Full Coverage: International cooperation
June 2008
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06/24/2008
European governments are dodging the truth about the U.S. practice of kidnapping and illegally sending terrorism suspects for interrogation in countries with a reputation for torture, a leading rights group says in a new report.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Related: [Europe] [United States] [International Cooperation] [Human Rights] [Codes of Conduct] [Corruption & Transparency] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Terrorism] Image: © Citizens for Global Solutions
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06/24/2008
Japan should take a global leadership role and act to stem the food crisis by re-exporting its 1.5 million tons of surplus rice -- at reasonable prices -- say a trio of international policy experts.
Read moreFrom: Center for Global Development Related: [Japan] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [International Cooperation] [Trade] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [Geopolitics] |
06/19/2008
U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama differ on how to approach the United Nations, a disagreement which may have a stronger effect on the United States' global legitimacy than the world body's, according to a Washington, DC think tank.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [International Cooperation] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [United Nations] |
06/18/2008
The G-8 foreign ministers, meeting next week, must deal decisively with the humanitarian toll that rising food prices and reduced foreign aid are taking on Africa, said a panel of leaders focused on African progress.
Read moreRelated: [Africa] [Development] [Aid] [Food] [International Cooperation] [MDGs] [Poverty] [Geopolitics] Image: Africa and the G8 © OneWorld US
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06/13/2008
Afghan president Hamid Karzai unveiled a new 5 year plan for social and economic development at a conference to reform aid efforts to Afghanistan in Paris yesterday, writes the UN News Agency.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Afghanistan] [Aid] [International Cooperation] [Civil Society] [United Nations] Image: The new development strategy will give regular Afghans a greater role in their country's development. © Edward Grazda / Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
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06/12/2008
Several members of Congress have called upon the U.S. Treasury Secretary to address the issue of vulture funds -- private companies accused of debt profiteering at the expense of the world's poorest people -- at the upcoming G-8 summit.
Read moreFrom: Jubilee USA Network Related: [United States] [International Cooperation] [Corporations] [Credit and Investment] [Debt] [Geopolitics] |
06/12/2008
An appeal launched earlier this year urging the next U.S. president to make nuclear disarmament a priority has garnered attention and signatures from citizens, Nobel Peace Laureates, and groups around the world.
Read moreFrom: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Related: [Latin America and the Caribbean] [United States] [International Cooperation] [Nuclear Issues] [Geopolitics] [Nuclear Arms] [Peace] |
06/11/2008
The imperfect option of a transitional governing arrangement has emerged as the only feasible way forward for Zimbabwe, says an African rights and development group, emphasizing civil society's role in resolving the country's political crisis.
Read moreFrom: Africa Action Related: [Zimbabwe] [United States] [International Cooperation] [Corruption & Transparency] [Democracy] [Governance] [Conflict] [Security] |
06/10/2008
From the United States to Ghana to Palestine, 12 ordinary citizens are fostering dialogue across borders and breaking down stereotypes in order to protect workers' rights and endangered species, and promote peace.
Read moreFrom: YES! Magazine Related: [Aid] [International Cooperation] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Peace] |
06/06/2008
As the UN summit on the global hunger crisis comes to a close today, advocacy groups are demanding greater attention be afforded small-scale and women farmers.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Agriculture] [Aid] [Food] [International Cooperation] [Labor] [Poverty] [Indigenous Rights] Image: A North Korean farmer. © Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy
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06/05/2008
BEIJING, Jun 4 (IPS) - Unprecedented food scarcity is beginning to dictate the rules of a new political order where individual countries are scrambling to secure their own food supplies with little concern for the rest of the world, says the founder of the Earth Policy Institute.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [China] [Agriculture] [Food] [International Cooperation] [Land] [Population] [Poverty] [Capacity Building] [Trade] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [Geopolitics] |
06/04/2008
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 3 (OneWorld) - As world leaders meet in Rome to discuss the current global food crisis, calls are growing for immediate and practical actions to address the plight of millions of poor facing hunger and starvation across the world.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Agriculture] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [International Cooperation] [Poverty] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [Geopolitics] Image: Lunchtime at a rural school in Nepal. © Naresh Newar / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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06/03/2008
World leaders will seek solutions to the current crisis at the world food security conference starting June 3 in Rome. India will call attention to faulty policies and diversion of agricultural land for biofuels as its main causes, and not because Indians and Chinese are eating more.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Agriculture] [Food] [International Cooperation] [United Nations] |
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