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Remarks At the Annual Trafficking In Persons Report (TIP)
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 5:12 pm | US State Department
Thank you very much, and welcome, all of you, to this remarkable room, a room named after a Founding Father who was a lonely voice against slavery long before there was a United States of America. And it is called the Franklin Room, and you can see ... More >>
Video Message on U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 5:08 pm | US State Department
Namaskar. I am very much looking forward to visiting India in the coming days. As all of you know, I’ll be leading the U.S. delegation to the fourth U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue, and I think it’s safe to say that our collaboration has never been more ... More >>
Government Launches (SIG-CONNECT) Network
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 5:05 pm | Solomon Islands Government
A new and exciting Information Communication Technology (ICT) networking project for the Government was launched in Honiara yesterday. More >>
United States Welcomes Mali Agreement
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 4:34 pm | US State Department
The United States welcomes the Preliminary Agreement on Presidential Elections and Inclusive Peace Talks in Mali signed by the interim Government of Mali and northern armed groups. The agreement clears the way for the return of Malian administrative ... More >>
U.S. - Japan - Republic of Korea Trilateral Meeting
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 4:32 pm | US State Department
The United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK) held a productive trilateral meeting June 19 to exchange views on a wide range of issues related to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). More >>
Fiji Rugby Centenary Conference Update
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 4:30 pm | University Of The South Pacific
The University of the South Pacific in collaboration with the Fiji Rugby Union, the New Zealand High Commission and Suva Point Apartments will be hosting the Fiji Rugby Centenary Conference, titled ‘Reflections on the Past, Present and the Future’, ... More >>
Kerry: World Food Prize Laureate Announcement Ceremony
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 4:23 pm | US State Department
Ken – excuse me – thank you very, very much. Welcome everybody to the Franklin Room, to the State Department, and to this wonderful celebration of creativity, commitment, audacity, all at the same time. More >>
Kerry: Gays & Lesbians In Foreign Affairs Agencies Event
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 4:17 pm | US State Department
SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Please, please, please, please. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very, very much. Ken, thank you for a generous welcome. Thank you all. Secretary Pat Kennedy and Director ... More >>
Briefing On the 2013 Trafficking In Persons Report
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 4:08 pm | US State Department
MR. VENTRELL: Good morning, everyone, and thanks for joining the call. Today, we’re doing a call with Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, who is our Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. He’s going to talk to you today a little bit ... More >>
BAGMO Calls On Belize Govt: GMO Soy Is Biopiracy
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 4:03 pm | BAGMO
BAGMO Calls On the Government of Belize to Recognize Illegal Smuggling and Planting of GMO Soy to Be an Act of Biopiracy More >>
Warmer World Threatens Livelihoods In South East Asia
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 4:00 pm | World Bank
Already vulnerable region faces rising sea-levels, ocean warming, and more intense typhoons, says new report WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19, 2013 – The rising possibility of a warmer world in the next two decades is magnifying the development challenges ... More >>
Support For Timor-Leste’s Bid For Asean Membership
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 3:52 pm | Government Of Timor-Leste
Singapore and the Philippines Express Support For Timor-Leste’s Bid For Asean Membership After Official Visits More >>
Public Television In New York Launches 'Sacred'
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 3:44 pm | New York Public Media
Public television Launches Sacred, a Global Crowd-Sourced Documentary Depicting One Year of Spiritual and Religious Life on Earth, Slated for Air in 2015 More >>
Europe Could Become First 100% Renewable Energy Continent
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 3:38 pm | Global Alliance for 100 Percent Renewable Energy
Munich, 19th June 2013 – The Global Alliance for 100% Renewable Energy today criticises many legislators in Europe for still lacking full commitment to the transformation to renewable energy. At the European inauguration of the new Alliance today in Munich, ... More >>
Pakistan Terror Campaign In Balochistan
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 3:32 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
War on doctors: 32 missing, 28 murdered Abductions, disappearances, assassinations & torture Asian Human Rights Commission documents abuses London - 19 June 2013 “Pakistan is waging a war of terror against the people of Balochistan, ... More >>
