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29.10.2004 Lukiolaisten kolmipäiväiset Studia-messut Helsingissä keräsivät Wanhaan satamaan jälleen tuhansia kävijöitä. Kansainväliset työtehtävät ja kehityskysymykset kiinnostivat Suomen suurimmasta jatkokoulutustapahtumasta opintovinkkejä hakeneita lukiolaisia ja heidän opettajiaan.

29.10.2004

Coca-Cola

Across Europe, anger at the U.S.-led Iraq war and other unilateral foreign policy decisions is translating into a rejection of American consumer brands, says Lester Brown. With sales and earnings of Coca-cola, McDonald’s and Gap declining, the indirect effect of the Iraq war on the American economy should be a major concern because it “could be far greater than the cost of the war.”

28.10.2004 The US Government, through its Agency for International Development (USAID), and in cooperation with the Alfred Lerner Business and Economy College of the University of Delaware and the Faculty of Economy in Sarajevo, started the Sarajevo Graduate School of Business (SGSB). The School was officially opened yesterday in Sarajevo.

28.10.2004 The United States turned its back on Europe since the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall, says Charles Powell, analyst with the Spanish think-tank, Elcano Royal Institute. The outcome of next week’s election will not change the situation because the U.S. is now focusing on the threats generated by the 9/11 attacks and, on China which it regards as its major economic and, potentially, military rival.

27.10.2004 Nonostante il parlamento israeliano abbia approvato con un voto contestato il ritiro da tutti gli insediamenti israeliani nella Striscia di Gaza e da tre in Cisgiordania, continuano le demolizioni di case per allontanare i Palestinesi dal confine tra Gaza ed Egitto e creare una "zona cuscinetto". Il rapporto di Human Right Watch chiede ai governi esteri di spingere su Israele a pagare le riparazioni alla vittime e richiama anche l’azienda Caterpillar Inc che vende i bulldozer D9 per le demolizioni. Intanto la costruzione del muro ha portato ad isolare Abu Dis da Gerusalemme con forti disagi per i palestinesi.

27.10.2004 Reiterating that the WTO July package was balanced, Indian commerce minister Kamal Nath said the agreement highlighted the “contours of way forward” as it provided the directions for future negotiations.

27.10.2004 Institucionet kosovare janë të vetëdijshme, dhe e kanë kuptuar se duhet t’i japin rëndësi më të madhe OJQ-ve, e sidomos atyre të grave”, tha Naxhie Buçinca, kryesuese e Rrjetit të Grave të Kosovës.

27.10.2004 Kansalaisjärjestöjen vientiluottokampanja on ilmaissut tyrmistyksensä YLEn Radiouutisten välittämästä uutisesta, jonka mukaan kehitysyhteystöministeri Paula Lehtomäki vähättelee Costa Rican korruptioskandaalia. Vientiluottokampanja painottaa, ettei kehitysyhteistyövaroilla korruptointi ole hyväksyttävää. Ministerin tulisi vakavasti harkita eroamista tehtävistään, kampanjan tiedotteessa todetaan.

27.10.2004 Parliamentarians from 90 countries called on the United Nations last week to classify the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) goals as the ninth Millennium Development Goal (MDG). In a statement issued at the end of a meeting, the parliamentarians said the MDG goals will remain an empty promise if the ICPD goals are not realized because reproductive rights and health are at the heart of the development agenda.

27.10.2004

Ogm bomba - da Greenpeace

The Bush administration has intervened to delay the release of a North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) report that recommends labeling of all genetically engineered (GE) maize. Written by NAFTA’s Commission for Environmental Cooperation, the report contradicts U.S. position that GE crops pose no contamination threat to natural varieties and, it recommends that U.S. maize imports to Mexico be milled upon entry to prevent accidental planting.

27.10.2004 Tunisia’s restrictive media culture may ruin its chance of hosting the second World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) in 2005. The International Press Institute is urging the UN to shop for another host country if the Tunisian government cannot guarantee that its media and human rights groups will be allowed to participate without restriction.

26.10.2004 The World Bank has started a computer donation programme that would provide computers to NGOs, community and non-profit groups working in the areas of health care, education, social services, youth and job training.

26.10.2004 In the press conference, the Council of Europe and EU observers congratulated Kosovars for free and fair elections. The CoE observers said that the Saturday’s news was not that Serbs did not participate in elections, but the news was that the elections were democratic. The CoE observers said that Serbs were not threatened either by Albanians or internationals, but they were threatened by their own leaders.

26.10.2004 Eurooppalaisten kehitysyhteistyöjärjestöjen yhteenliittymä CONCORD vaatii EU:ta ottamaan gender-ajattelun yhä järjestelmällisemmin osaksi kehityspolitiikkaa. Yksi CONCORDin päämääristä on saada lisää varoja EU:n erilliselle Women in Development -rahoituslinjalle. Tällä hetkellä sitä kautta ohjautuu vain 0,2 prosenttia unionin koko kehitysyhteistyörahoituksesta.

26.10.2004

Support for Kyoto treaty © WWF International

In addition to setting the stage for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol’s entry into force early next year, Friday’s overwhelming ratification by the Russia’s lower house of Parliament underlines the degree to which the administration of President George W. Bush has isolated the United States from its industrialized partners.

25.10.2004 Ylen Hyvä -keräys huipentuu loka-marraskuun vaihteessa keräysohjelmaan TV 2:ssa ja katukeräyksiin ympäri maata. Ylen Hyvä -kampanjan järjestävät Kirkon Ulkomaanapu, Punainen Risti, Suomen Unicef ja Yleisradio. Kampanjan teemana on tänä vuonna koulutus. Punaisen Ristin osuus tuotosta käytetään Nepaliin ja Afganistaniin.

25.10.2004

United Nations

Though the theme for this year’s United Nations Day (observed October 24) is Women's Rights & Empowerment: The Millennium Development Goals and Gender Equity, the day is actually being commemorated as the beginning of the countdown to the UN’s 60th anniversary.

22.10.2004 Arms control experts want the UN to establish a substantive team to oversee cases involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Citing the UN’s monitoring, verification and inspection in Iraq as well as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s work around the world, the experts believe the UN has in-built capability to respond to WMD-related cases as they occur.

21.10.2004 La richiesta di non abbandonare l’Iraq rivolta nella giornata di ieri dal Consigliere per la sicurezza nazionale iracheno, Muffawaq Al Rubaiye alle organizzazioni umanitarie presenti ancora sul territorio è stata accolta come un’incoraggiamento a continuare il lavoro in corso dalle ONG Italiane presenti in Iraq. Anche ICS ha espresso solidarietà per il rapimento di Margaret Hassan. Da Reporter Associati viene riportata un'intervista a Padre Benjamin secondo cui i reporter francesi sono vivi e lavorano a fianco della resistenza irachena.

21.10.2004 Kosova PM, Bajram Rexhepi asked today from the OSCE CiO, Solomon Passy that the elections process out of Kosova, namely in Serbia and Montenegro be well monitored, in order to avoid any abuses at the polling stations. Passy is visiting Kosova to encourage Kosovars to participate in the October 23 elections.