Full Coverage: International Cooperation

31.05.2006 The European Union Foreign Ministers on Monday ordered the listing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a banned organisation. Western diplomats said that the decision was taken at a meeting of the General Affairs and External Relations Council in Brussels.

30.05.2006 The Non-Aligned Movement, which exists to give voice to developing countries and advance a more democratic international order, must move forward with the United Nations towards their shared goals, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said.

30.05.2006 India has launched "Operation Marham" (Operation Balm) under which it is rushing naval ships and Indian Air Force aircraft loaded with relief supplies and medical aid to earthquake-affected Indonesia.

29.05.2006 What does a Bosnian do when he, or she, wants to see a good film? Just go out and make it!! All the visitors of the third in a row Bosnia and Herzegovina Film Festival BHFF, held at the end of May of this year at the Antology Film Archives in New York, could testify that every joke has at least a trace of truth in it. The common denominator of the eight documentaries, two long features, seven short features and seven animated films presented at the BHFF was to be found in the subjects of identity, survival and justice in war-time and post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina.

29.05.2006 As South Asia enjoys unprecedented economic growth, soaring summer temperatures have highlighted a chronic shortage of electricity that is crippling enterprise and leaving millions to suffer without any hope of respite, reports.

29.05.2006 India said it is ready to work with Nepal in the development and fostering of democracy in the Himalayan country.This was stated by the Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma during talks with Nepal's Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister K P Sharma Oli, here on the sidelines of the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

29.05.2006 Technical education institutions in Rajasthan will adopt nearby villages from the next academic session to promote self-employment among the youth and women by imparting vocational education to them.

26.05.2006 As economists and politicians debate what to do about the latest challenges facing the International Monetary Fund (IMF), civil society groups have a straightforward answer: take the IMF off life support.

26.05.2006 In the last few decades, some progress has been made in helping poor people overcome poverty across the world. However, hundreds of millions still remain trapped in poverty. Stephen C. Smith, author of “Ending Global Poverty,” argues that effective programs and organizations in those countries are making a positive impact.

25.05.2006 India, increasingly recognised as strong contender for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, is unlikely to field a candidate for the post of the UN's Secretary General.

25.05.2006 With about 60 million underweight children, India lagged far behind other countries with similar economic growth in reducing malnutrition, a World Bank report has said

25.05.2006 Speakers at a roundtable said growing inequalities between the haves and have-nots, poor governance and human capacity as well as lack of overall quality in institutions are some of the challenges facing Bangladesh.

25.05.2006 LUSAKA, ZAMBIA, May 23 (OneWorld) - Africa Freedom Day, which falls on May 25th, is a day in which as Africans we observe the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and pay tribute to the Heads of State, who through a common vision of unity, decided to seek a joint African solution to the dichotomy facing Africa in the 1960s.

24.05.2006 The United Nations has launched a $300m (£159m) rebuilding plan to help tens of thousands of Pakistanis displaced by last October's devastating earthquake.

22.05.2006 President General Pervez Musharraf said that the country’s economy had stabilised and he was poised to focus on the major issues of reducing poverty, creating jobs and controlling inflation.

22.05.2006 The adverse effects of unfair rules of global trade have made it imperative for national governments to have enough sovereign rights for policy formulations to deal with the situation. It is unfortunate that this policy space of national governments is gradually shrinking, with unfair trade rules in vogue.

22.05.2006 The United States and Pakistan agreed to turn the existing cooperation between the two countries in the education sector into a long-lasting and enduring relationship. The US agreed to help Pakistan in making up for the deficiencies in infrastructure at the school level, especially in the rural areas.

20.05.2006 from Center for Global Development blog:
It hasn't been all plain sailing as the carbon market and its managers are still finding their way. But it is still an historic model for what the whole world must do to combat climate change, claims David Roodman.

19.05.2006 Ushering in a new era, Nepal’s revived Parliament, in a historic declaration today, adopted resolutions that not only stripped the King of his title as the Supreme Commander of the Royal Nepal Army, but also brought his private property and earnings into the tax net. The King’s decisions can henceforth be debated in Parliament as well as challenged in a court of law.

19.05.2006 The information technology industry wants the Government to draw lessons from the townships created in the 1950s for the manufacturing sector and replicate the success by establishing integrated knowledge townships for it.