Full Coverage: International Cooperation

28.06.2006 The US has perpetually been in denial about global warming, especially after the Earth Summit in Rio De Janerio held in 1992, but a recent report released by the US Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) may shake it out of its complacency. The report adds ammunition for lobbies within the US and forces outside it for pushing the world’s only superpower towards signing the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on global warming.

28.06.2006 The Spanish government announced in a statement on Monday that it will donate 935 million euros (about 1.2 billion U.S. dollars) for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals in 2006, 78 percent higher more than that in 2004.

27.06.2006 On 19 June 2006, the United Nations launched the Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Development (GAID) at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

27.06.2006 This report is a comprehensive collection of twelve research papers on trade- related topics relevant to the development concerns of South Asian countries .Each paper deal with different aspects of the debate surrounding trade and development issues in South Asia.

26.06.2006 Building on recent strong growth, countries in South Asia can dramatically reduce poverty by embracing policies aimed at increasing investment and productivity, and improving the quality of labor, while addressing pervasive income inequalities and poor service delivery, according to Economic Growth in South Asia, a World Bank report.

26.06.2006 The Asian Development Bank has signed an agreement to establish a knowledge hub on clean energy at India's Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).

23.06.2006 A much-touted "development package" offered recently to the world's least developed countries is "rife with tricks" and could be far more limited than originally publicised because the United States maintains the right to deny the promised duty-free access to some of those countries' most important exports, a new study says.

23.06.2006 Some 400 scientists and policy-makers from the world’s arid regions urged that leaders to put sharper focus on efforts to combat desertification, which threatens a third of the earth’s land surface.

22.06.2006 The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) announced on Wednesday the creation of an ambitious new initiative, Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS).

22.06.2006 Keeping a promise made at the United Nations six years ago to dramatically improve the lives of at least 100 million poor city dwellers by the year 2020 will be a major focus of the World Urban Forum.

22.06.2006 The chairman of an upcoming United Nations-organized conference looking into ways of curbing the illegal trade in small arms said that stepped-up action is needed to tackle the global scourge and follow-up on a Programme of Action endorsed by all Member States in 2001.

21.06.2006 MOVING away from the traditional role of funding primary and elementary education, the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) is making silent inroads into special educational projects run by the West Bengal Government by promising ‘‘technical assistance’’.

19.06.2006 Nepal government and Maoists would frame an interim constitution within two weeks and put in place an ‘‘alternative mechanism’’ before parliament is dissolved as per their agreement, a peace negotiator has said.

19.06.2006 Few would dispute that civil society organisations (CSOs) have grown substantially in number and influence over the past decades. But, are these groups at a point now where they play a determining role, alongside government, in public policy-making?

16.06.2006 Today, June 16, the “Trieste-Sarajevo” Bicycle Tour arrives to Sarajevo. A press conference will be organized, with some refreshments for the participants, at the Bosnia and Herzegovina Historical Museum, starting at 11:00 hours.

16.06.2006 One quarter of the global disease burden in adults is related to environmental risk factors that could be modified with existing interventions, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a new report.

14.06.2006 Those who really care about reform should come together and form a new coalition — one that bridges the artificial, destructive divide between North and South.

14.06.2006 How many zeroes does it take to make Girija Prasad Koirala smile? At least three - quipped a wag, as mandarins in the Ministry of External Affairs sweated in the Delhi heat to create an aid package that would meet the expectations of India's neighbour and friend perched in its Himalayan splendour.

13.06.2006 Revived dramatically after four years, Nepal's reinstated parliament goes into hibernation under pressure from the Maoist guerrillas. And the spectre of renewed violence has forced the new government to choose peace talks over the house.

12.06.2006 The European Movement in Serbia opens a public competition for the “Travel to Europe” project, which will enable 200 students from Serbia to get free of charge Schengen Visas to travel to EU countries, as well as free inter-rail traing tickets covering one-month of travel.