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Introducing the report of Special Rapporteur on

15 Aug 2010

Introducing the report of Special Rapporteur on indigenous peoples and businesses, CARLOS MAMANI CONDORI, Rapporteur of the Permanent Forum, said that with regard to the matter under consideration, indigenous peoples are placed in unequal relations with.
Deprivation of their fundamental freedoms, due to, for example, security infrastructure implemented by these companies.
In Latin America, we [...]

In Namibia, where 13,000 people were

11 Aug 2010

In Namibia, where 13,000 people were displaced, many health facilities and schools are flooded and inaccessible. Namibia’s President declared a state of emergency in the north-central and north-east of the country and appealed to international assistance. In response to this request, a draft flash appeal for Namibia is currently being finalized..
The Secretary General [...]

Mahama also stressed the importance of

11 Aug 2010

Mrs. Mahama also stressed the importance of the forthcoming review of the International Review Conference on Financing for Development. She said it is better to study their effects on the parity of funding for development and strengthen the gender perspective in all six areas Monterrey Consensus. She felt that the process was followed Monterrey [...]

JEAN-PIERRE GONNOT, Division of Policy Development

28 Jul 2010

JEAN-PIERRE GONNOT, Division of Policy Development said that the Secretariat is closely following the activities of the Forum. He said it worked closely with Aboriginal women’s organizations. It also stressed that the Secretariat had made efforts to educate the public about the plight of aboriginal women. The latter, with other agencies and United Nations [...]

JEAN Phillip AudiNet, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), outlined the impact of the Declaration on indigenous peoples in the activities of IFAD. This impact, he said, is measured at the level of IFAD in each country and depends on the ownership of the subject by civil society and the state itself. Regarding [...]

KAREN PIERCE (United Kingdom) said that support from the international community was vital to Haiti’s recovery after hurricanes in the island. It urged the authorities to use the expertise of MINUSTAH to take swift action in key areas. In the current poverty level, cooperation with international organizations, more than ever necessary, she said, stressing [...]

de Schutter said that the right to adequate food is

29 May 2010

Mr. de Schutter said that the right to adequate food is realized when every man, woman and child, alone or in community with others, has physical and economic access at all times to adequate food and means for procurement. This requires not only that food is available-that is to say that agricultural production is [...]

CLAUDE HELLER (Mexico) stressed the

22 May 2010

CLAUDE HELLER (Mexico) stressed the need to respond to the increasing number of refugees and displaced persons worldwide by focusing on preventive action and taking particular account of the rise of joint perils climate change and natural disasters. Increased flows ahead of economic refugees and forced displacement are threatening even more than today regional [...]

The second challenge is to

19 Apr 2010

The second challenge is to ensure the protection of humanitarian personnel deployed in the most dangerous parts of the world. He cited Somalia, where UNHCR staff have been targeted several times. The third group is to preserve a especially important for agencies that operate in a highly politicized and militarized. He wished in conclusion [...]

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

2 Apr 2010

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Since the conflict began, fundamentalists of all Muslim countries were encouraged by various U.S. agencies and the Pakistani to go to jihad in Afghanistan and Kashmir or to s rsquo lead to Peshawar (basic back-Mujahideen)..
The only false note in this strategy was Iran. Iranian politics, which followed after [...]