Myanmar Must Tackle Discrimination Against Minorities
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 3:28 pm | OHCHR
GENEVA (19 June 2013) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday urged the government of Myanmar to devote urgent attention to tackling the continuing discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities in the country, warning that ... More >>
APEC Can Be an Integrator of Agreements, Say Experts
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 3:19 pm | APEC
Singapore, 19 Jun 2013 - APEC member economies’ work to promote greater integration in the region could help to consolidate the growing number of free trade agreements and strengthen the multilateral trading system on which they are based. More >>
East Rennell Declared World Heritage In Danger
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 3:11 pm | International Union for Conservation of Nature
Phnom Penh , Cambodia, 19 June 2013 (IUCN) – East Rennell in the Solomon Islands has been added to the List of World Heritage in Danger, following the advice of IUCN, the official World Heritage advisory body on nature. Lake Turkana National Parks ... More >>
IFOAM Annual Report Now Available
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 3:08 pm | IFOAM
“ One Earth, One Future” is an expression of our dedication to and belief in a fair, just, and organic future for us all. Many hoped that Rio+20 would bring us a step closer to this in 2012, the year of our 40th Anniversary. Although we were ... More >>
Gathering in U.S. Condemns NSA Spying on “Whole Populations"
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 3:00 pm | World Can't Wait
First Major Political & Cultural Gathering in U.S. to Condemn NSA Spying on “Whole Populations” More >>
Indonesia's Police: The Problem of Deadly Force
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 2:57 pm | International Crisis Group
My four year-old daughter recently came home from her Jakarta kindergarten with a story about a visit to the school from the head of our local police station. 'If there is a robber and he's running away, the policeman will pull out his gun, fire ... More >>
KNPB with the West Papua MSG Support of Prayer by West Papua
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 2:48 pm | West Papua National Committee
Jayapura. Sounds of Paradise Kolaitaga - West Papua National Committee (KNPB) with hundreds of times the people of Papua Melanesian Spearhead Group to support the course (MSG) which was held today at the Secretariat of the Central KNPB kam-worker dormitory ... More >>
Time For the World Bank to Fund a Clean Energy Future
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 2:42 pm | Greenpeace
Time For the World Bank to Fund a Clean Energy Future – Greenpeace Amsterdam, June 19, 2013 - In response to the World Bank's latest climate change report, Turn Down The Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts, and the Case for Resilience , ... More >>
Women Plea For Development Assistance For Community Water
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 2:38 pm | femLINKPACIFIC
“I wake up at 5 o’clock, filled the water from the well and bring it in the afternoon then we put it in our house. I wake up at 5am to cook for my children then they have to bath and go to work. We have to fill two drums one for cooking and one for washing ... More >>
U.S. Government Assistance to Syria
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 2:31 pm | US State Department
The United States supports the Syrian people’s aspirations for a democratic, inclusive, and unified post-Asad Syria. The Asad regime, reinforced by Hezbollah and Iranian fighters, has turned the full force of its firepower against its own people in an ... More >>
Key U.S. Outcomes at UN Human Rights Council 23rd Session
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 2:25 pm | US State Department
The 23rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) underscored the importance of U.S. leadership to keep the HRC at the forefront of international efforts to promote and protect human rights. In this session, the United States ran an important consensus ... More >>
US State Department: Daily Press Briefing - June 19, 2013
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 2:21 pm | US State Department
Topics of Potential U.S.-Taliban Meetings / We Remain in Discussion with Afghans and High Peace Council about Next Steps More >>
New Legal Framework for U.S.-Russian Nuclear Cooperation
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 2:07 pm | US State Department
On June 14, the United States and the Russian Federation signed a bilateral framework on threat reduction that reinforces our longstanding partnership on nonproliferation. This new legal framework builds upon the success of the 1992 Agreement between the ... More >>
CERF Approves Grant For the Marshall Islands
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 1:59 pm | OCHA
In response to the drought disaster in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, approved a rapid response grant of US$1 million yesterday. This grant, implemented by the International Organization ... More >>
Warmer World Will Keep Millions of People Trapped in Poverty
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 1:54 pm | World Bank
