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17.05.2006 The LTTE’s peace secretariat chief, S. Pulidevan, said yesterday that the spiraling violence in the country was worrying and that they were prepared for a resumption of the civil war.

16.05.2006 Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (AFHRD) yesterday urged President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Cabinet to address Human Rights Violations related to the peace process.

16.05.2006 The top leaders of the seven-party alliance today failed to arrive at a consensus on the contents of the proposed parliamentary declaration. The leaders are expected to thrash a way out in the next two days.

15.05.2006 Afrikan sarven viisi maata: Kenia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia ja Etiopia tarvitsevat apua pikaisesti. Kuivuudesta kärsii 16 miljoonaa ihmistä, joista ei selviydy ilman ulkopuolista apua. Unicef on vedonnut 80 miljoonan dollarin saamiseksi alueelle välittämänä hätäapuna, joka kohdistuisi ensisijaisesti lapsiin.

12.05.2006 Suman Sahai argues that India's new agricultural biotechnology deal with the United States will take power away from farmers and endanger a rich genetic heritage.

11.05.2006 Me 12-13 Maj, për herë të parë në Shqipëri do të mbahet forumi i nivelit të lartë i Crans Montanës me pjesmarrjen e anëtarëve të qeverisë shqiptare dhe përfaqësuesve të qeverive rajonale dhe institucioneve ndërkombëtare.

11.05.2006 Na 4. kongresu Evropske stranke zelenih, koji je prošli vikend održan u Helsinkiju, među ostalim su usvojene dvije rezolucije kojima je ta stranka dala punu podršku nastojanjima udruge Eko Kvarner vezanim uz izgradnju LNG terminala u Omišlju kao i udruge Zelena Istra oko izgradnje golf terena u Istri.

11.05.2006 Koululaiset ja opiskelijat äänestivät tulevan lukuvuoden Taksvärkkikeräyksen kohteeksi kehitysyhteistyöhankkeen Keniassa. Keräyksellä tuetaan orpojen, katulasten ja lapsityöläisten uudelleen sopeuttamista yhteiskuntaan. Hankkeen toteutuksessa kumppanina on kenialainen kansalaisjärjestö Undugu Society of Kenya.

11.05.2006 On UN World Water Day 2006, WaterAid has released a report exposing the international donor community for consistently failing to serve the needs of the world's poorest people.Who is doing their bit? reveals that in the years since world governments signed the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) to halve by 2015 the proportion of people without access to basic water and sanitation, the proportion of total international aid to these vital services has actually decreased.

10.05.2006 The EXIT Festival again invites the non-governmental organizations from Southeast Europe (Croatia, B&H, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro) to present themselves to the visitorst of the EXIT 06 Festival (July 6-9, Petrovaradin Fortress, Novi Sad).

10.05.2006 ”Suomalaiset ja norjalaiset lähetystyöntekijät ovat olleet Thaimaan luterilaisessa kirkossa esimerkkinä miesten ja naisten tasa-arvoisuudesta. He ovat myös rohkaisseet meitä kirkon naisia ilmaisemaan mielipiteitämme”, kertoo kirkon ensikodin, Armon kodin, johtajana toiminut Chiraporn Phuakluang.

10.05.2006 Nepal's new multi-party cabinet scrapped several royal decrees on Tuesday, including easing media curbs that were imposed by King Gyanendra after he sacked the government and seized absolute power last year.

10.05.2006 Sri Lanka has urged India and the international community to force the LTTE to come to the negotiation table to restore peace in the trouble torn island. The Sri Lanka Foreign Minister also asked India to use its relations with the EU to stop fund raising and other LTTE activities through the member countries.

09.05.2006 Seven months on from Pakistan's worst natural disaster, discontent is rumbling. Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, was near the epicentre of the earthquake. Prodded by the government, most people have vacated the emergency tent camps set up for the homeless. But some 60,000 people remain.

09.05.2006 European Commission delegation to Nepal has said that in the wake of the changed political context, the Commission is committed to enhance its level of assistance to Nepal, particularly in the area of poverty alleviation.
On the occasion of EU Day, he however urged the government of Nepal to spell out what kind of assistances it wants.

09.05.2006 Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said India and the international community should tell the LTTE that the way forward was through dialogue and not violence.

09.05.2006 A general strike in Nepal, now in its 20th day, coupled with demonstrations and curfews, is starting to have a significant impact on some of the country’s poorest urban communities. Water shortages and injuries to children in these areas are among UNICEF’s major concerns.

08.05.2006 U Radnu skupinu za pripremu pregovora za poglavlje Okoliš, na prijedlog Ministarstva zaštite okoliša. Prostornog uređenja i graditeljstva (MZOPU), uključene su tri predstavnice okolišnih i ekoloških udruga iz Hrvatske: Jagoda Munić iz Zelene akcije (Zagreb), Ljiljanka Mitoš Svoboda iz Osjeckih zelenih (Osijek), te Ljiljana Prebanda iz udruge Sunce (Splita).

08.05.2006 THE DOHA development round of the World Trade Organization received a setback at the end of last month when trade negotiators failed yet again to reach an agreement on the modalities for cutting agricultural tariff, domestic farm subsidies and tariffs on industrial products (Non-agricultural Market Access — NAMA).

08.05.2006 Per chi non l’avesse già capito, la recente inchiesta de l’Espresso mette in chiaro come la missione in Iraq non sia una “missione di pace”. Il rapporto di 1 a 100 tra spese in aiuti e costi militari è la prova evidente dell’inganno subito dal parlamento e dal popolo italiano. Non solo: ma perché mai i militari dovrebbero occuparsi di aiuti umanitari e per la ricostruzione? Che senso ha affidare a truppe straniere, ambiguamente schierate all’interno di una forza occupante che ha illegalmente invaso un paese, il compito di costruire scuole o fognature? Per queste cose esistono le ONG, le Nazioni Unite, le imprese e, soprattutto, gli iracheni stessi. Cinquant’anni di cooperazione allo sviluppo e un secolo e mezzo di aiuto umanitario ci hanno insegnato ormai bene come si debbano fare certe cose, e se la stampa si impegnasse un po’ più seriamente ad informare i cittadini e i politici su come funzionano gli aiuti internazionali, probabilmente sarebbe stato molto difficile far passare questa manovra, che viola la Costituzione, espone il paese ad attacchi terroristici e ha portato alla morte inutile di trenta nostri connazionali. Non eroi, ma vittime di un raggiro.
di Gianni Rufini