Social Development
- Thu May 08 2008
Trade unions demand action on world food crisis
In response to the deepening global food crisis the ITUC has called on governments and world institutions to take far-reaching measures to guarantee food security for all.
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Globalization
- Wed May 07 2008
ADB Strategy 2020: Selling Asia to the private sector
The 41st Annual Governors Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) took place in Madrid, Spain from May 3 to 6, 2008. One of the main agenda of this meeting is the ADB’s strategy for the next years for what it describes as a "New Asia". NGOs and former ADB officials have condemned the strategy. (pdf)
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Human Rights
- Wed May 07 2008
Call for papers on the future of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Sur – Human Rights University Network and the International Service for Human Rights invite contributions to be published in a Special Issue on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of Sur – International Journal on Human Rights.
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Natural Resources
- Wed May 07 2008
Ecuador's mining decree: A cautious victory for communities
Communities and organizations opposed to large scale metallic mining in Ecuador are calling the new mining decree passed by the National Constituent Assembly a win for their movement.
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Environment
- Tue May 06 2008
ADB’s 'climate change hypocrisy' denounced by civil society groups
Asian environmental and human rights groups branded the Asian Development Bank as a "leading world emitter of climate change hypocrisy" for issuing calls for clean energy investments to fight global warming while extending massive funding support for dirty mega-coal projects in Asia.
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Gender
- Tue May 06 2008
NGOs positions on UNIFEM appointment
NGOs and Networks' statements on the last UNIFEM appointment and the low weight given to women's voices from the global South.
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Human Rights
- Mon May 05 2008
Peru: government lashes out at human rights groups
The Peruvian government, with the backing of the parliamentary bloc that supports former President Alberto Fujimori, has unleashed a campaign against non-governmental organisations that defend human rights, according to activists and lawyers.
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Economy and Financial Affairs
- Mon May 05 2008
NGOs to ADB president: "No future for Asia’s poor under ADB!"
Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda opened the 41st Annual Meeting of the ADB under a hail of questions from civil society groups critical of the ADB’s pursuit of private sector development at the expense of poverty-alleviation efforts and community and environmental interests.
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Economy and Financial Affairs
- Fri May 02 2008
Exodus at the IMF
As the IMF continues to face escalating deficits and a crisis of credibility, almost a quarter of its 2,400 full-time staff in Washington, D.C. have voluntarily applied for resignations. The actual number of buyout requests was as high as 620, far in excess of the institution’s goal of laying off 380 staff.
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Sustainable Development
- Fri May 02 2008
2nd international conference on sustainable tourism
From May 12th to 15th 2008, the Second International Conference on Sustainable Tourism (ICST) will take place in Fortaleza – Brazil. The Conference will attract about 500 participants to discuss community based tourism as a strategy to encourage popular traditional culture, environmental protection, local development and fair trade in tourism.
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