riau
19 November 2009 12:54pm | Pacific.scoop
Police in Riau’s Pelalawan district arrested two foreign journalists and a Belgian Greenpeace activist on Monday, saying that they had not provided authorities with the proper paperwork. More >>
Riau to deport Greenpeace
19 November 2009 12:53pm | Pacific.scoop
Police in Pelalawan regency, Riau, handed over two foreign Greenpeace activists and two journalists Tuesday to the Pekanbaru Immigration Office, which will deport them to their respective countries for alleged visa violations. More >>
200 Papuan Children Stranded In Tangerang
19 November 2009 12:53pm | Pacific.scoop
Tangerang: Around 200 Papuan children of school age are reported to be stranded in several places in the district of Tangerang West Java. They were stranded after being left in several places here after having been taken from Papua More >>
Denmark's Push For Delay In Copenhagen
19 November 2009 12:52pm | Pacific.scoop
Recent attempts by rich countries to postpone a binding climate agreement hit the rocks at a meeting of Environment Ministers in Copenhagen yesterday, as vulnerable developing countries made clear that delay was not an option. More >>
Statement of Nauru Parliamentarian on VAW
19 November 2009 12:49pm | Pacific.scoop
We have far more women than men in Nauru and because we are good Christians we can only attract or be attracted to only one whom we shall call wife. For those of you who know me personally, yes I was once a naughty Christian, but I have reformed and ... More >>
Being Forced to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance
19 November 2009 12:45pm | HCD Research
Flemington, NJ, November 18, 2009 – Results from a new media study among 328 Americans revealed that the majority (66%) reported that a student who supports gay marriage should not be forced to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance after watching a news ... More >>
Navy George Bass Surfboat Marathon Sponsorship
19 November 2009 12:36pm | IFEX
Members of the teams competing in the gruelling 180 kilometre event, commencing in Batemans Bay on 3 January 2010 and finishing seven days later in Eden, attended the formal launch event at Bulli Surf Club today. More >>
Lawyers Join Forces To Defend Media Worldwide
19 November 2009 12:35pm | IFEX
The Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) is a non-governmental charity that exists to defend journalists and media outlets worldwide. MLDI offers support by paying legal fees, assisting in accessing free legal advice or taking on cases in international ... More >>
IAPA Surveys Corrosion Of Free Speech
19 November 2009 12:35pm | IFEX
Violence against journalists, restrictive laws, arbitrary judicial decisions and a culture of impunity are major trends in the deterioration of free speech throughout the Americas, reports the Inter American Press Association (IAPA). It has released ... More >>
Gabon: Opposition Press Suspended
19 November 2009 12:33pm | IFEX
A state-run media-monitoring body suspended six private newspapers and a television program in Gabon on 10 November in an effort to silence criticism of recent elections results and members of government, report IFEX members. More >>
Azerbaijan: Democratic Ideas Forbidden
19 November 2009 12:30pm | IFEX
An Azeri court sentenced two bloggers to prison on 11 November in a politically motivated decision aimed at censoring young activists critical of the government, report the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and other IFEX members. This conviction ... More >>
Chinese Dissidents Barred From Meeting With Obama
19 November 2009 12:29pm | IFEX
During U.S. President Barack Obama's first visit to Asia as president this month, Human Rights Watch urged him to call on the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to resolve issues of impunity and major restraints on freedom of ... More >>
Worldwide Corporate Control of Agriculture
19 November 2009 12:27pm | Robt Mann
With all the talk about "food security," and distorted media statements like "South Korea leases half of Madagascar's land,"1 it may not be evident to a lot of people that the lead actors in today's global land grab for overseas food production are ... More >>
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