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December 2000 : news summary
Inter. Organisations, Agencies & Partnerships
‘Milosevic’s
comeback angers UN tribunal’, IND, 27/11/00
Milosevic’s re-election as the leader of the Serbian Socialist
party while under an international arrest warrant has outraged
the UN war crimes tribunal.
‘WTO
failure in Seattle must be springboard for the global economy‘,
T, 30/11/00
Steven Byers, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, discusses
the way forward after the Seattle trade talks that failed to start
a new trade round a year ago. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,43838,00.html
Also: ‘One
year on, no further forward’, G, 30/11/00
Also: ‘One
year after Seattle, anti-globalisation groups in IMF protests’,
DevNews, 1/12/00
Economic
Development
‘Mbeki
reveals African development plan‘, FT, 27/11/00
African leaders plan the launch of the Millennium African Recovery
Plan which aims to reduce poverty across the continent.
Aid
& Debt
‘Candle
lit for debt relief’s unfinished business’, G, 27/11/00
The end of December marks the end of the Jubilee 2000 debt relief
campaign. What has been achieved?
Health
‘Race
to extinguish deadly virus’, EXP, 25/11/00
Progress is being made towards eliminating Polio, although the
2000 deadline for a Polio free world has passed.
‘World
Bank renews commitment to tackling Aids epidemic’, DevNews,
29/11/00
In the run up to December 1st, World Aids Day, the World Bank
has committed "unlimited" funding to help tackle the
global epidemic.
Business,
Trade & Development
‘Short
fears for EC trade reform’, G, 27/11/00
Europe’s multinational sugar firms united with protectionist forces
are jeopardising an EC initiative to do away with tariffs into
the EU for 48 LDCs.
‘Russian
cabinet says yes to corporate governance’, DevNews, 29/11/00
The Russian government is helping to allay fears of foreign investors
by agreeing to support the "creation of a single, uniform
corporate governance code".
Environment
Various,
24/11/00-26/11/00
Reports from climate change talks at the Hague
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