Full Coverage: Saint Kitts and Nevis
08/29/2006
Until last week, the road going south from the Kanthale junction was mostly deserted. Most vehicles whizzed past the junction towards Trincomalee, some 50 kilometres East of Kanthale town. But now numerous vehicles are making their way on the otherwise desolate road that links Kanthale to Muthur.
Read moreRelated: [Sri Lanka] [Water/Sanitation] [Civil Society] [Conflict] |
06/17/2006
Pro-whaling nations led by Japan failed to gain a majority at the International Whaling Commission in St Kitts and Nevis, but environmental group Greenpeace said it would return to the Southern Ocean this year to oppose the continued ‘"scientific hunt".
Read moreFrom: Greenpeace International Image: Minke whale © Greenpeace International
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06/16/2006
On the eve of today's controversial International Whaling Commission meeting, a poll shows that citizens from 10 countries in the Pacific and Caribbean, whose governments repeatedly vote to resume commercial whaling, do not support the hunt.
Read more* Whales' fate hanging in the balance * Campaigners demand governments unite against Japan's massive porpoise hunt From: WWF International Related: [Asia and the Pacific] [Caribbean] Image: Whales at sunset © WWF International
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06/15/2006
A Greenpeace ship has been refused entry to St Kitts, where a controversial International Whaling Commission begins on Friday - a meeting the environmental lobby group says will be a disaster for whales.
Read moreFrom: Environment News Service (ENS), Greenpeace International Image: Greenpeace: 'The international body charged by the UN with protecting the whales is about to be taken over by the world's most consistently and aggressively pro-whaling government' © Greenpeace International
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06/13/2006
The battle over a resumption of commercial whaling will reach crisis point at the meeting of the expanded International Whaling Commission that opens in St Kitts on Friday.
Read more* Undercover footage proves there is no humane way to kill a whale at sea From: Environment News Service (ENS), Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) |
06/12/2006
The proliferation and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) present opportunities and challenges to us all; not just to large countries and developed countries but also to developing islands and small states.
Read moreRelated: [ICT] [Governance] |
02/21/2006
The Lena River, ninth-longest river in the world, flows through one of the world’s iciest lands, where the sun is seldom seen during winter. Nearly 80% of the watershed is continuous permafrost – earth that never thaws fully, even in summer. However, climate change is reaching this remote outpost; with consequences not just locally but, probably, for the rest of the world as well.
Read moreFrom: People & the Planet Related: [Climate Change] Image: Siberian forest © Adrian Arbib
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12/05/2005
Osnovni cilj upitnika je da se definišu prioritetna pitanja IKT politike i potrebe civilnog društva u kontekstu centralne i istočne Evrope (CIE).
Read moreRelated: [Eastern Europe] [South East Europe] Image: APC
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05/20/2005
The MDG 2005 Report for Sri Lanka was released at Kandy on 16-17 May during a meeting of the Development Forum. The issues discussed at the meeting were lack of progress in the peace process and the transition from relief to recovery as well as the importance of coordination in tsunami relief.
Read moreRelated: [Sri Lanka] |
03/29/2001
The number of countries classed as "least developed" - giving them the status of poorest in the world - is set to increase by one at an upcoming United Nations conference on development.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service Related: [Senegal] [Development] [Economy] |
03/13/2001
Hundreds of demonstrators yesterday targetted the offices of a major US drugs manufacturer with a colourful protest calling for drugs firms to drop a high-profile lawsuit which seeks to block a South African law on the import or production of cheaper AIDS drugs.
Read moreFrom: Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep Related: [South Africa] [United States] [Health] [HIV/AIDS] [Civil Rights] [Law] |
04/16/2000
Fears grow in Serbia over possible health hazards following confirmation from NATO that it used depleted uranium in its air attacks.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service Related: [Serbia and Montenegro] [Pollution] [Health] [Conflict] |
04/07/2000
Fears are growing in Serbia population over possible health hazards following confirmation from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, that it used depleted uranium in its air campaign against the country last year.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service Related: [Serbia and Montenegro] [Pollution] [Health] [Conflict] |
04/22/1999
A leading human rights watchdog has launched an attack on Sudan's leaders and rebels over the deaths of prisoners.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Watch Related: [Sudan] [Human Rights] [Conflict] |
01/07/1999
Outlines existing commitments to gender equity and the advancement of women that have been made by Pacific Island Countries (South Pacific Forum Secretariat)
Read moreFrom: South Pacific Forum Secretariat Related: [Gender] |



