United
Nations General Assembly Special Session
Geneva, June 26-30, 2000
Produced by IPS-Inter Press Service with
financial support from the
Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Third Issue, 28th June, 2000
NGOs
Vow to Censure UN Chief
Poverty
Strategy Assailed
Just
Another Empty Promise, Say Asian Delegates
Poverty
Fanning the Flames of the AIDS Epidemic
Kashmir Autonomy
Debate Gets Serious
G-77 Forced to Yield
Ground in Democracy Debate
NGOs Back Some G-77
Working Group Positions
UNHCR Fears Spread
of Xenophobia in Africa
The Curious Case
of the Poverty Report
YUGOSLAVIA: International
Humanitarian Law Under the Spotlight
CUBA: Forbidden Fruit
of the Caribbean Lures US Visitors
Sex
Trade Thrives Despite New Crackdown
BANGALADESH:
Law for Safe Blood From Professional Donors
The Summit That [Almost]
Never Was
Tajikistan Appeals
for Humanitarian Aid
ZIMBABWE:
Ruling Party in Narrow Win
MEXICO: World Leaders
in Free Trade Accords
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Has the world lived up to its 1996 commitments..?
Solidarity 2000 starting 17th of June!
MS's big summer event Solidarity 2000 will start very soon now, with a week-long variety of debates and arrangements. The activities range from encounters between young people from Balkan, Africa and Central America to big conferences on the planet's social development and environment.
Judge by yourself:
The 1996 Copenhagen Social Summit final report in English, French and Spanish.