Archive for the General News Category
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The proposals of “Peoples Agreement” in the texts for United Nations negotiation on Climate Change
After a week of negotiations, the main conclusions of the World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Right of Mother Earth (Cochabamba, April 2010) have been incorporated in the document of United Nations on Climate Change, that now have been
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New opening for the works of School
A new process of preparatory work for the Disciplines, an internal process of transformation giving access the Profound spaces of the Mind, begins in the Parks of Study and Reflection on Saturday August 14th. In 20 parks across America, Europe and As
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Future of democracy in Chile. Interview with Tomas Hirsch
Article Published in www.eastwest-review.com Tomás René Hirsch Goldschmidt (born July 19, 1956) is a leftist Chilean politician and businessman. He was the Together We Can Do More pact candidate for the 2005 Chilean presidential election. - The
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The Right to Water and Sanitation as a Human Right
Today July 28, 2010, the General Assembly of the United Nations approved the proposal of the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to declare THE RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION AS A HUMAN RIGHT. Here is the full text of UN Resolutio
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Meetings About Municipal Voting Rights for NYC Residents
This summer, legislation to grant the right to vote to 1.3 New York residents, in local election will be re-introduce to City Hall. What are its chances and challenges? What strategies are advocates planning? And what is the general context of this c
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NGO Abolition caucus at the 2010 NPT condemns the nuclear industry for pushing a nuclear energy agenda
By Tony Robinson Non-governmental organizations at the NPT Abolition Caucus express dismay at the unashamed pushing of a nuclear energy agenda at the NPT conference. They condemn the false advertising of the benefits of nuclear energy by the IAEA
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Permanent 5 members of the Security Council signal a nuclear energy bonanza, while remaining silent on Israeli weapons
By Tony Robinson As the NPT gets well into its first week, anti-nuclear organisations become increasingly concerned at the amount of encouragement given to countries to develop nuclear energy. “We call for the development of nuclear energy in a
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Defining Success: Why We Need More Than Mere Agreement
The NPT conference continues in New York with expectations high among anti-nuclear organisations that an intention to move towards a Nuclear Weapons Convention – a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons – will be expressed in the final documents. Th
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15,000 March through New York calling for nuclear disarmament now
By Tony Robinson The Mayor of Hiroshima headed a list of dignitaries at the front of a Great March to the United Nations in order to meet with UN Disarmament Chief, Sergio Duarte. The Abolition Torch carried around the world on the World March for
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“The time for change is now” – Ban Ki Moon 2 days before the start of the NPT conference
By Tony Robinson 2 days before the NPT conference begins in New York, UN General Secretary Ban Ki Moon addresses the anti-nuclear movement in a conference, “For a Nuclear Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World”. He talks of his shared view
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