TECHNOLOGY: Intellectual Property to Help Bridge Digital Gap – WIPO

The international intellectual property system could be utilised to reduce the digital divide that continues to exist between industrialised and developing countries, says the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).

TRADE: North-South Disputes Persist as WTO Deadlines Loom

The divergent interests of the developing South and the industrialised North when it comes to access to essential medicines and to special and differential treatment continue to muddle World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks with just five days left before the deadline for resolving the two matters.

TRADE: North-South Disputes Persist as WTO Deadlines Loom

The divergent interests of the developing South and the industrialised North when it comes to access to essential medicines and to special and differential treatment continue to muddle World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks with just five days left before the deadline for resolving the two matters.

DISARMAMENT: Govts Aim for Accord on Explosive Remnants of War

Peace organisations applauded Friday's decision by the 89 states party to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) to begin talks on an agreement to handle post-conflict humanitarian problems created by undetonated explosives, such as the cluster bombs used in attacks against Iraq.

DISARMAMENT: Govts Aim for Accord on Explosive Remnants of War

Peace organisations applauded Friday's decision by the 89 states party to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) to begin talks on an agreement to handle post-conflict humanitarian problems created by undetonated explosives, such as the cluster bombs used in attacks against Iraq.

ENVIRONMENT: North’s Fleet of Toxic Tankers a Threat to South

The industrialised North continues in its attempts to send its hazardous waste ships to be scrapped in the shipyards of the developing South, threatening human health and the environment in those nations, charged activists as delegates gathered here this week for the conference of the Basel Convention on hazardous waste trade.

ENVIRONMENT: North’s Fleet of Toxic Tankers a Threat to South

The industrialised North continues in its attempts to send its hazardous waste ships to be scrapped in the shipyards of the developing South, threatening human health and the environment in those nations, charged activists as delegates gathered here this week for the conference of the Basel Convention on hazardous waste trade.

TRADE: WTO Expands, China Marks Year as Discord Simmers

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) continues to attract new members despite the fact that multilateral negotiations continue to be bogged down by disputes between the developing South and the industrialised North.

TRADE: WTO Expands, China Marks Year as Discord Simmers

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) continues to attract new members despite the fact that multilateral negotiations continue to be bogged down by disputes between the developing South and the industrialised North.

RIGHTS-IRAQ: UN Preparing to Protect Civilians – High Commissioner

The protection of civilians in zones of conflict is a human rights priority of the United Nations, evident in the humanitarian aid preparations for a possible war in Iraq, and in the context of International Human Rights Day, commemorated Tuesday.

RIGHTS-IRAQ: UN Preparing to Protect Civilians – High Commissioner

The protection of civilians in zones of conflict is a human rights priority of the United Nations, evident in the humanitarian aid preparations for a possible war in Iraq, and in the context of International Human Rights Day, commemorated Tuesday.

MIGRATION: Flow of 175 Million People Has Social, Economic Impact

The world's migratory movements, which include one of every 35 people, continue to be a concern for the sovereign power of states, but are a phenomenon of growing universal interest, say experts at the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

MIGRATION: Flow of 175 Million People Has Social, Economic Impact

The world's migratory movements, which include one of every 35 people, continue to be a concern for the sovereign power of states, but are a phenomenon of growing universal interest, say experts at the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

TRADE: Industrialised North Puts Brakes on WTO Medicine Accord

Negotiators at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) failed Friday to reach an agreement to ensure poor countries access to essential medicines. Health activists blame the fiasco on opposition from the United States and a handful of other industrialised countries.

TRADE: Industrialised North Puts Brakes on WTO Medicine Accord

Negotiators at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) failed Friday to reach an agreement to ensure poor countries access to essential medicines. Health activists blame the fiasco on opposition from the United States and a handful of other industrialised countries.

RIGHTS: UN Consecrates Water As Public Good, Human Right

The United Nations Committee on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights has declared access to water a human right and establishes water as a social and cultural good, not merely an economic commodity.

RIGHTS: UN Consecrates Water As Public Commodity and Human Right

The United Nations Committee on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights issued a statement Wednesday declaring access to water a human right and stating that water is a social and cultural good, not merely an economic commodity.

RIGHTS: UN Consecrates Water As Public Commodity and Human Right

The United Nations Committee on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights issued a statement Wednesday declaring access to water a human right and stating that water is a social and cultural good, not merely an economic commodity.

RIGHTS: North Steps Back from UN Afro-Descendants Group

The United Nations Working Group on People of African Descent began sessions this week, but without the participation of representatives from countries of the industrialised North, which oppose the creation of a UN body with the mandate to study racial discrimination against this community.

EDUCATION: UNICEF Reveals Disparities in Industrialised North

Profound differences mark the educational achievement potential of schoolchildren in industrialised countries and are related to the economic and employment status of their parents, says a study released Tuesday by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

RIGHTS: North Steps Back from UN Afro-Descendants Group

The United Nations Working Group on People of African Descent began sessions this week, but without the participation of representatives from countries of the industrialised North, which oppose the creation of a UN body with the mandate to study racial discrimination against this community.