Tag: united nations
member name: OneWorld United States
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December 12, 2007 10:50 AM EST --
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 11 (OneWorld) - Global initiatives to reduce carbon emissions are bound to fail if the interests of indigenous communities are not taken into account, leaders of the world's 370 . . . more
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June 06, 2007 04:10 PM EDT --
Both the United Nations and some of the world's leading human rights organizations are welcoming the start of the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor.
UN peacekeepers arresting . . . more
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June 09, 2007 06:55 PM EDT --
A prominent United Nations representative this week joined ranks with thousands of activists gathered in Germany to protest the economic and political dominance enjoyed by the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized . . . more
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October 02, 2007 05:41 PM EDT --
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 28 (OneWorld) - Environmental groups and human rights activists are up in arms about the Bush administration's move to pursue a separate strategy instead of contributing to the . . . more
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April 03, 2008 09:46 PM EDT --
Haider Rizvi
OneWorld US
Fri., Apr. 4, 2008
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 3 (OneWorld) - A leading humanitarian group is calling for the United Nations Security Council to take additional . . . more
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December 12, 2007 10:48 AM EST --
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 10 (OneWorld) - The United Nations today launched a worldwide campaign to stop human rights abuses and violations by governments, private businesses and others.
The year-long . . . more
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January 28, 2008 07:05 PM EST --
e Toward Peace
Haider Rizvi
OneWorld US
Sat., Jan. 26, 2008
NEW YORK, Jan 25 (OneWorld) - More than 1,000 people continue to die every . . . more
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October 07, 2006 04:15 PM EDT --
Global civil society organizations are pressing the 192-nation U.N. General Assembly to recognize indigenous peoples' rights to their land and resources.
''This is an opportunity that must . . . more
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November 14, 2006 10:10 AM EST --
Seafood consumers in industrialized countries can help save the world's wild fish stocks, according to a new study that provides a ray of hope just days after researchers announced that if current . . . more
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November 15, 2006 10:50 AM EST --
The Bush administration's plans to reappoint John Bolton as its top diplomat at the United Nations may run into legal snags, warn lawyers who specialize in U.S. constitutional law.
"It would . . . more
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December 04, 2006 03:28 PM EST --
Independent humanitarian groups that work closely with the United Nations welcomed the world body's decision to call a high-level meeting next week to address the issue of sexual abuse against children . . . more
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December 05, 2007 11:21 AM EST --
NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Dec 3 (OneWorld) - This will be news to the millions -- probably billions -- of people who don't think about climate change or to whom it is unproven conjecture, but the United . . . more
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January 30, 2008 08:39 PM EST --
Haider Rizvi
OneWorld US
Wed., Jan. 30, 2008
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 (OneWorld) - Hundreds of international officials, business leaders, and civil society activists have gathered . . . more
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March 12, 2008 02:16 PM EDT --
Haider Rizvi
OneWorld US
Wed., Mar. 12, 2008
NEW YORK, Mar 12 (OneWorld) - The United States government is facing new international scrutiny for . . . more
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April 17, 2008 04:22 PM EDT --
NEW YORK, Apr 15 (OneWorld) - A new coalition of U.S.-based rights groups says it plans to spend over $1 billion on projects to help women fight poverty in many parts of the world.
"This . . . more
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July 16, 2007 01:06 PM EDT --
Despite the return of democratic rule a little over one year ago, there has been no let up in cases of police abuse in Nepal, according to human rights defenders involved in a countrywide campaign against . . . more
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May 21, 2008 06:42 PM EDT --
Alison Raphael
OneWorld US
Thu., May. 15, 2008
As UN estimates of the number of Burmese affected by Cyclone Nargis rose from 1.5 to 2.5 million and the United States and United Nations . . . more
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May 22, 2008 03:45 PM EDT --
Alison Raphael
OneWorld US
Tue., May. 20, 2008
WASHINGTON, May 20 (OneWorld) - Re-electing Sri Lanka to serve a second term on the UN Human Rights Council would represent a severe . . . more
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June 10, 2008 04:19 PM EDT --
Haider Rizvi
OneWorld US
Tue., Jun. 10, 2008
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 9 (OneWorld) - A prominent international rights watchdog has reacted sharply to the U.S. government's decision . . . more
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November 27, 2006 11:21 AM EST --
There are signs that key U.S. officials are ready to take on global warming, even as much of the world community failed to show its will to deal with the impending threat at a recent global conference. . . . more
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