Full coverage: Governance

31.05.2005 Le peuple français vient de dire non au traité constitutionnel. Un non très majoritairement démocratique et européen. Ce faisant, les citoyennes et les citoyens ont d’abord dit non au néolibéralisme, dont le texte soumis à référendum constituait une éloquente défense et illustration.

31.05.2005 Una gigantesca movilización de vecinos, trabajadores, universitarios y campesinos de El Alto marchan este martes sobre la sitiada ciudad de La Paz enarbolando la bandera de la nacionalización del gas y el petróleo. La ofensiva popular es poderosa y pone en tela de juicio el destino del poder político, ya que la exigencia popular es casi imposible que sea atendida por el pusilánime gobierno del presidente Carlos Mesa, un ferviente defensor de las transnacionales, y de un Congreso controlado por las fuerzas neoliberales que gobernaron con el ex presidente Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, derrocado en octubre del 2003 por una insurrección popular.

31.05.2005 OTTAWA – Si les recommandations du groupe de travail sur l’avenir de l’Amérique du Nord devaient être mises en œuvre, elles mettraient gravement en danger la capacité du Canada d’adopter des lois ou de prendre des décisions indépendantes dans l’intérêt public, dit le Conseil des Canadiens.

31.05.2005 Thirteen years after the deportations of tens of B&H refugees from Herzeg Novi back into war-torn Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Humanitarian Law Centre and the Group for Changes NGOs demanded that the authorities start investigation of the perpetrators and persons who ordered this crime against humanity.

31.05.2005 Povodom 13 godina od deportacije više desetina bosansko - hercegovačkih izbeglica iz Herceg Novog u ratom zahvaćenu BiH, nevladine organizacije Fond za humanitarno pravo (FHP) i Grupa za promjene (GZP) na skupu u Podgorici zatražile su pokretanje istrage protiv počinioca i nalogodavaca zločina protiv čovečnosti.

31.05.2005 Calling 2005 a landmark year for the continent as he marked Africa Day on May 25, Kofi Annan reflected optimistically on the continent's democratic reforms, poverty reduction, and control of the AIDS pandemic, noting especially the economic opportunities and challenges of war that lie ahead.

30.05.2005 In a bid to step up efforts to prevent and cure AIDS, the government is planning to introduce a legislation in Parliament to empower AIDS afflicted people to lead a life of dignity.

30.05.2005 Despite being a relatively new phenomenon, information and communication technology (ICT) is making its way into the social, cultural, economic, political and governance aspects of Bhutanese society according to the department of information.

30.05.2005 Predlog teksta "Deklaracije o obavezama države da preduzme sve mere zaštite prava žrtava ratnih zločina, a posebno žrtava genocida u Srebrenici", Narodnoj skupštini Republike Srbije podnose beogradske nevladine organizacije Komitet pravnika za ljudska prava, Centar za kulturnu dekontaminaciju, Gradjanske inicijative, Helsinski odbor za ljudska prava u Srbiji, Zene u crnom, Beogradski krug, Fond za humanitarno pravo i Inicijativa mladih za ljudska prava.

27.05.2005 Na tribini "Naš odnos prema Srebrenici” koja je održana u beogradskom Centru za kulturnu dekontaminaciju (CZKD) u organizaciji Centra za antiratnu akciju, nekoliko nevladinih organizacija i stranaka najavilo je da će Skupštini Srbije predložiti da usvoji deklaraciju o Srebrenici. Srbija bi se tom deklaracijom obavezala da prizna zločin počinjen u tom gradu.

27.05.2005 The e-Motoring project of Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) will build a comprehensive ICT solution to provide computersied citizen services being provided by DMT and the Provincial Department of Motor Traffic (PDMT).

27.05.2005 Parlamentarna skupština BiH započela je i zvanično sa projektom Otvoreni parlament. Cilj projekta je približiti instituciju državnog parlamenta kao i zakonodavni proces građanima Bosne i Hercegovine, a prvenstveno mladim ljudima.

27.05.2005 The House of Representatives rejected a measure Wednesday calling on President Bush to devise a plan for an Iraq withdrawal. With talks of a pullout taboo a few months ago--by even progressive lawmakers--some argue that the proposal--and the 128 "yay" votes it received--indicates a change of attitude in Congress toward Iraq.

26.05.2005 ARBIL, Iraq, May 26 (IPS) - The two main Kurdish parties have still not reached agreement on setting up a regional government and parliament after elections held Jan. 30.

26.05.2005 La capitale bolivienne a passé la journée d'hier isolée du reste du pays en raison des manifestations et des barrages de routes, auxquelles s'ajoutera aujourd'hui la fermeture de son aéroport international. Le président Carlos Mesa a répété qui continuera son mandat jusqu'en 2007 tandis que se multiplient les doutes sur cette possibilité.

26.05.2005 Indian farmers campaigning against cultivation of GM crops won their first success against the U.S.-based company Monsanto by simply establishing that the genetically modified crops were less productive than normal crops. India's government on Tuesday withheld licenses for the commerical cultivation of three kinds of genetically modified cotton developed by Monsanto.

26.05.2005 Demanding immediate withdrawal of the ban on news and informative programmes broadcast, Radio Journalists in Nepal have announced protest programmes. The government banned news broadcasts on FM radio after the royal coup took place in February this year.

26.05.2005 The Indian government's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has withheld licenses for commercial cultivation on three varieties of genetically modified (GM) cotton developed by US firm Monsanto - Mech-12 Bt, Mech-162 Bt and Mech-184 Bt after a persistant campaign by Indian organisations.

26.05.2005 The Centre for Science and Environment, which is a New Delhi based NGO, has issued a press release saying that the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is holding its eleventh, crucial and final, meeting to set standards for soft drinks on Friday, May 27, 2005. The issues are critical as BIS is trying to set standards for pesticides, pH and caffeine in the soft drinks.

26.05.2005 Vo tekot na 2004. godina vo Srbija i Crna Gora se slucile nekolku nerazjasneti ubistva, uste ne se razjasneti poranesnite politicki motivirani ubsitva, a zebelezani se i slucai na policisko zlostavuvanje, iako vo pomal broj, se naveduva vo noviot godisen izvestaj na organizacijata za zastita na covekovite prava Amnesty International – AI. Vo izvestajot so koj e opfaten periodot od januari do dekemvri 2004. godina, AI naveduva deka i sorabotkata na SiCG so Haskiot tribunal bila vlosena vo odnos na izminatiot period, zatoa sto poveketo obvineti za voeni zlostorstva do togas mu bile vraceni na Trbunalot.