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08.12.2006 Ulkoministeriö on myöntänyt hanketukea kansalaisjärjestöjen kehitysyhteistyöhön vuosille 2007-2009. Ulkomaankauppa- ja kehitysministeri Paula Lehtomäki päätti asiasta viides joulukuuta. Tukea myönnettiin yhteensä 19,7 miljoonaa euroa. "Vuodelle 2007 eniten rahaa myönnetään järjestöjen kehitysyhteistyöhankkeille Afrikassa", kertoo Kepa.

08.12.2006 In Douala, Cameroon, last month the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) and CEDR (the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution), Europe’s largest dispute resolution body, delivered a three-day Conference on Alternative Dispute Resolution to 32 lawyers and barristers, representing eight African countries from the Telecommunications sector.

08.12.2006 Three years ago, the IMF had loaned more than 100 billion US dollars to various countries to help them tide over problems including management of external balance of payments. This amount has now shrunk to less than 20 billion dollars a year.

07.12.2006 Sovetot na ministri na Evropskata Unija go prodolzi mandatot na Evropskata agencija za rekonstrukcija (EAR) za uste dve godini, do 31. dekemvri 2008. godina, soopsti kancelarijata na EAR vo Belgrad.

07.12.2006 International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) president Christopher Warren says the press freedom situation in Sri Lanka "continues to deteriorate with the latest press freedom abuses at the hands of authorities, further highlighting the vital need for the Sri Lankan government to intervene and ensure journalists' rights are protected."

06.12.2006 EU Council of Ministers extended the mandate of the European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR) for two additional years, until December 31, reports EAR Belgrade office.

06.12.2006 Savet ministara Evropske unije produžio je mandat Evropskoj agenciji za rekonstrukciju (EAR) za još dve godine, do 31. decembra 2008. godine, saopštila je kancelarija EAR u Beogradu.

06.12.2006 The global diabetes epidemic is projected to affect 7 percent of the world's adult population by 2025 as developing countries embrace bad health habits associated with affluence.

06.12.2006 Scientists have created an online global map of communities that are at high risk of malaria, which could prove a valuable tool for policymakers targeting resources to fight the disease. The map links data collected by population surveys to Google Earth's online map of the world designed using satellite photographs.

06.12.2006 Just two years after a tsunami devastated communities around the Indian Ocean, U.S. scientists say another giant wave could strike off Sumatra within a few decades.

06.12.2006 The ongoing war on terror has subsumed all concerns about poverty, hunger and human survival, says the ‘Reality of Aid Report 2006’

06.12.2006 In occasione della giornata Mondiale del Volontariato indetta dalle Nazioni Unite, che si celebra oggi, Volontari nel mondo - Focsiv ha assegnato nei giorni scorsi l’Oscar del volontariato Internazionale 2006 a Filippo Frazzetta, giovane architetto impegnato in un progetto multi settoriale nel villaggio di Nyololo in Tanzania. Il riconoscimento, al suo dodicesimo anno di vita, viene dato a Filippo che vive da più da due anni a fianco dei poveri della terra, con entusiasmo e professionalità. Nella Tavola rotonda, presente il Vicepresidente del Consiglio dei Ministri On. Francesco Rutelli, Sergio Marelli, presidente Associazione ONG italiane ha ricordato che "oggi ci troviamo in una situazione di profonda incertezza di fronte alle scarse risorse che attraverso la Finanziaria 2007 il Governo assegna alla cooperazione internazionale e quindi al volontariato internazionale".

05.12.2006 Kehitysyhteistyöjärjestöjen EU-yhdistys Kehys ry. on myöntänyt vuoden 2006 Kelpoa kehitystä -palkinnon Suomen ulkomaankauppa- ja kehitysministeri Paula Lehtomäelle. Palkinto jaettiin nyt ensimmäistä kertaa ja se myönnettiin tunnustuksena työstä EU:n kehityspolitiikan parantamiseksi. Lue myös Kepan uutinen aiheesta.

05.12.2006 Kirkon Ulkomaanapu (KUA) on myöntänyt katastrofirahastostaan 50 000 euroa Tansaniasta karkotettujen ruandalaisten humanitaariseen apuun. KUA:n tuella muun muassa rakennetaan vesijärjestelmä uudelle asutusalueelle. Alueella asuu tällä hetkellä noin 1 300 ihmistä, mutta määrä kasvaa koko ajan. Palaajaväestö saa myös perustarvikkeita elämistä varten.

04.12.2006 Coinciding with World AIDS Day, the USAID-Nepal has pledged $25 million for two new health programmes for the next three years. Most of the estimated 70,000 people living with HIV/AIDS do not know they are infected, and HIV/AIDS related stigma and discrimination prevent them and others from seeking HIV counselling and testing, prevention, care and treatment services.

04.12.2006 Organizacioniot tim uspesno ja realizira ovaa kampanja vo Skopje, kadesto nekolku iljadi mladi lugje go krenaa svojot glas protiv vizniot rezim voveden kon Republika Makedonija.

02.12.2006 NEW YORK, Nov 30 (IPS) - Smallpox, polio and a host of other contagious, often fatal diseases have been stopped in their tracks by simple vaccines. More than two decades into the quest to untangle the secrets of the notoriously changeable HIV virus, is there still reason for hope?