Full Coverage: Population

31.05.2005 The Group 484 released its Annual Report on the Human Rights Situation of Forced Migrants in Serbia and Montenegro for 2004.

30.05.2005 A survey, conducted by UK Department of International Development DFID for the needs of the B&H Council of Ministers, shows that the level of poverty in Bosnia and Herzegovina is falling down, but nonetheless, 17.8 percent of the population still lives in poverty.

28.05.2005 BUENOS AIRES, May 27 (IPS) - Twenty-year-old Romina Tejerina is scheduled to stand trial in June in Argentina, and could very likely be sentenced to life in prison for stabbing to death her newborn daughter.

27.05.2005 The OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Helga Konrad, today called for a review of the mechanisms for combating human trafficking.

26.05.2005 The OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Helga Konrad, will tomorrow host an international conference in Belgrade on correct identification of and adequate assistance to human trafficking victims.

25.05.2005 Presqu’un an a passé depuis le jugement du Tribunal international de justice à l’effet que la construction du Mur par le gouvernement israélien était illégale. Dans son jugement, le tribunal réclamait de l’ONU des actions concrètes pour mettre fin à cette situation. Mais en pratique, rien n’a été fait.

25.05.2005 The campaign for protection of children and minors from Traffickers in Human Beings was started by the UK based Save the Children organization, has the goal to start a synchronized action for early prevention of trafficking in children.

25.05.2005 Ivo Sanader, Croatian Prime Minister, signed the Convention on Prevention of Trafficking in Human Beings at the Third Summit of the Council of Europe, held in Warsaw, May 16-17, 2005.

25.05.2005 Save the Children Norway, in cooperation with UNICEF B&H, conducted a survey on trafficking in children in Bosnia and Herzegovina. One of the activities of the project is the “Lean on Me” theatrical play, written by Bosnian writer Ferida Durakovic. The roles in the play are acted by child-actors younger than 15.

11.05.2005 "Last year, we registered 68 victims of human trafficking. Of that number, 55 were citizens of Serbia and Montenegro, which proves that our girls can be victims, too. Unfortunately, there is a prevailing opinion in the society that the problem of trafficking in human beings strikes only foreign citizens”, says Aleksandra Jovanovic, the Spokesperson of ASTRA NGO, in the interview for OneWorld SEE. ASTRA is an organization that works on the problem of human trafficking.

09.05.2005 At the annual growth rate of 1.2 percent, world population increased by 76 million people in 2004. Women in developing countries--where access to education and family planning services is limited--added 73 million people, compared to only three million in industrial countries. The U.S. is the only developed country with high birth rate, it accounted for four percent of this year’s global population growth.

09.05.2005 The displaced persons from Kosovo and Metohija in Serbia and Montenegro find themselves in the most serious position of all persons forced to leave their homes, and their basic human rights have been suspended, says the Group 484 in its “Report on the Rights of Forced Migrants 2004”.

06.05.2005 An expert in global land and resources says that population figures are not being factored into plans for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The report suggests that Goals will fail without effective measures to reduce population growth.

03.05.2005 Depuis le début de l’année, le Soudan vacille entre la guerre et la paix. D’une part, le conflit au Darfour dans l’est du pays risque de s’envenimer. Le gouvernement soudanais en dépit des pressions d’une partie de la communauté internationale tergiverse face à une situation qui prend la forme d’un massacre organisé. D’autre part, depuis la signature en janvier de l’accord dit de « Naivasha » entre le gouvernement soudanais et le principal groupe rebelle, l’Armée de libération du peuple du Soudan (SPLA), les Soudanais et le monde entier espèrent une résolution à cette guerre civile qui perdure depuis plus de 30 ans. Ce n’est malheureusement pas la première fois que le Soudan souffle à la fois le chaud et le froid car à plusieurs reprises, des négociations entre les parties belligérantes sont venues près d’aboutir, sans y arriver complètement.