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.
Fourth Issue, 29th June, 2000
US
Blocks Cheap AIDS Medicines
Measuring
the Progress of Women
NGOs
UN Should Refuse Report, Say
Cuban
Government Restricts Fuel Consumption
Campaign
Countdown amid Financial Jitters
Activists
Take Aim at Caribbean Prisons
Belarus Still
Reeling Under Chernobyl Fallout
Working
Group Reports Progress
Japan
Moves to Cancel Debt of Poor Countries
Pulling The
Tiger By Its Tail
When
the Right to Life Clashes With the Right to Property
Mamphela
Ramphele: Nobody's Tool
Back to Basics,
Maybe?
Q & A With
de Rojas
Fostering Decent
Work Through Cooperatives
Brick
by Brick, NGOs Outline Their Role in Eradicating Poverty
Summit
of Shame or Progress?
Renewable
Energy and Poverty Alleviation, Not a Half Baked Idea
Volunteers With
a Purpose
Meditating on Politics
Of Credible Policies
and Driver Seats
Across
the Street Another, Vision of Geneva
Hey,
Forgot the Children?
Just
Another Case of Window Dressing?
Vietnam
Promises More Social Development
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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.