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Published on Mon, 2007-03-05 12:14
Montevideo, November 5 -- "We all hoped globalization would bring us closer together; yet in some respects, it has driven us further apart", said UN secretary general Kofi Annan in his speech to the Ibeoramerican Summit that ended Sunday in Montevideo. |
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Source: United Nations. Published on Mon, 2007-03-05 12:11
From 20 November to 1 December 2006, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari, conducted a mission to Spain to examine the status of realization of the right to adequate housing, paying particular attention to aspects of gender equality and non- discrimination. |
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Published on Wed, 2006-09-20 15:18
Given the serious erosion of the credibility of your organizations that the non-compliance with the host-country agreement implies, I am convinced that you should consider postponing the whole event and moving it to a more convenient location. |
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Published on Tue, 2006-08-29 16:58
Civil society groups from around the world are increasingly raising their voices for an immediate cease-fire. The Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND), the regional focal point of Social Watch in the Arab world, has issued from Beirut the following updates on the situation. |
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Published on Tue, 2006-08-01 15:09
CDES, COHRE, Dignity International, Equipo Pueblo y Social Watch are pleased to announce that the application procedure to the second Linking & Learning Programme on ESC Rights for the Latin America Region that will take place in Quito, Ecuador, from 2 to 10 November 2006 is now open. A limited number of full and partial scholarships can be made available. |
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Source: Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND). Published on Mon, 2006-07-31 11:47
Today, July 30th, another massacre was committed in Lebanon: More than sixty civilians, among them 37 children, were killed by Israeli bombs while they were sleeping in shelters in the village of Qana. They died not very far away from the mass grave holding the bodies of 106 civilians burned by a previous Israeli attack in April 1996 inside a shelter provided by a UN battalion. |
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Source: Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND). Published on Mon, 2006-07-31 11:41
A number of Lebanese, Arab and international organizations held a meeting on July 15, 2006 to discuss the current situation in Lebanon. |
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Published on Mon, 2006-07-31 10:50
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Source: Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND). Published on Mon, 2006-07-31 10:48
Say STOP to Israeli War on Lebanon |
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Published on Thu, 2006-06-08 16:37
Mr. Roberto Bissio, Social Watch Coordinator (Uruguay) participated at the Sherpa-Stakeholder meeting -within the process of "Civil G8 2006"- held in Moscow last May 18-19. |
