Brecht Goris
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Helen Clark (UNDP): ‘Social protection is a necessary investment in sustainable development’

In the run-up to the UN Summit about the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in New York of 20-22 September, MO* had an exclusive interview with Helen Clark, head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP). ‘If I go on a working visit in development countries, I don’t want to be taken around to all those small projects. I especially like to get to know ...
Leopold Broers
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Sustainable on paper: the eucalyptus plantations of Bahia, Brazil

NGOs, city administrations and publishers worldwide switch to FSC-certified paper. Ordinary consumers can buy copy and printing paper as well as paper towels and even wallpaper bearing the tree logo. But is the paper's green image justified? MO* investigated the case in the eucalyptus plantations of the Brazilian state Bahia.
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European citizens positive, but also weary about EU

At the occasion of the Belgian presidency of the European Union, MO* went out in the streets of Brussels to ask Europeans of all shades and nationalities what they think of the Union.
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OECD: Governments very concerned about massive deductible bank losses

Saturday (26 June), Jeffrey Owens, head of tax at the OECD, said that his organization is involved in talks between governments and the banking sector on the rising issue of deductible bank losses. He did so in Toronto at a press briefing for journalists covering the G20 summit.
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6 dead and 79 wounded in a political meeting in Kenya

Two explosions ripped through a rally that celebrated the new constitution in Nairobi, killing 6 people and wounding 79. Political tension returns to the country. The stampede followed an attack with granades by the supporters of the Constitution. This is one of the most important conflicts since 2007 when 1500 people dead.
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Hussaini Abdu: “The global economic crisis is the excuse for failing aid commitments”

“Now 1.5 billion people go to bed hungry, we have never had this figures in the past. The number of people who are dying from Malaria is increasing, so we can say that the world was better without MDGs”. The country Director of Action Aid Nigeria, thinks that it doesn’t mean the MDGs are not good, but they havent seen the kind of commitment that th ...
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EU countries have cut their development aid

On Thursday June 10th AidWatch Report presented its Penalty Against Poverty Report, focusing on how the EU Member States are missing their official development aid targets and jeopardising global efforts to reach the Millenium Development Goals. The agreement of the Millenium Development Goals a decade ago at the 2000 UN Millenium conference, repre ...
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EU countries have cut their development aid

On Thursday June 10th, AidWatch presented its report: "Penalty Against Poverty” in Brussels. The meeting focused on how the EU Member States are missing their official development aid targets and jeopardising global efforts to reach the Millenium Development Goals.The agreement of the Millenium Development Goals a decade ago at the 2000 UN Milleniu ...
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Endless War in Mexico

The violence in Mexico continues to be a nightmare for the citizens of the Central American country. Since President Felipe Calderon came to the power at the end of 2006 more than 22,000 people have been killed.
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Why is poverty a human right crisis?

‘Respect for human rights also requires that we also recognize that everybody has the right to the things which are essential for a dignified existence – food, water, basic health care, education and housing. Those rights – which are based on universal values – give people who live in poverty an instrument to restore the disturbed balance of power ...
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Energy security: The battle for the pipelines

The pipelines that are under construction today – Nord Stream, South Stream and Nabucco – determine the energy security of Europe tomorrow. ‘One can not understand current international policy if one has no eye for the energy dimension.’
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Irene Khan: ‘Companies too need to respect human rights’

European governments routinely focus on the importance of human rights, although they often neglect to mention the economic, social and cultural rights. Former Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan considers poverty to be the worst human rights violation, and marginalized groups should be provided with political and civil rights in ord ...

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