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08/31/2005 Preoccupazione delle Reti di associazioni impegnate sui temi del controllo del commercio di armi e disarmo nucleare per le proposte degli Stati Uniti comunicate dall'Ambasciatore Usa presso le Nazioni Unite, John Bolton, alla vigilia del Vertice dei Capi di Stato dei paesi membri dell'Onu (14-16 settembre). L'Amministrazione Usa chiede modifiche che, se accettate, svuoterebbero di contenuto il documento finale. Tra queste, l'eliminazione dal documento di tutti i riferimenti: all'obbligo degli Stati al disarmo nucleare; al CTBT (trattato per la messa al bando delle sperimentazioni nucleari); all'FMCT (trattato sui materiali fissili) e tutti i riferimenti all'estensione delle Zone libere da armi nucleari. Gli Usa chiedono inoltre che vengano tagliati gli unici due brani del documento che si riferiscono alla regolamentazione delle armi leggere. "Abolition 2000" (la Coalizione mondiale per la messa al bando delle armi nucleari) e Iansa (la Rete internazionale per la regolamentazione delle armi leggere) lanciano un appello pressante ai governi affinché rifiutino le richieste dell'Amministrazione Usa.
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Related: [Arms & Military] [Nuclear Arms]
Image: disarmo.org
08/31/2005 The US and Non-Aligned Movement could end the chance for UN reform by demanding sweeping last-minute changes, warns a leading development group.
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From: Oxfam International
Related: [United States] [Geopolitics]
08/31/2005 Indonesia has launched its largest-ever immunization campaign to combat a polio epidemic that threatens a swathe of countries across Asia.
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From: United Nations Children's Fund
Related: [Indonesia] [Disease/treatment]
08/30/2005 Faites pression. Analysez. Critiquez. Protestez. Mobilisez. Proposez. Plaidez. Participez.

La session plénière de haut niveau de l'Assemblée générale, " Le Sommet du Millénaire +5 ", New York, 14-16 septembre 2005


La 6ème Conférence ministérielle de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce, Hong Kong, du 13 au 18 décembre, 2005