Regular food shortages in Sub-Saharan Africa….shifting rain patterns in South Asia leaving some parts under water and others without enough water for power generation, irrigation, or drinking….degradation and loss of reefs in South East Asia resulting ... More >>
Trafficking in Persons Report 2013: New Zealand
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 1:13 pm | US State Department
New Zealand is a destination country for foreign men and women subjected to forced labor and to an extent, a source country for underage girls subjected to sex trafficking within the country. More >>
Somalia: Attack on World Body’s Compound in Mogadishu
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 11:15 am | UN News
The top United Nations envoy in Somalia has condemned today’s massive attack on the world body’s compound in Mogadishu, calling it a “desperate” attempt to derail the country’s recovery and development efforts. More >>
War Drives Number Of Forcibly Displaced To 18-Year High
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 11:14 am | UN News
A United Nations report released today says that more people are refugees or internally displaced than at any time since 1994, with the crisis in Syria having emerged as a major new factor in global displacement. More >>
Restaurateur salutes new ranking system
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 11:13 am | Pead PR
Leading New Zealand restaurateur Sean Connolly is backing the inclusion of Australia’s hat ranking system in the 2013 Cuisine NZ Restaurant of the Year Awards announced on Monday night (June 17). More >>
More Needed To Prepare Pacific Small Islands for Droughts
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 11:13 am | UN News
With thousands of people in the Marshall Islands without access to safe drinking water, the head of the United Nations office for disaster risk reduction today warned that Pacific small islands are threatened by drought and need to incorporate mitigation ... More >>
Ceasefire Accord Significant Step Towards Stability in Mali
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 11:09 am | UN News
The United Nations Special Envoy for the Sahel today welcomed the signing of the ceasefire accord between the Government of Mali and Tuareg rebels, and called on the parties to remain committed to peace for the sake of the country and the region. More >>
Governments Must Ensure Natural Resources Fuel Development
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 11:08 am | UN News
Governments bear the primary responsibility to ensure that natural resources do not fuel conflict by ensuring that land and mineral wealth are managed wisely, transparently and yield benefits for the people, senior United Nations officials stressed today ... More >>
UN, Lancet Journal to Hold Meeting On AIDS Response
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 11:07 am | UN News
Heads of State, policymakers, scientists, advocates and private sector leaders will come together for the first time this month to explore how the AIDS response can be used to shape the future of global health in a United Nations-led meeting in Lilongwe, ... More >>
Syrian Mass Exodus Refugee Crisis
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 9:43 am | Save The Children
Children are dying by the roadside as growing numbers of desperate families flee Syria’s bloody civil war, refugees have told Save the Children. More >>
Greenpeace criticises resumption in Icelandic whaling
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 6:36 pm | Greenpeace
Reykjavik, June 19, 2013 – Greenpeace has strongly criticised the resumption of commercial fin whaling by Icelandic whaler Kristján Loftsson, whose company plans to hunt up to 180 fin whales this summer in an operation backed by the Icelandic ... More >>
Passage of Restrictive Communications Law in Ecuador
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 4:36 pm | US State Department
The United States is concerned by the Ecuadorian National Assembly’s passage last Friday of a Communications Law that could restrict freedom of the press and limit the ability of independent media to carry out its functions as a critical part of ... More >>
Statement At UNICEF Executive Board Annual Session Meeting
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 4:34 pm | US State Department
U .S. Mission to the United Nations: Statement At the UNICEF Executive Board Annual Session Meeting More >>
Sri Lanka: Torture of Interior Decorator
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 4:25 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Sri Lanka: An Update On the Case of Torture of the Interior Decorator Madawala Maddumage Don Aruna Nilupul Indika More >>
A Film Night: Sons of the Clouds: the Last Colony
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 4:22 pm | Australia Western Sahara Association
Join us to watch this award winning documentary as Javier Bardem traces the lengthy conflict over Spain’s last colony, now occupied by Morocco, and his passionate efforts to achieve justice for the Saharawi people. The documentary won the 2013 ... More >>
Bottom Line Diplomacy: Why Public Diplomacy Matters
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 4:15 pm | US State Department
Thank you, Andrew, and congratulations to CSIS, on 50 years of strategic insights and bipartisan policy solutions. More >>
Top Tips and Tricks For Training Your Pup!
