Full Coverage: Arms & military

28.05.2007 UNDP, KFOR and Kosovo Police Service started the destruction of confiscated illegal weapons on Friday, May 25, in an event organized in Camp Victoria in Ajvali, Prishtina.

28.05.2007 The city of Zadar, under the auspices of cooperation within NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) and Croatian National Bureau for Protection and Rescue, hosted the 'IDASSA 007', May 21-24. Under the auspices of the project, a variety of catastrophic events and disasters were simulated, such as earthquakes, fires and terrorist attacks.

21.05.2007 DENVER, May 21 (OneWorld) - Thousands of children in the African nations of Chad and the Central African Republic could be turning from the battlefield to the blackboard as a result of international negotiations over the past two weeks.

21.05.2007 Independent, non-nationalist Himal Southasian is known for its critical analyses and opinion on South Asia. Its latest issue was allowed to be distributed only after the removal of articles that dealt with the future of democracy in Bangladesh and growing militaritisation.

03.05.2007 UNITED NATIONS, May 3 (OneWorld) - As the United States takes charge of the UN Security Council this month, calls for Washington to lead global efforts to secure peace in the Sudanese region of Darfur are on the rise.

01.05.2007 UNESCO, on the occasion of Global Action Week (April 23-29) in favour of Education for All, has launched a report titled "Education under Attack". Based on research undertaken by U.K-based journalist and education specialist Brendan O'Malley, the report highlights the violent attacks on educational systems that are depriving children of their right to education. The report reveals that 40% of the world's 77 million out-of-school children live in conflict-affected countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Columbia.