UN rights chief unveils fresh Colombia peace bid

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, yesterday presented Colombia's government with a proposal calling for civilians to be shielded from the impacts of the country's long-running armed conflict.
Image: Civilians killed in rebel raid, Colombia ©Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep.
Published by Inter Press Service

Time to net the debt
OneWorld has joined hands with over 70 leading aid agencies and rights groups to launch a global Internet gateway on debt, marking the deadline of the Jubilee 2000 campaign which has mobilised millions to call for Third World debt to be dropped by the end of the millennium.
Published by OneWorld.net

Seattle battle cry echoes

One year after the aborted World Trade Organisation summit in Seattle, governments are still stuck on the same narrow trade agenda. But people around the world are starting to challenge the mantra 'there is no alternative' by working together on long-term welfare and environmental schemes. Friends of the Earth asks - how long will it take for governments to catch up?
Image: Protestors at the WTO summit in Seattle.
Published by Friends of the Earth Europe

Biotech Chernobyl 'now a matter of when not if'
The detection of a genetically engineered corn in a major US consumer food product has refuelled the Frankenfoods controversy. It is now only a matter of time, suggests an In Motion Magazine analysis, before we are hit by a biotech Chernobyl.
Published by In Motion Magazine

Charting a path for Kosovo

Although the independent international Kosovo Commission supports conditional independence, it does not explain how this can be achieved, argues the Transnational Foundation, which takes issue with key parts of the Commission's report.
Image: Refugees queue up in Kosovo ©Panos Pictures.
Published by Transnational Foundation

Little progress on blueprint for a new 'financial architecture'
Even repeated currency crises have not led to the creation of a blueprint for a 'new international financial architecture'. Read why developing countries are concerned about the slow progress of reform.
Published by Third World Network

Role for adults in disarming the young guns

Children are at greater risk than ever from warfare. In the last decade it is estimated that child victims have included 2 million killed, 4-5 million disabled, 12 million homeless, more than 1 million orphaned or separated from their parents, and 10 million psychologically traumatised. The Peace Pledge Union is fighting to halt the rising toll.
Image: Child with AK47 ©Peace Pledge Union http://www.ppu.org.uk.
Published by Peace Pledge Union

5 December 2000

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