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 4:11 pm | Ruffs
Having a dog is amazing; having a well-behaved dog is even more amazing! From obedience training to behavioural training, our pups sure have a lot to learn. There’s no use terriering your hair out over it, with these simple tips and tricks you’ll ... More >>
John Kerry Marks 10th Anniversay of PEPFAR
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 4:05 pm | US State Department
Washington, D.C. – In a fitting tribute to the success of the PEPFAR (the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) program, Secretary Kerry announced today that the one-millionth baby will be born HIV-free this month due to PEPFAR-supported ... More >>
The Biak Massacre – Seeking Justice After Fifteen Years
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:56 pm | Anne Noonan
Shortly after Indonesia’s President Suharto was forced out of office by a popular uprising in May 1998, the people of West Papua began channeling this democratic energy in a new direction. Hundreds of peaceful West Papuans took to the streets in July ... More >>
Trafficking In Persons Report
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:52 pm | Network Against People Trafficking
On Thursday 20 June 2013 the United States Department of States will release its 13 th edition of the Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report). The Report is the U.S. Government’s principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human ... More >>
Aid Agencies Urge NZ to Remember Syria On World Refugee Day
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:43 pm | NGO Disaster Relief Forum
With more than the population of New Zealand displaced by the conflict in Syria, the NGO Disaster Relief Forum of Aotearoa (NDRF) is asking Kiwis to spare a thought for the innocent victims caught in this brutal conflict this World Refugee Day (Thursday ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Police Beat Man’s Testicles with Wooden Mallet
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:17 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Sri Lanka: Officers of the Kalutara South Police Station Beat a Man’s Testicles with a Wooden Mallet More >>
PM Lilo Meets Japan Vice Minister For Foreign Affairs
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:12 pm | Solomon Islands Government
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has met Japan’s Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs on Friday 14th June 2013 in Honiara. More >>
UN Asked to Investigate Panama's Barro Blanco
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 3:04 pm | Carbon Market Watch
UN Representative On Indigenous Peoples Asked to Investigate Human Rights Violations Caused By Panama’s Barro Blanco Dam More >>
Pillay Urges Turkey to Take Urgent Action to Defuse Tensions
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:56 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Pillay Urges Turkey’s Government and Civil Society to Take Urgent Action to Defuse Tensions More >>
Hungary Must Revoke Worrying Constitutional Changes - Pillay
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:54 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (18 June 2013) - UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay has today urged the Hungarian Government to revoke a series of constitutional changes that have been widely criticised by international and regional human rights bodies as representing ... More >>
Opening Remarks By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:52 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
This is my first visit as High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Republic of Serbia. It comes at an important transformative moment in the country’s history, when, after more than two decades during which the various wars in the Balkans cast a long ... More >>
India: Chief Minister of Gujarat Stop Vilifying Mr. Mandir
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:45 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
With great pride, we would like to put on record that the work of our colleague and friend Mr. Harsh Mander, for the last several years, both inside the Government as a civil servant, as well as outside the Government as a policy maker, researcher ... More >>
Rivers PDP Crisis: Kalabari Monarch Sues For Peace
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:39 pm | Eze Chukwuemeka Eze
Rivers PDP Crisis: When Opposition, Ethnic Nationalities, Stakeholders Reassures Amaechi, As Kalabari Monarch Sues For Peace More >>
Court Reprieve For Bushmen Threatened with Eviction
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:35 pm | Survival International
Dozens of Botswana Bushmen threatened with eviction , reportedly because they live in an area proposed as a ‘wildlife corridor’, have won a significant court victory in their struggle to stay on their land. More >>
PMW: Track Record As Pacific Media and Protest Case Study
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:31 pm | Pacific Media Watch
LONDON ( University of Westminster News / Pacific Media Watch ): A New Zealand-based media freedom monitoring and advocacy agency has played a significant independent role in the Pacific region for almost two decades, a global media and protest conference ... More >>
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