Le Forum social mondial (FSM)
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From: Association for Women's Rights in Development
Related: [Development] [Trade] [Human Rights] [Information & Media] [Communication] [Knowledge] [Politics] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Geopolitics] [Globalization]
08/30/2005 Bushin YK-lähettilään John Boltonin kollegoilleen YK:n uudistusesitystä valmistelevassa työryhmässä yllättäen toimittama, satoja muutoksia sisältävä luonnos vesittää uudistuspyrkimykset ja herättää laajaa pahennusta. Yhdysvallat vaatii 750 muutosta esitykseen YK:n uudistamisesta. Uudistuksista on tarkoitus päättää New Yorkin huippukokouksessa 14.-16. syyskuuta.
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From: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus
Related: [United States]
Ousseini's twin brother died of malnutrition in Eastern Niger.
08/24/2005 The quality and quantity of relief food aid distributed by the WFP in Niger is ineffective in remedying the acute malnutrition children are facing, Médecins Sans Frontières said Tuesday, and urged U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan take measures to ensure aid reaches the real needs of people.
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From: Médecins sans frontières
Related: [Niger] [Children] [Emergency Relief] [Food]
Image: Ousseini's twin brother died of malnutrition in Eastern Niger. © World Vision United States
Schoolgirls in Zimbabwe
08/24/2005 Ninety percent of Zimbabwean children affected by the government's home demolition campaign remain in school, said UNICEF Tuesday, and called on international assistance to support parents’ efforts to keep their children enrolled in school in the face of harsh economic realities.
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From: United Nations Children's Fund
Related: [Zimbabwe] [Children] [Aid] [Education] [Economy] [Governance]
Image: Schoolgirls in Zimbabwe © CamFed
08/23/2005 The false claims by Western leaders at the recent G8 meeting will probably condemn the forthcoming UN "millennium summit" to be an expensive failure, argues Mark Curtis.
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From: Guardian Unlimited
Related: [Aid] [Debt] [MDGs]
08/23/2005 On 10 September, the Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) is organising White Band Day 2 – the second in a series of massive international mobilisations. GCAP will send a clear message to governments across the world that politicians must keep their promises to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
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Related: [Bosnia and Herzegovina] [Poverty] [Youth] [MDGs]
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08/22/2005 The anti-poverty demands of developing countries have been ignored or watered down in the draft declaration of the forthcoming UN Millennium Development Goals summit, according to a leading anti-poverty lobby group.
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From: World Development Movement
Related: [Poverty]
Image: Millennium Campaign_logo
WSIS
08/22/2005 Resolution 73 of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) resolved to instruct the ITU Secretary-General to place the question of the holding of a World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) on the agenda of the United Nations Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC, now the United Nations System Chief Executive Board - CEB) and to report to the ITU governing body, the Council, on the results of that consultation.
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Related: [ICT]
Image: WSIS
08/22/2005 Pirates off the Somali coast are still holding a ship chartered by the UN World Food Programme, 10 crew, and 850 tons of rice for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami, despite an agreement for their release.
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From: Environment News Service (ENS)
Related: [Somalia] [Aid] [Justice and Crime]
Kosovo gets its own trafficking prevention hotline.
08/22/2005 Victims of gender based violence in Kosovo, including victims of human trafficking, will soon have additional recourse for aid thanks to an agreement signed today by the United Nations and local postal authorities to establish a toll-free ‘HelpLine’ in the UN-administered province.
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Related: [Kosovo] [Migration] [Poverty] [Justice and Crime]
Image: Kosovo gets its own trafficking prevention hotline. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
The WFP ship that was commandeered off the Somali coast.
08/22/2005 Stating that tsunami survivors in central Somalia have been ‘neglected by aid agencies,’ pirates who hijacked a WFP food aid ship seven weeks ago have rejected an earlier agreement to release the ship’s cargo and crew, and continue to demand that the food aid be distributed in their community.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Somalia] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Food]
Image: The WFP ship that was commandeered off the Somali coast. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Milizie nel Darfur - da HRW
08/20/2005 In un rapporto sulla situazione del Darfur inviato al Consiglio di sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite, il Segretario generale dell'Onu Kofi Annan ha criticato l'atteggiamento dei ribelli che stanno favorendo una "criminalità senza precedenti", situazione aggravata dalla contemporanea "scarsa opposizione ai crescenti episodi di banditismo e violenza". Oltre a chiedere maggior impegno dei capi ribelli per favorire il processo di pace, Annan ha criticato anche il governo sudanese, colpevole di non aver preso provvedimenti contro i predoni arabi Janjaweed e di non aver denunciato alla giustizia i responsabili degli atti di violenza nel Darfur. Intanto proseguono gli scontri tra i ribelli del Justice and Equality Movement (Jem) e quelli del Sudan Liberation Army/Movement (Sla/m). Lunedì prossimo, l’Alto Commissario delle Nazioni Unite per i Rifugiati, António Guterres, partirà per una missione di dieci giorni nella regione. E per il 24 di agosto è fissato un nuovo round di consultazioni tra i gruppi del Jem e dello Sla/m e le autorità di Khartuom.
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Related: [Sudan] [Refugees] [Conflict]
Image: Milizie nel Darfur - da HRW
Manifesto della Perugia-Assisi 2005
08/18/2005 La marcia Perugia-Assisi, in programma per l'11 settembre, è preceduta dalla 6a Assemblea dell'Onu dei Popoli e dalla 2a Assemblea dei Giovani per l'Onu dei Popoli che si svolgeranno rispettivamente a Perugia e a Terni dall'8 al 10 settembre. Prima e dopo la marcia si terranno in tutta Italia centinaia di iniziative, incontri e dibattiti. Per realizzare questo progetto, la Tavola della Pace presenta "dieci cose da fare" subito: dalla delibera da far approvare agli Enti locali alla diffusione dello spot per le radio e le televisioni locali, dalla richiesta dello "zaino solidale" alla adesione al progetto "La mia scuola per la pace". E a Perugia il 7 settembre per gli operatori della comunicazione c'è in programma l'incontro "Per un'informazione e una comunicazione di pace". La marcia precede di qualche giorno il più importante incontro delle Nazioni Unite del 2005 che sarà dedicato alla lotta alla povertà e alla riforma dell'Onu.
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From: Unimondo
Related: [Peace] [MDGs]
Image: Manifesto della Perugia-Assisi 2005
08/18/2005 Violence in Darfur is continuing, with reports of looting and attacks on internally displaced persons' camps, says the UN Mission in Sudan.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Sudan] [Conflict]
08/18/2005 In an effort to feed an additional 175,000 children in the hardest-hit parts of Mali and to avoid it slipping into a humanitarian crisis similar to neighbouring Niger, the UN World Food Programme has almost doubled its emergency appeal for the West African country to $13.6 million.
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From: allAfrica.com
Related: [West Africa] [Mali] [Emergency Relief]
08/17/2005 At the U.N. World Summit in September, heads of government will try to account for what they have achieved since 2000, when they set a goal of halving extreme poverty worldwide by 2015. Kumi Naidoo urges civil society organizations to unite and take the lead in mobilizing citizens for social justice during the summit.
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From: CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
Related: [Development] [MDGs] [Activism] [Civil Society]
08/16/2005 « Le mois d’août sera le pire », déclare le docteur Milton Tectonidis, un spécialiste de la nutrition pour MSF au Niger.

De nombreux facteurs ont contribué à ce désastre. Oui, l’insécurité alimentaire au Niger est chronique. Oui, la sécheresse a réduit la récolte en 2004.

Les conséquences de ces aléas climatiques et acridiens auraient pu être modérées si des mesures efficaces avaient été mises en place au moment où les premiers signes de gravité de la crise sont apparus au début de l’année 2005. Mais le gouvernement nigérien était soumis aux pressions des institutions financières internationales, des principaux bailleurs de fonds et des agences des Nations Unies qui avaient pour objectif d’éviter tout ce qui pourrait déstabiliser le marché ou mobiliser des ressources affectées aux projets de développement en cours.
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From: Médecins sans frontières
Related: [Development] [Agriculture] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [International Cooperation] [Land] [Population] [Economy] [Health] [Infant Mortality] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [Politics] [Ethics & Value Systems] [Geopolitics] [Globalization] [Governance]
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