Full Coverage: Governance

31.08.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug 31 (OneWorld) - It costs the United States more per month to prosecute its war in Iraq than it did to fight in Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s, according to a report released Wednesday.

31.08.2005 Six years after the end of the war, over 450 persons are still considered missing in the Prizren region, announced the Council for Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms (CDHRF).

31.08.2005 The aim of the “Lost-Found” booklet is to introduce the citizens to their rights and help them find the right address among the public institutions, so that they could realize their rights and interests. The booklet was officially presented yesterday, August 30, by its authors, Dragan Zelic and Alina Jurjevic.

31.08.2005 With an aim to popularise rail ticket booking through the Internet, a Parliamentary Committee has asked the Railways to make available more payment options such as cash cards across a well spread out network.

31.08.2005 Over three lakh students of 1,000 government high schools across Karnataka have learnt the basics of computer education under a project called "Mahiti Sindhu."

30.08.2005 Le Vénézuela est apparu pendant longtemps comme un paradoxe. D’une part, le pays était gouverné par une petite élite au contrôle du secteur public et du secteur privé. D’autre part, c’était un pays démocratique avec un Parlement élu et composé essentiellement par deux grands partis qui alternaient au pouvoir. Cette démocratie vénézuélienne faisait contraste avec de nombreux pays d’Amérique latine dominés par les militaires.

30.08.2005 The reduction of the budget of the Anti-Corruption Commission by 64% could be understood only as an attempt to impede its work, comment its Members the news of the latest rebalance of the Budget.

30.08.2005 The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) expects the foundation for the information technology park in Coimbatore to be laid by the year-end.

30.08.2005 In just two months, each of the 12 municipalities, 37 mandals, 705 gram panchayats and 1,200 revenue villages in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh will boast of broadband connectivity, with optical fibre cables (OFC) carrying voice, data and video signals at high speeds.

29.08.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug 29 (OneWorld) - The Ugandan government said Monday it had condoms aplenty even as a top United Nations envoy and U.S.-based activists charged that a U.S. emphasis on promoting abstinence was jeopardizing the East African country's previously successful efforts to fight HIV/AIDS.

29.08.2005 The competent state institutions take no action whatsoever to prevent the illegal operations and activities by “Macedonian Telecommunication” LTD Co, claims the “Resist – Say No” civic action.

29.08.2005 As part of the first ‘outcome budget’ , the government has unveiled its plan to establish 60 community information centres in Jammu & Kashmir by October this year.

29.08.2005 The ministry of company affairs (MCA) has initiated the process of digitising all Registrar of Companies (RoC) offices in the country and expects the e-governance project to be in place by March-April 2006.

29.08.2005 Nepal's indigenous people, or Janajatis, are demanding King Gyanendra address societal imbalances and reinstate a year-old law reserving ten percent of government seats for indigenous peoples.

29.08.2005 Uganda's anti-condom campaign coupled with the U.S. government shifting global AIDS funding from prevention to abstinence-only programs, are causing acute shortages of condoms in the country, and endangering Uganda's previously successful prevention efforts, says the Center for Health and Gender Equity.

26.08.2005 Avec plus de 500 cas de blessures par agression violente traitées dans ses deux hôpitaux dans la ville de Galkayo en Somalie centrale cette année seulement, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) veut sonner l’alarme sur les bains de sang incessants à travers le pays et le peu d’attention accordée au peuple de la Somalie par les organisations humanitaires et la communauté internationale

26.08.2005 La lutte contre la pauvreté est l’un des cinq objectifs prioritaires du Fonds de justice sociale de l’AFPC (FJS). Il était donc tout naturel qu’il s’associe aux nombreux organismes qui pilotent la campagne mondiale « Abolissons la pauvreté », lancée en 2005.
Dans le cadre de cette campagne, le FJS financera une quinzaine de projets de lutte contre la pauvreté au Canada. Y a-t-il, dans votre milieu, des initiatives antipauvreté qui bénéficieraient du soutien du FJS? Si

26.08.2005 L’incapacité des gouvernements successifs du Bangladesh à mettre fin aux assassinats de personnes œuvrant à la promotion des droits humains dans le pays a favorisé l’augmentation du nombre de ces assassinats dans un climat d’impunité totale, révèle Amnistie internationale dans un rapport rendu public ce mardi 23 août.

26.08.2005 KAHNAWAKE - le 23 aout 2005 -La violence contre les femmes ainsi que d'autres problèmes de droits de la personne affectant les peuples autochtones des Amériques seront au cœur d'une réunion internationale inédite regroupant cette semaine à Kahnawake plusieurs dirigeantes autochtones.

26.08.2005 Transparency International Croatia greeted and commended the decision of the Administrative Court which accepted the arguments of the private lawsuit started by Jelena Berkovic, a journalist, against Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, on charges of violation of the right to access to information.