Full Coverage: United States

31.05.2004 As President Bush dedicates the World War 11 Memorial this week, a coalition of veterans and human rights organizations are inviting Americans to sign an online petition urging the White House to re-dedicate the U.S. to the Geneva Conventions and International Humanitarian Laws.

31.05.2004 A faith-based coalition of investors is sponsoring shareholder proposals calling on multi-national companies to assess the effect of HIV/AIDS on their businesses in developing countries and how their charity programs help to control the spread of the disease.

31.05.2004 The Bush administration did not carry out a Congressional-mandated study of the likely impact of the U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement on the poor before it was signed last week.

31.05.2004 In a letter to members of the foreign service corps, former diplomat Roger Morris says the White House no longer deserves their allegiance or participation because the U.S. has “flouted treaties and alliances, alienated friends, multiplied enemies, lost respect and credibility on every continent” under the Bush administration.

31.05.2004 Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, the founding principles of the United States are equally cherished by America’s neighbors and trading partners.

30.05.2004 «Les systèmes judiciaires des Amériques sont détournés de leur rôle et sont employés pour harceler les défenseurs des droits humains, ce qui les gêne pour remplir leur mission au service des droits humains», a déclaré Amnesty International alors que l'Union européenne (UE) et les États d'Amérique latine se réunissent à Mexico pour discuter des questions de cohésion sociale et d'intégration régionale.

28.05.2004 U.S Secretary of Energy announced in Vienna Thursday a new program that is seeks to minimize the availability of nuclear and radiological materials.

28.05.2004 Activists are protesting the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) which will be signed into law this week because it undermines existing labor, health and environmental laws in Central American countries.

28.05.2004 AIDS advocate Hu Jia said on Wednesday that he was placed under house arrest to prevent him from meeting a U.S. Embassy delegation visiting Henan, a Chinese province that has one of the world's highest HIV infection rates.

28.05.2004 From Amnesty International to the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, human rights and security experts are questioning the “direction and value of the U.S.-led war on terror.” They conclude that the conduct of the war thus far might inadvertently be increasing the threat of terrorism around the world.

28.05.2004 The Amicus Coalition, which is a group of 15 environmental, nature and rural organisations from all over the world gave evidence to the WTO in a dispute between the US and the European Union over GM food.

27.05.2004

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A split has developed between the U.S. and UK around whether an Iraqi interim government will have veto power over U.S. military actions in Iraq. While the two countries have demonstrated a show of unity in the joint resolution presented before the UN Council, analysts agree that resolving this split is critical for getting the UN support and quelling the resistance in Iraq.

27.05.2004 A military court sentenced a Florida National Guardsman who declared himself a conscientious objector to a year in jail for refusing to return to duty in Iraq.

27.05.2004 Writers and artists around the world, including Salman Rushdie and Michael Moore, have endorsed PEN American Center campaign for a review of the U.S. Patriot Act.

27.05.2004 An official of the Department of Health and Human Services told delegates at an AIDS conference this week that Latin Americans now account for 19 percent of new HIV infections in the U.S.

26.05.2004 Join prominent members of the human rights community on May 27th in Washington, D.C. as they present their recommendations to the Bush Administration for ending illegal and inappropriate interrogation and detention tactics.

26.05.2004 Effective June 1, the new official U.S. policy on Cuba curtails educational travel, further restricting already limited avenues for collaboration between U.S.-based organizations and groups in Cuba.

26.05.2004 Lakhdar Brahimi is “no favorite of the White House” because he opposed the decision to invade Iraq, condemned the siege on Fallujah and publicly denounced Israel’s actions in the Middle East. But as the man widely praised by diplomats, warlords and U.S. military commanders for stabilizing post-conflict Afghanistan, “the Bush administration sees no viable alternative to Brahimi as a peacemaker in Iraq.”

26.05.2004 District 7 in Kabul, the Afghan capital, was the hardest hit during the war that ousted the Taliban. Now the district is known for a different reason. The female business owners here were the first to benefit from a micro-finance program introduced by a U.S-based group last year that is now a model for development in other parts of the capital.

25.05.2004 U.S ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament confirmed recently that the U.S is working with Athens and the International Atomic Energy Agency to prevent a nuclear attack at the Summer Olympics.