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DEVELOPMENT: Global Struggle Declared Against Liberalisation
The first global movement opposed to the liberalisation of trade and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was created Wednesday in Geneva by 303 delegates of civic groups from every continent.RIGHTS: Trafficking in Migrants, ‘Trade in Human Misery’
Trafficking in migrants is a form of irregular migration which in recent times has become a highly organised and lucrative "global business," according to the latest report by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).HEALTH: WHO in Controversy over Health Risks of Cannabis
One version of the Mexican song "La Cucaracha" claims the cockroach had difficulties walking due to a lack of marijuana, but the World Health Organisation disagreed, publishing a list of the psychomotor damage caused by the drug.HEALTH: Tuberculosis Not Beaten Yet
Tuberculosis, which appeared to be beaten, has killed more people this year than in any other year in history.DEVELOPMENT-FINANCE: Proposed Investment Pact Under Fire
A proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), discussions on which will enter a decisive stage next week in Paris, has become the target of unprecedented attacks launched from a broad range of sectors worldwide.DEVELOPMENT-TRADE: Peaceful Civil Disobedience against Globaisation
The first co-ordinated international campaign against free trade and globalisation will be launched within two weeks in Geneva, in a drive for peaceful civil disobedience across all the continents.ECONOMY: Proposed Investment Pact Under Fire
A proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), discussions on which will enter a decisive stage next week in Paris, has become the target of unprecedented attacks launched from a broad range of sectors worldwide.HEALTH: WHO Warns of Epidemic of New Form of Beef-Linked Disease
The possibility of a major epidemic of a new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (nvCJD), linked to the so- called "mad cow disease", within the next 10 to 15 years "cannot be dismissed," scientists from around the world warned here Wednesday.RIGHTS: UN Group Discusses Age Limit for Sending Kids to War
One of the most controversial humanitarian norms, which authorises 15-year-olds to be sent to war, could be left standing due to failure to reach an agreement on its reform in the United Nations.TRADE: Peaceful Civil Disobedience against Globalisation
The first co-ordinated international campaign against free trade and globalisation will be launched within two weeks in Geneva, in a drive for peaceful civil disobedience across all the continents.TRADE: Peaceful Civil Disobedience against Globalisation
The first co-ordinated international campaign against free trade and globalisation will be launched within two weeks in Geneva, in a drive for peaceful civil disobedience across all the continents.ECONOMY: Idols Change in the Annual Pilgrimage to Davos
Over the past 27 years, the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland has become a kind of 'arc de triomph' under which world leaders, CEOs and neo-liberal gurus parade, the winners of the campaigns for globalisation.UNITED NATIONS: Wanted – Partners with Capital
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan gave a new boost over the weekend to his plans for a partnership between the world body and the international business community.UNITED NATIONS: Wanted – Partners with Capital
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan gave a new boost over the weekend to his plans for a partnership between the world body and the international business community.DEVELOPMENT-UNITED NATIONS: Gro Harlem Brundtland, First Woman Head of WHO
The Norwegian politician Gro Harlem Brundtland, the new director general elect of the World Health Organisation (WHO) promised to attend to the developing nations, home to 90 percent of the world's illnesses.DEVELOPMENT-UNITED NATIONS: Gro Harlem Brundtland, First Woman Head of WHO
The Norwegian politician Gro Harlem Brundtland, the new director general elect of the World Health Organisation (WHO) promised to attend to the developing nations, home to 90 percent of the world's illnesses.HEALTH: WHO Promotes Universal Condemnation of Human Cloning
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is aiming to get a unanimous condemnation of cloning for human reproduction from its 191 member States.HEALTH: Brundtland, First Woman Head of WHO
The Norwegian politician Gro Harlem Brundtland, the new director general elect of the World Health Organisation (WHO) promised to attend to the developing nations, home to 90 percent of the world's illnesses.HUMAN RIGHTS: UN Committee Opposes Economic Embargoes
The Committee for the Rights of the Child joined the list of UN agencies and officials questioning the application of unilateral or multilateral economic sanctions.DISARMAMENT: Conventional or Nuclear, that is the Question
The first annual session of the Conference on Disarmament Tuesday reproduced the same profile of dissent which led to the failure of last year's multilateral negotiations.REFUGEES: UN Praises Italy’s Asylum Policy for Kurds
The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) praised Italian policy on Kurdish immigrants Tuesday, despite criticisms from Germany and Turkey.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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