Full coverage: Governance

07.11.2006 Korkea-arvoiset Yhdysvaltalain sisäministeriön poliitikot ovat kirjoittaneet uusiksi tieteellisiä asiakirjoja estääkseen useiden harvinaisten lajien suojelun. Näin kertovat luonnonsuojelujärjestöjen asiakirjat. Sadat tiedemiehet kokevat tulleensa sisäministeriön ohjailemiksi.

07.11.2006 Korruption ja köyhyyden välillä on vahva korrelaatio, muistutetaan Transparency Internationalin vuotuisessa raportissa. "Miljoonat ihmiset jäävät korruption takia köyhyysloukkuun", totesi korruption vastaista työtä tekevän Transparency International- järjestön (TI) puheenjohtaja Huguette Labelle "The 2006 Corruption Index" -raportin julkistuksen yhteydessä.

07.11.2006 The potential of the internet — as a source of information, as an efficient interface between the government, non-governmental institutions, and ordinary citizens, and as the means of delivering a wide range of services — is immense

07.11.2006 The importance of five to eight years of schooling for all children has come to be accepted as a societal non-negotiable. For over the decades we have done remarkable progress in terms of increasing the access to education. In fact first time in independent India, primary education is receiving some focused attention from political leaders and administrator.

07.11.2006 Corruption traps millions in poverty, Huguette Labelle, the Canadian-born head of Transparency International(TI) told at the launch of the Corruption Perceptions Index

07.11.2006 Hoy en la mañana se confirmó el triunfo electoral del Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN), aunque algunos dicen simplemente: ganó Daniel. Todavía no están los resultados finales, pero ya la tendencia es irreversible con un 38-40% para el Frente, lo que da una diferencia de un 8 a 10% respecto a la Alianza Liberal que va en el segundo lugar.

07.11.2006 Esta semana os termos dos contratos já começaram a ser discutidos no Congresso Boliviano – que é quem vai aprová-lo - e para os analistas este vai ser o momento de melhor compreender “as letras pequenas”. A novidade é que estes contratos firmados na última segunda-feira não têm cláusulas de confidencialidade como havia nos anteriores.

06.11.2006 Despite years of eradication efforts, 2006 has seen a record number of new polio cases in India. Many are questioning the wisdom and efficacy of the WHO-guided vaccination drive .

06.11.2006 The OSCE Presence in Albania presented today the results of a trial monitoring report that focuses on the country's judicial system.

06.11.2006 The livelihoods of at least two million workers have been affected by a crackdown on unauthorised commercial properties in the Indian capital that was violently opposed this past week by mobs rampaging through the streets and torching public buses and blocking traffic.

06.11.2006 The Right to Food Campaign has succeeded in placing hunger at the centre of development discourse in India. The campaign hopes that this long-running case will culminate in the right to food becoming a fundamental right that can be made justiciable in any court of law in the country. The case and the accompanying campaign have established the importance of the law as facilitator, but the right to food also requires political means and people’s participation

06.11.2006 Like the smell of revolution first thing in the morning. The India Social Forum 2006, the India chapter of the World Social Forum (WSF), alternative to its gigantic capitalist rival, the World Economic Forum held annually at Davos, is set to stir its anti-globalisation, -imperialism, -Bushism, -consumerism, -militarism, -hegemonism, -homogenisation, -racism, -sexism,-Cokeism hyperbole, to offer its version of an alter-globalised world.

04.11.2006 Luis Inácio "Lula" da Silva's resounding electoral victory with over 60 percent of the vote places Brazilian politics on a new footing.

03.11.2006 Kansainvälisen tutkimuksen mukaan Etelä-Afrikka sijoittuu neljänneksi arvioitaessa budjetin läpinäkyvyyttä. Tutkimuksessa mitattiin, kuinka monipuolisesti ja laadukkaasti valtiot informoivat kansalaisiaan budjetista. Samoin selvitettiin, kuinka helposti tiedot ovat saatavissa.

03.11.2006 The Centre for Civic Education (CGO) and the Centre for Development of NGOs (CRNVO) appealed to Zeljko Sturanovic, the holder of the mandate to form the new Government of Montenegro, to include the representatives of the civil sector in the process of consultations on the new cabinet.

02.11.2006 Äänestäjien pitäisi olla selvillä kongressiedustajansa suhtaumisesta tärkeisiin asioihin, todetaan yhdysvaltalaisen kansalaisoikeusryhmän tuoreessa raportissa. Vain 181 kongressiedustajaa ja 36 senaattoria pistivät kansalaisoikeudet etusijalle vähintään 80 prosentissa äänestyksistä viimeisen kauden aikana. 20 vuotta siten luvut olivat 220 ja 52.

02.11.2006 “Horizon” humanitarian organization from Kriva Palanka demanded from the Government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to invest greater effort to solve the problems of Macedonian citizens living and working in Italy and emphasized the need to sign Agreement on Seasonal Workers with Italy.

02.11.2006 El pasado lunes 30 de octubre los jueces del Juzgado Penal del Segundo Circuito Judicial de la Zona Atlántica determinaron condenar a los imputados en el caso por el supuesto secuestro extorsivo de cuatro policías antimotines durante la huelga de diciembre del 2000 en la Zona Atlántica.

02.11.2006 Los mineros de varios centros se quedaron con los crespos hechos, pues hasta se habían armado para enfrentar una posible nacionalización que había anticipado el propio presidente Evo Morales. Sin embargo, este plan minero se postergó hasta el próximo año.

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