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30.11.2005 The role of women as producers and providers of food is often overshadowed by their role as care givers. However, in most of the developing countries, including India, large numbers of women are engaged in agriculture- primarily in the production and processing of food.

30.11.2005 EU:n yleisten asiain ja ulkosuhteiden neuvosto hyväksyi 22. marraskuuta julkilausuman unionin kehityspolitiikasta. Julkilausuma sitoo ensisijaisesti komissiota, mutta se tulee vaikuttamaan myös jäsenmaiden politiikkaan, uskoo Kehyksen pääsihteeri Rilli Lappalainen.

30.11.2005 Suomen Lähetysseuran ensi vuoden budjetti kasvaa noin 1,4 miljoonalla eurolla 24,9 miljoonaan euroon. Kehitysyhteistyöhön käytetään 14 prosenttia kuluista. Koulutukseen, terveydenhuoltoon ja yhteisönkehitykseen liittyviä hankkeita on erityisesti Tansaniassa, Etiopiassa, Senegalissa ja Angolassa.

29.11.2005 Evropska unija svojom strogom politikom viza za države zapadnog Balkana izaziva antievropska osećanja u tom regionu i, umesto da pospeši, guši željene demokratske reforme u tim zemljama i gura njihovo stanovništvo u pravi "evropski geto", ocenila je Medjunarodna krizna grupa.

29.11.2005 Dozens of Indian civil society organizations have formed a People’s Caravan to lobby with the Indian government against the proposed World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements. The People’s Caravan, which is holding a mass awareness campaign all over the country, has already reached millions of Indians through rallies, public meetings and street plays. Rahul Kumar attends a press conference by ActionAid and its allies in New Delhi.

29.11.2005 E ardhmja e biznesit që drejtohet nga gratë, do të jetë tema e një konference rajonale e cila do të zhvillohet në Turqi ditët e para të Dhjetorit. Përfaqësuese të shoqatave së grave të Shqipërisë, Bosnjës dhe Herzegovinës, Bullgarisë, Kroacisë, Greqisë, Hungarisë, Kosovës, Maqedonisë, Malit të Zi, Rumanisë, Serbisë, dhe Turqisë, do të mblidhen në Konferencën e Shoqatave të Grave Afariste të Ballkanit me 2-3 Dhjetor 2005, në Stamboll të Turqisë.

26.11.2005 Shqipëria nga dita e djeshme ka presidencën e radhës së Nismës së vendeve të Evropës Qëndrore (NEQ) për vitin 2006. Kalimi i presidencës u bë gjatë samitit të kryetarëve të qeverive të 17 vendeve anëtarë të kësaj nisme, ku ishte i pranishëm edhe kryeministri Sali Berisha.

25.11.2005 State Governments as well as the student community are only hoping that it will become possible for the Union Government and Members of Parliament to enact the Bill meant to regulate private professional colleges — the Private Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fee) Bill, 2005. Mr V. Jayanth addresses issue on the bill in The Hindu.

24.11.2005 The World Trade Organisation (WTO) completed 10 years in January 2005 and is getting ready for its sixth Ministerial conference in Hong Kong in December. It is important to discuss strengthen and weakness of different sector before making commitment. The emergence of education services under GATS and the emergence of private providers of education- domestic as well as foreign, in particular, have necessitated clear policy guidelines and regulations.

24.11.2005 The inaugural ceremony of the 19-22 November, 2005 International Council for open and Distance Education (ICDE) International conference was held in the historical place-the Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. Prof Dikshit expressed his satisfaction on the role played by distance education and said that information technology has made it possible to provide best education to the remotest part of the countryAuditorium.

24.11.2005 The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Macedonian Office promoted the “Employment: Comparative Overview of Length of Employment and Labour Disputes” publication yesterday at the NGO InfoCentre.

24.11.2005 The Supreme Court Tuesday issued shoe cause notice to the government asking it to furnish in written why they issued the code of conduct for NGOs. The single bench of justice Top Bahadur Magar has given an ultimatum of 15 days for the government to do so.

24.11.2005 Afghan authorities were probing whether Taliban insurgents kidnapped and executed Indian road worker MR Kutty because of his nationality, Afghanistan Ambassador to India Masood Khalili told Indian journalists on Wednesday.

24.11.2005 Increasing numbers of individuals, who somehow manage to get out of areas flattened by the quake, say that even where distribution centres of relief supplies are in place, they are not distributing them with any sense of urgency because questions of policy and eligibility are under consideration.

24.11.2005 Igor Davidovic, Kryetari Negociator i Bosnjës në Paktin e Stabilizim Asocijimit (PSA) me BE, tha dje që ishte i bindur që Bosnja është e përgatitur për fillimin e negociatave programuar të nisin me 25 Nëntor.

24.11.2005 UNITED NATIONS, Nov 23 (OneWorld) - Tensions are escalating between the Group of 77 (and China)--the largest single coalition of developing nations--and the United Nations Secretariat over the question of how to reform the administrative machinery of the world body.

23.11.2005 WASHINGTON D.C., March 29, 2005—The World Bank Board of Directors today approved a US$100 million credit for Pakistan’s largest province, Punjab. The credit is aimed at enhancing and building upon the improvements in quality and access to education achieved under a similar credit last year.

23.11.2005 The world's largest summit held in the UN in New York only assessed the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) from September 14 to 16. The MDGs are the targets set in the UN-designed development recipe for the developing countries of the world to attain within 2015 by addressing various underdeveloped sectors, such as poverty, education, health, nutrition, infant and maternal mortality, and environment

23.11.2005 Ilmassa oli iloa ja hiekkaa lauantaina 19.11., kun Suomen Lähetysseuran Tan Ka Wanin huumevieroituskeskuksen uusien tilojen rakentaminen alkoi Hong Kongissa. Vieroituskeskusten käyttöaste on lisääntynyt yli 90 prosenttiin, mikä kertoo sekä huumeongelman kasvusta että siitä, että hoidon hyvä laatu on tullut tunnetuksi.

23.11.2005 Afghanistan was recently approved as the eighth member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), a largely toothless body set up in 1985 which includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The decision, taken last week at the organization's 13th summit meeting in Dhaka, implies several things. Dr. Abdulla Al-Madani is taking a close look for implications on SAARC