Full Coverage: Governance

26.12.2006

26.12.2006

26.12.2006 Global poverty estimates report the number of people living on less than $1 or $2 a day. But purchasing power (dis)parities suggest that it could be more accurate to say that the poor in countries like India are living on less than $0.20 or $0.40 a day, says Aseem Shrivastava

25.12.2006 Activists of Right to a City initiative and Zelena Akcija environmental organization demanded detailed information on the project to develop the Lower-City block in Zagreb, between Varsavska, Gunduliceva, Ilica, Preobrazenska Streets and the Petar Preradovic Square.

22.12.2006 NEW YORK, Dec 22 (OneWorld) - Death penalty opponents and human rights organizations are hailing Florida governor Jeb Bush's decision this week to temporarily halt all executions in his state.

22.12.2006 In a press conference on Friday, Indian NGOs urged the government to do more to involve survivors of the 2004 tsunami in decisions related to rehabilitation to make the reconstruction effort a success. The NGOs had gathered under an ActionAid initiative to launch a report in Indian capital New Delhi.

22.12.2006 The Centre has proposed, on December 18th, 2006, an insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh for every Indian girl child to save her life from being nipped in the womb and see her through the early years.

21.12.2006 Transparency Serbia invited all political parties that participate in the election campaign to adopt more serious approach to the problem of corruption.

21.12.2006 Government Defence Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella yesterday challenged the remark by UN Special Rapporteur on Child Soldiers Alan Rock that he would come up with evidence in two months to prove the Security Forces were conniving in child abductions, saying that the LTTE's self admission in the abduction of 24 OL students clearly showed who the perpetrators were.

19.12.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 19 (OneWorld) - A Brussels-based non-profit has launched what it describes as the first ever "global radio show connecting migrant communities worldwide to highlight their concerns and achievements."

19.12.2006 Developing countries have successfully resisted pressures to “move first” to end the current stalemate in the Doha Development Round of WTO negotiations. This is a sign of “growing maturity” and is of critical importance as this may well be the “last opportunity” to put the development dimension at the centre stage of WTO negotiations, opined Gopal K Pillai, Commerce Secretary, Government of India and the country’s chief negotiator at the WTO here today.

18.12.2006 The NGO Coalition “Cooperation for a Common Goal” prepared the second draft of the Strategy of Relations between the Government and NGOs in Montenegro, the “NGO Code of Conduct” and the “Structure of Public Funding Financing for NGOs”, and invites all stake-holders to comment on the papers through the Coalition’s web-site.

17.12.2006 NEW DELHI, Dec 16 (OneWorld) - Nearly 60 percent of southern India's tsunami-affected citizens are living in temporary shelters two years after the disaster, a local group said this week, blaming the housing shortcomings on government apathy and poor construction efforts by both the government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

17.12.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 16 (OneWorld) - Your car's gas mileage is probably worse than you thought it was.

15.12.2006 The World Bank today approved a US$154 million credit to the Indian state of Punjab designed to increase access of the state's rural communities to improved and sustainable water supply and sanitation services.

15.12.2006 NEW YORK, Dec 14 (OneWorld) - When Democratic lawmakers return to Washington next month to take over Congressional leadership positions, many will be under heavy pressure from their supporters to start impeachment hearings against President George W. Bush.

14.12.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 14 (OneWorld) - Human rights advocates are cheering the genocide conviction of former Ethiopian leader Mengistu Haile Mariam.

14.12.2006 Extrajudicial killings, attacks on religious and ethnic minorities and curbs on press freedom are endemic in South Asia, with Bangladesh being the worst violator, a leading regional human rights group said.

13.12.2006 The state and city of Oaxaca in Mexico rose in protest in May against a governor seen as corrupt and repressive. The government later sent in troops to clear the city, but the struggles have broken out again.

13.12.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 13 (OneWorld) - Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress are likely to drive U.S. military budgets even higher in 2007, experts say.