Full Coverage: International Cooperation

04/29/2005 Eduskunta oli keskiviikkona lähes yhtä mieltä siitä, että Suomen pitäisi nostaa kehitysyhteistyön määrärahat 0,7 prosenttiin bruttokansantuotteesta vuoteen 2010 mennessä. Neljä oppositiopuoluetta tivasi järeän parlamentaarisen keinon avulla hallitukselta, miten se aikoo täyttää hallitusohjelmaan kirjatun päämäärän. Välikysymys oli historiallinen, koska sitä ei kehitysavusta ole ennen tehty.

04/29/2005 The April 19 conference of NEPAD, the partnership of African countries working to improve governance and encourage foreign aid and investment, was poorly attended and did not release key reports as promised. Professor John Stremlau of South Africa's University of Witwatersrand counsels patience, however, noting that several African states are making positive strides on the path to greater accountability.

04/28/2005 With the application of visa regime, UNMIK has fallen into contradiction with the concept for Balkans in Europe and has heavily impinged the human rights for free movement.

04/28/2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Apr 27 (OneWorld) - If there is one consensus on human trafficking, it is this: as a cross-border problem, it cannot be solved without international cooperation. OneWorld presents part two of a three-part series on human trafficking from its new "treeless" magazine, Perspectives, which offers more background and context on the issue, viewpoints from non-profit organizations, and ways for individuals to get involved.

04/27/2005 May could be a decisive month for the world to take a firm stand on issues of nuclear proliferation and disarmament. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is calling on U.S. leaders to work with the world community to end the threat of nuclear weapons. You can join the campaign.

04/27/2005 Development co-operation for a long time has been mainly an inter-state affair. Finland is in the process of creating a new model that would attract Finnish businesses to get involved in official development co-operation with its partners in the developing countries.

04/27/2005 From April 18 to 22, 25 representatives of Croatian associations and organizations held a series of meetings with representatives of key EU institutions and European umbrella NGO networks.

04/27/2005 Vo Brisel od 18 do 22 april se odrzaa brojni sredbi na 25 pretstavnici na zduzenijata od Hrvatska so pretstavnicite na klucnite insititucii na EU kako i so pretstavnicite na vodeckite evropski nevladini mrezi. Vo tekot na posetata bese razgleduvana moznosta za otvaranje na pretstvnistvo na hrvatskite zdruzenija vo Brisel.

04/27/2005 U Bruxellesu su od 18. do 22. travnja održani brojni susreti 25 predstavnika udruga iz Hrvatske s predstavnicima ključnih institucija EU te s predstavnicima krovnih europskih nevladinih mreža. Tijekom posjeta razmotrena je mogućnost otvaranja predstavničkoga ureda hrvatskih udruga u Bruxellesu.

04/26/2005 Britain's Gordon Brown has been named 2005's recipient of the Commitment to Development Award, presented every year to an individual or organization from the rich world that has made a siginificant contribution to changing attitudes and policies towards the developing world.

04/25/2005 Big profits and little risk drive this criminal industry, which sees as many as 2 million women, men, and children trafficked each year. OneWorld presents a three-part series on human trafficking this week from its new "treeless" magazine, Perspectives, which offers more background and context on the issue, viewpoints from non-profit organizations, and ways for individuals to get involved.

04/25/2005 Ennakoitavissa oleva kehitysapu toimii katalyyttina sekä kehitysmaiden omien kehityssuunnitelmien toimeenpanolle että muulle ulkopuoliselle rahoitukselle, kirjoittaa alivaltiosihteeri Pertti Majanen. YK:n pääsihteerin raporteissa kumotaan Majasen mukaan usein esitetty väite, jonka mukaan kehitysmaiden vastaanottokyky on niin rajallinen, että se ei turvaa kasvavan ulkopuolisen rahoituksen tehokasta käyttöä.

04/25/2005 UNMIK and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed yesterday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by which the Bank will provide loans for small and medium sized enterprises, as well as public and socially owned enterprises.

04/24/2005 Kosovska delegacija koju je predvodio Lufti Haziri, ministar u vladi Kosova susrela se sa makedonskim premijerom Vladom Bučkovskim i sa nekoliko ministara iz njegovog kabineta. Na ovim sastancima razmatrana je mogućnost povratka Roma u njihove kuće.

04/24/2005 A student in Bosnia and Herzegovina may learn how to defraud the school’s money and yet keep his seat in the Dean’s Office. Will learn all about sexual harassment there is to know, how to pay for his grades...? He/she will learn all that he shouldn’t be able to learn at a higher education institution.

04/22/2005 Jennifer Moore is a bland English name. So why, when I am looking at women's clothes in a department store and see that name on labels, do I think of Guatemalan women and children bent over sewing machines? Rosita Escobar came to Canada to tell us about these thousands of women and girls who work in sweatshops called maquilas that produce the garments that end up in our fancy shops with inflated prices. Jennifer Moore is just one of hundreds of labels used to produce clothing for our consumption–crazy society.

04/22/2005 It looks as though May's five-year review conference for the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons--the NPT--will have a contentious, negative outcome, contends John Isaacs of the Council for a Livable World, because NPT member states remain deeply divided over how to eliminate their nuclear arsenals.

04/21/2005 President Bush and the Republican Party were dealt a major blow Tuesday when the panel of senators considering John Bolton’s nomination as the new U.S. ambassador to the UN put off their decision for another two weeks in order to investigate fresh allegations against Bolton's character and fitness to serve.

04/20/2005 The least knowledgeable about Serbia in Europe is the population between 15 and 19 years of age, the same group that demonstrates the highest levels of xenophobia. They need education, protection from xenophobia, a lesson in tolerance for the sake of the ‘European” passport. Naturally, without visas inside.

04/20/2005 Komesar Evropske unije za prosirenje Oli Ren porucio je juce da bi odluka Crne Gore da napusti drzavnu zajednicu mogla izazvati “komplikacije” koje bi uticale na brzinu tekucih pregovora u procesu pridruzivanja Evropskoj uniji.