Full Coverage: Governance

30.06.2007 Youth Action Nepal is organising a rally and a concert at New Baneshwar in Nepal on July 2, 2007 for making governments accountable to people and achieving the MDGs.

29.06.2007 UNFPA reports on the state of world population 2007 attempts to look beyond the current problems which are real, urgent, poignant and call to action. The Report tries to grasp the implications of the imminent doubling of the developing world’s urban population and discusses what needs to be done to prepare for this massive increase.

29.06.2007 A UN Population Fund (UNFPA) report indicates that more than half the global population, projected at 3.3 billion, will be living in towns and cities by 2008. In Asia the urban population will increase from 1.36 billion to 2.64 billion while Africa's urban population will go up from 294 million to 742 million, and that of Latin America and the Caribbean from 394 million to 609 million.

29.06.2007 Dozens of villages have been flooded; houses, fields and trees have disappeared under water and people have became landless, since the government of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh closed the gates of the Omkareshwar dam in the Narmada valley. Support the demands of the people in the Narmada Valley by sending the letter to the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh for adequate compensation and rehabilitation for the people.

29.06.2007 India joins Washington Accord, a 10-member apex global organisation that determines standards of engineering education. This means that Indian undergraduate engineering degree will ultimately be given "equivalency" in all member countries.

28.06.2007 The Strengthening Rural Credit Cooperatives Project of the World Bank supports the Indian Government programme to reform and revitalise the country's rural Credit Cooperative Banks (CCBs) by making them efficient and commercially-viable institutions that also are responsive to the financial needs of the Indian farmers.

28.06.2007 The government of the south Indian state of Kerala has made it clear that discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS will not be tolerated and has readmitted HIV-positive children who were dismissed from a school in December 2006.

28.06.2007 In November 2006, a High-level Panel recommended the establishment of an independent women-specific agency with a minimum budget of $1 billion US. Women's organisations and other groups from the civil society held a global day of action on 20th June, 2007 and urged their respective Governments, UN Permanent Missions and Ambassadors to endorse and push for the GEA recommendations.

28.06.2007 Concerned over the massive industrialisation planned for Indian state Orissa, environmental campaigner Greenpeace is alarmed over an Indian steel major's move to set up a mega port in Dhamra in Orissa's coastal Bhardrak district, saying it would be an 'ecological destruction' in the state's coastal areas.

27.06.2007 Recipient of this year’s Nirmal Gram Puruskar for 100% sanitation coverage, this village in Rajasthan’s Alwar region is paving the way for achieving the Millennium Development Goals

27.06.2007 The Supreme Court of Nepal has established a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the thousands of enforced disappearances in Nepal during civil conflict and ordered the government to comply with international human standards.

27.06.2007 The electronic media in Pakistan has come a long way, particularly after its run-ins with the political setup. Catapulted into a state of political turmoil, Pakistan stands, yet again, at a crossroads though its problems are receiving unprecedented publicity.

27.06.2007 Though Asia has achieved economic growth along with poverty reduction in recent years economic growth alone does not guarantee poverty reduction. But this growth – and its impact on different aspects of development – has been uneven across and within countries.

27.06.2007 South Asian countries dominated the Green Oscars yet again. Three sustainable energy initiatives from India and one each from Bangladesh and Nepal were among the winners of the 2007 Ashden Awards for their positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of poor people.

27.06.2007 Delhi based NGO Toxics Link has urged the Indian government to phase out the usage of mercury in the country after the European Union Parliament banned mercury trade. India being the second largest user and importer of the heavy metal, at the same time time it has serious public health implications in the country.

26.06.2007 This anthology, edited by Rehana Ghadially, throws light on the contextual realities of urban Indian women in a most comprehensive manner. It presents a view of the Indian women's movement – past and present – as it responds to a range of issues (including those related to identity, globalisation, media, ICTs and political participation) in the pre and post liberalization eras. It is recommended for students and academics in women's studies, political science, sociology, psychology, ICTs, media studies and development.

26.06.2007 The number of people displaced by global warming could dwarf the nearly 10 million refugees and almost 25 million internally-displaced people already fleeing wars, oppressive regimes, civilian conflict and lawlessness, said experts on the occasion of World Refugee Day, June 20.

26.06.2007 The UN Mission has welcomed the decision of the Nepalese government to hold elections to the Constituent Assembly on 22 November, 2007. The election is seen as a progressive step in the direction of peace and democratically elected
Constituent Assembly.

26.06.2007 The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) urged the government to keep in mind the recent recommendations on juvenile justice by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child while reviewing the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance (JJSO).

26.06.2007 To commemorate the International Day against Drug Abuse, PVR Nest in India, in association with United Nations (Office of Drug and Crime) and the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is organising a play on prevention of drug abuse titled 'Mission Possible'. The play will be presented by Barry John's troupe "Imago" on 26 th June, 2007 at PVR Priya, New Delhi, India at 5:30 pm.