Full coverage: Governance

28.08.2006 Lëvizja MJAFT do të zhvillojë një protestë përpara zyrave të Ministrisë së Punëve Publike, Transportit dhe Telekomunikacioneve, ditën e Hënë, 28 Gusht, në mesditë.

26.08.2006 The hotel is among 100,000 cooperatives formed in Venezuela in the last two years that are the centerpiece of President Hugo Chavez's new socialist model to create jobs and redistribute this oil-rich country's wealth.

25.08.2006 Amnesty International India has expressed its deep concern at the demolitions of the protest-huts at Azad Maidan, Mumbai on August 24, 2006, under High Court orders. The human rights organisation has said evictions have made nearly 350,000 people homeless since 2004 and the government has failed to rehabilitate them till now. This has resulted in not only the loss of homes but also of livelihoods.

25.08.2006 Indian NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has said that the science used by the health ministry experts to give cola companies a clean chit is complete junk. In a detailed, point-by-point response to the government’s report the CSE has said only two bottles were tested by the government and the report of these tests has not been made public.

25.08.2006 La crisis energética que enfrenta Nicaragua, sometida a largos apagones, indujo al gobierno de Enrique Bolaños y a la oposición de derecha a aceptar que alcaldías en manos de la oposición de izquierda importen petróleo de Venezuela.

24.08.2006 In a bold move India is backing moves to promote a national needle exchange and drug substitution programme for intravenous drug users in order to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS in this high-risk and vulnerable group.

24.08.2006 Save the Children appealed to all actors in Montenegrin political scene to give priority in their political platforms and agendas to the improvement and protection of children rights.

24.08.2006 The situation in the Narmada valley today is nothing unexpected yet the most shocking. The Sardar Sarovar Dam, with the height raised, has silently killed the Adivasi communities in the Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh and many in Badwani and Dhar districts of Madhya Pradesh too. These generations' old Adivasis in the Satpura and Vindhya have lost their main sources of livelihood, land, to the sea that the roaring river water is converted to.

24.08.2006 India’s highest court issues notices to central and state authorities for stricter implementation of the law that ban sex-determination tests and sex-selective abortions. A public interest litigation has said that recognition of pre-birth sex-selection should be considered medical malpractice as it involves the misuse of medical technology

23.08.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 23 (OneWorld) - The human rights group Amnesty International is appealing decisions by the United States government to withhold as secret information detailing the incarceration of so-called ghost detainees as part of the Bush administration's self-styled "war on terror."

23.08.2006 KARACHI, August 10 2006: A press release by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (Apnec) has blamed intelligence agencies for the rising incidents of violence against journalists.

23.08.2006 Fond za humanitarno pravo izrazio je zabrinutost zbog izjava i ponašanja premijera Kosova povodom osudujuće presude generalu Seljimu Krasnićiju za ratni zločin protiv civila.

22.08.2006 Más de un mes de huelga de hambre y los nueve indígenas del Chaco ya publican un texto de despedida, ante la falta de respuestas del gobierno.

22.08.2006 The country’s highest court says that the Indian government has a duty to protect natural waterbodies to ensure its citizens their fundamental right to a decent quality of life.Besides, the state also has a duty to protect the environment.

21.08.2006 El presidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, reiteró ue sólo en el socialismo se puede garantizar el pleno desarrollo agropecuario de la nación. Al intervenir en la inauguración de una planta procesadora de leche en el estado Barinas, el mandatario señaló que la revolución agraria continúa fortaleciéndose.

21.08.2006 Aktivistët e Lëvizjes MJAFT! në qytetin e Korcës ia zbehën ‘bukurinë’ sheshit përpara Prefekturës së Korcës kur ngritën të shtunën me 19 Gusht një mur të ashpër prej betoni që simbolizoi ndarjen që ekziston, sipas tyre, mes asaj që kërkojnë qytetarët e thjeshtë dhe asaj për të cilën ‘lufton’ sot ekzekutivi.

21.08.2006 ADB launched a government and anticorruption action plan which aims to improve the effectiveness of ADB’s development assistance and to contribute to poverty reduction throughout the region.

21.08.2006 from Maribo blog:
People hoping to visit what was a highly regarded government site explaining the science of climate change are now told their interest in 'the important issue' is appreciated. George Orwell would have been amused.

21.08.2006 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) the governments flagship programme to enrol all children in the age group of 6-14 in schools suffers from inadequacies, ranging from misuse of funds to ineffective monitoring both at the national and state levels, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said.

18.08.2006 Legisladores y redes de organizaciones campesinas, académicas y sociales de México afirman que no sólo es necesario y urgente renegociar el Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN), sino también es un compromiso gubernamental mexicano adquirido desde abril de 2003.