Full coverage: Governance

15.06.2006 In the first step towards e-Governance, the State government has launched its own indigenous special software called 'Office Procedure Automation Software', developed by the State’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) cell.

14.06.2006 Organizata Horkeskart bëri një interpretim para disa institucioneve kombëtare në Beograd. Institucionet u zgjodhën në bazë të kriterit që “... ashtu si janë, ato bëjnë më shumë dëm sesa hair”.

14.06.2006 Four months after the launch of the landmark job guarantee scheme, a nationwide study reveals that only 30% of those registering for the scheme have received job cards. Women, minorities, the elderly and the physically-challenged are not even being allowed to register.

14.06.2006 Flash floods and mudslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in India's northeast killed eight people and displaced some 75,000 others in the States of Assam and Tripura, officials.

14.06.2006 Zambia's approaching general elections have increased pressure on the government to enact the Freedom of Information bill, more than three years after it was withheld for "wider consultation".

13.06.2006 El plan de austeridad que implementó el gobierno del presidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, representó un ahorro de siete millones de dólares, que se destinaron para la creación de 1.364 empleos en los sectores de salud y educación, según cifras del Ministerio de Hacienda conocidas hoy.

13.06.2006 Los presos de San Salvador Atenco y de La Otra Campaña cumplen un mes tras las rejas. En todo este tiempo, miles de personas de diversas partes del mundo se han movilizado para exigir su libertad.

13.06.2006 Much attention has focused lately on the Bolivian government's nationalization of the country's hydrocarbon resources. Bolivia's policy change follows up the Venezuelan government's systematic renegotiation of contracts with foreign petroleum companies which dramatically increased revenue available to benefit Venezuela's people.

13.06.2006 Dressed as cattle Greenpeace protestors tried to seek an audience on Tuesday with Indian agriculture minister Sharad Pawar over the mysterious deaths of livestock in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, allegedly due to consumption of genetically modified crops.

13.06.2006 As a result of a long and continuous usage of natural resources, these communities have acquired a broad knowledge base of the behaviour of complex ecosystems of their locality.

13.06.2006 NEW YORK, June 12 (OneWorld) - Furious at the Bush administration's callous response to the deaths of three Guantanamo Bay prisoners, rights advocacy groups in the West are calling for immediate and independent investigations into the incident.

12.06.2006 The Government’s Gender Equality Office finished, at the start of last week, the Draft-National Policy for Promotion of Gender Equality 2006-2010. The draft was submitted to the Working Group for preparation of the document, with a review deadline of three days only, while simultaneously being submitted to all administrative bodies and local commissions. This action provoked strong protests with all involved participants.

12.06.2006 The proliferation and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) present opportunities and challenges to us all; not just to large countries and developed countries but also to developing islands and small states.

12.06.2006 In 1955 Nepal's revised civil code outlawed untouchability; in 2002 the government created the National Dalit Commission; and three years ago a new leadership pledged to lay charges against anyone accused of discriminating against untouchables, also known as dalits.

12.06.2006 Facing a cutback in financial aid from the United States for cited failure to usher in sufficient democratic reforms, Pakistan has denied the $250 million reduction was aimed at it specifically.

12.06.2006 Nepal's Parliament has unanimously voted to strip King Gyanendra of his right to veto laws, ensuring a purely ceremonial role for the once powerful monarch.
The new regulation was passed by the lawmakers, according to a Parliament notice.

11.06.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 (OneWorld) - The director of an independent Cuban news agency is in critical condition after more than four months on hunger strike.

09.06.2006 Ured za ravnopravnost spolova dovršio je početkom ovog tjedna nacrt prijedloga Nacionalne politike za promicanje ravnopravnosti spolova 2006. – 2010. Tekst je proslijeđen Radnoj skupini za izradu navedenog dokumenta uz rok za razmatranje od samo tri dana, a istovremeno je upućen i svim tijelima državne uprave i lokalnim povjerenstvima. Ovakav postupak je izazvao snažno nezadovoljstvo uključenih.

09.06.2006 Dosta! Movement (Lëvizja Mjaft!) organizoi, të shtunën e kaluar, më 3 qershor, një koncert proteste në “Vilsonovo Setaliste” (Shëtitoren e Wilson-it) në Sarajevë. Fillimisht, koncerti ishte planifikuar të mbahet në platonë para Ndërtesës së Institucioneve të Përbashkëta të Bosnjes dhe Hercegovinës (Parlamentit të BeH-së), por nuk u lejua nga autoritetet.

09.06.2006 Instituti Kosovar për kërkime dhe Zhvillime të Politikave (KIPRED) dhe Këshilli për Mbrojtjen e të Drejtave dhe Lirive të Njeriut (KMLDNJ) më 5 qershor, 2006 organizuan tryezën e rrumbullakët “Legjislacioni për zgjedhje në Kosovë: Kush? Çfarë? Ku? Si?“ ku morën pjesë përfaqësues të lartë të institucioneve të ndryshme vendore dhe ndërkombëtare, partive politike si dhe përfaqësues të shoqërisë civile. Në këtë debat u nxorën disa përfundime lidhur me sistemin e zgjedhjeve në përgjithësi...