Full Coverage: International Cooperation

30.10.2006 A decision by Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed on Sunday, to head an interim government to conduct general elections set for January, may exacerbate widespread political violence that has already resulted in 27 deaths over the weekend.

28.10.2006 Parlementaire socialiste au Tessin (Suisse italienne), président de l'Union internationale contre le cancer (UICC), figurant au nombre des oncologues les plus connus mondialement, le docteur Francesco " Franco " Cavalli est aussi un acteur de premier plan au sein de la coopération helvétique.

28.10.2006 World Food Day, commemorated on October 16, has become more of an exercise in expiation of sins than a renewal of a serious commitment to end hunger.

26.10.2006 Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France, announces a Call for Papers for the UNTELE 2007 Conference, to be held March 29-31, 2007. The principal theme of the up-coming UNTELE 2007 conference is Cross-cultural communication, global networking and second language acquisition

26.10.2006 Responding to a flood of complaints from migrant workers worldwide, the United Nations is investigating a rash of human rights violations, including abusive working conditions, non-payment of wages, arbitrary detentions and collective illegal deportations.

26.10.2006 In its first four years, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has quickly become one of the most important aid agencies in the world. It has approved over 360 grant programs in 132 countries valued at $5.6 billion, and it has disbursed over $2.7 billion

24.10.2006 India is a poignant example of how food sufficiency at the aggregate level has not translated into food security at the household level. The revised thrust of the World Food Programme will be to bring the hungry, malnourished, and vulnerable within the ambit of human development.

23.10.2006 Microsoft India has entered into a partnership with Hughes to create a self-sustaining IT infrastructure in rural areas by deploying broadband enabled ICT kiosks in about 200 towns and villages across the country.

23.10.2006 Leading black and Asian professional women in Britain have called on their peers to 'storm the doors' of blue chip companies, following a report this week that shows that a form of employment apartheid is rife in Britain.

19.10.2006 The Second International Conference will take place in Skopje, Macedonia, on November 15, 16 and 17th, 2006. This year, the focus of the conference is regional approach to ICT policy creation. The conference will gather experts, policymakers, advocacy groups and other stakeholders from Macedonia, the SEE Region and EU.

19.10.2006 The people of Madhya Pradesh have topped the world in creating a new Guinness World Record. A whopping 3.3 million residents of the state joined the "Stand Up Against Poverty" event this week, which is the largest figure from a single region across the world.

19.10.2006 A Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) needs assessment report has reckoned that the government should mobilize almost double the current level of foreign assistance for the next decade if the goals are to be achieved.

18.10.2006 The Indian government has decided to shelve, for the moment, a proposal to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005, which would make only file notings on social and development issues accessible to the public. It announced on August 21 that the Bill to make the amendments would not be introduced in Parliament for the moment.

18.10.2006 A US$24.6 million loan aims to improve urban infrastructure facilities and basic urban services in Thimphu and Phuentsholing, Bhutan’s two largest cities, as well as in Dagana, a regional center.

18.10.2006 Technology can be dangerous for the marginalised and the oppressed, if viewed only within a monochromatic perspective of business plans and financial returns. Micro credit is an area that faces a clear threat. Presently, thrift Self Help Groups provide credit to themselves at a ‘reasonable' Rs. 2 per Rs. 100 or 24%.

17.10.2006 UNITED NATIONS, Oct 17 (IPS) - The United Nations is responding positively to a call from peace activists and human rights organisations for a new international treaty to monitor the world's growing 1.1-trillion-dollar global arms trade.

17.10.2006 Postponement of peace talks between Nepal's government and former Maoist rebels does not signal a failure of the process, say civil society leaders. "What it shows is that our leaders didn't do the proper homework --but we are very much optimistic that the talks will succeed," Bishnu Rimal, vice-chairman of the General Federation of Nepali Trade Unions told to media.

17.10.2006 Cricketers of India and England along with thousands of spectators today expressed solidarity for the United Nations' Millennium Campaign against poverty.

16.10.2006 Amidst the debate over making file notings open under Right to Information Act, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured that "vexatious demands should not be allowed to deprive genuine information seekers of their legitimate claims on limited public resources".

16.10.2006 During the visit of Anne-Marie Sigmund, President of European Economic and Social Committee –EESC, to Croatia (October 11, 2006), an agreement was reached between EESC and Croatian civil society organizations to establish a joint body, named EU-Croatia Civil Society Follow-up Committee.