Full Coverage: Population

28.09.2005 Ten years ago in Cairo, 179 nations agreed on a plan to achieve universal access to basic reproductive health care by 2015--and on the financial resources needed to make it a reality. While some progress has been made of late, donor countries have by and large not come through with the funding they promised, according to the most recent report card produced by Population Action International.

23.09.2005 This update offers the most recent information available on developments in funding for population assistance programs and grades each of 21 major donor countries accordingly. The new data illustrates that donor countries continue to fall far short of the commitments outlined at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and reaffirmed in 2004. Though population assistance has most recently trended upward, when adjusted for inflation those resources are at least 40 percent short of what is required from donors to achieve universal access to basic reproductive health care by 2015.

09.09.2005 The implementation of a joint project by Kosovo and international institutions for return of displaced Roma to southern parts of the town started today in Mitrovica.

09.09.2005 A debate organised in Delhi over economic growth and environmental sustainability brought forth passionate arguments. While some experts argued for giving man priority over nature other sought equal treatment for both explaining the strong linkages between nature and man.

05.09.2005 At the initiative of the associations of Czech, Slovenian, Roma and Ukrainian communities in Prijedor, the first “Evening of National Minorities” was held last Friday, September 2. The event was envisioned as an opportunity for the citizens of Prijedor to get together and for the national minorities to present their culture and customs.

02.09.2005 L’Afrique est au cœur des plans d’action des gouvernements, des organismes d’aide au développement et des bailleurs de fonds. Ce diaporama présente quelques-uns des défis auxquels le continent fait face et des progrès accomplis dans les dernières années.

02.09.2005 Le 28 août 2005, le gouvernement du Venezuela annonçait qu’il aidera plus de 7 millions de pauvres vivant aux État-Unis, première puissance économique du monde.