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HEALTH: Developing World, UN Coincide in HIV/AIDS Approach
The United Nations agency entrusted with HIV/AIDS issues seeks improved access to treatment for those testing positive for the disease through a multi-faceted approach, one that coincides with initiatives put forth by developing countries in the international trade arena.TRADE: Conflict Between Brazil, Canada Heats Up in WTO
The trade relations between Brazil and Canada, which have been strained over the past four years, became even more tense after Ottawa banned imports of Brazilian beef due to a hypothetical risk of "mad cow" disease.DISARMAMENT: China and US Clash Over Arms Race in Outer Space
The discrepancies between the United States and China regarding the question of an arms race in outer space have once again blocked the work of the Disarmament Conference.HEALTH-CARIBBEAN: New Alliance Against AIDS
Heads of government, business leaders and institutions from the Caribbean pledged Wednesday to reduce the prevalence of AIDS among the young by 25 percent in the year 2005 in that region, the hardest hit by the pandemic, bar Africa.HEALTH: WHO Lashes Out Against Epilepsy, the ‘Secret’ Disease
Health practitioners in four developing countries will be trained in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy as part of an international campaign led by the World Health Organisation (WHO).TRADE: Agriculture Highlights Conflicting Interests at WTO
The first negotiations of the year on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agriculture Agreement provides a profile of the array of interests that inspire each bloc of countries when it comes to liberalisation of a sector that trades nearly 600 trillion dollars annually.HEALTH: WHO Prepares Specialists to Fight Epidemics in Poor Nations
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has opened a centre in the French city of Lyon to train professionals from developing countries in techniques for detection and containment of epidemics and emerging diseases./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/THEATRE: Uruguayan Playwright Awarded for Three-Act Farce on Pinochet
Uruguayan playwright Walter Acosta's, 'The Scorpion and the Opossum', which won Cuba's House of the Americas theatre prize last week, was inspired by the 503 days former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet spent under house arrest in London.TRADE: Brazil Challenges Two Superpowers at WTO
Brazil launched a legal battle at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Thursday against the United States and Canada, two of the world's major trade powers, in defence of its industries and employment in the pharmaceutical and aeronautics sectors.TRADE: Europe Shifts the Gameboard of International Talks
The European Union (EU) launched an offensive for a new round of global trade negotiations that coincided with the decision of the World Trade Organisation to hold its next ministerial conference in Qatar.DEVELOPMENT: ‘Anti-Davos’ Groups Claim Victory
Demonstrations and conferences in Switzerland and in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in protest of the World Economic Forum at the alpine resort city of Davos, gave the alternative view of globalisation the leg up, according to the groups that led a week of activism.DEVELOPMENT: Alternative Forums to Compete with Davos
The World Economic Forum of Davos, Switzerland, will begin its meeting later this week amid a level of controversy that is unprecedented in its 30-year history of promoting the consolidation of a neoliberal world economy.HEALTH: WHO Denounces Interference by Tobacco Industry
The tobacco industry exerted pressure in Switzerland throughout recent decades to prevent the approval of stricter measures against smoking, says a study sponsored by the World Health Organisation (WHO).HEALTH: Global Campaign Targets Mental Illness
No country, no person, is immune to mental health disorders, states the World Health Organisation (WHO) as it launches its international campaign for 2001 to raise awareness about mental health problems, which affect an estimated 400 million people worldwide.HEALTH-KOSOVO: Doubts Linger about Link between Leukaemia and Depleted Uranium
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is unlikely that the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) troops deployed in Kosovo are at risk of contracting leukaemia as a result of exposure to radiation from the depleted uranium found in some weapons used there during the 1990s.TRADE: Conditions Still Not Ripe for New Round of Global Talks
One year after the failed World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial conference, the hostile climate established in the US city of Seattle with respect to new negotiations to broaden global economic liberalisation persists.ENVIRONMENT: Cold in the Pacific Not Enough to Cool Warming Trend
The temperature at the earth's surface remained high this year, despite the blankets of cold applied by the meteorological phenomenon known as La Niña, which remained active in the Pacific Ocean.RIGHTS: UN Demands Protection for Migrants
The United Nations marked the first International Migrants Day on Monday with a global call for governments to ensure the protection of members of this minority wherever they can be found in the world.LABOUR: Tech-Trained Workforce Scarce in New European Economy
The information and communications technology sector (ICT) in Western Europe faces a shortage of qualified workers, which endangers the potential for expansion of this strategic industry, warns the International Labour Organisation (ILO).HEALTH: Successful Public-Private Alliance Prevents Blindness
The spread of trachoma, an infectious eye disease that causes irreversible blindness in millions of people around the world, has run up against a major obstacle: the anti- trachoma efforts of an association between the public and private sectors.RIGHTS-AMERICAS: Reparations for Victims of Racism Debated
Compensation for those who suffered the impacts of colonisation and slavery in the Americas is the thorniest issue facing delegates to the regional conference on racism convening this week in Santiago, Chile.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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