Catégorie : Official Body

gov., admin., public service,

Kenya: National AIDS Control Council NACC

  • About: The National AIDS Control Council was established as a corporate body under the State Corporations Act by a Presidential Order in Legal Notice No. 170 of 26th September 1999 soon after HIV/AIDS was declared a national disaster in Kenya.
  • Mission Statement: To provide policy and a strategic framework for mobilizing resources and coordinating resources for prevention of HIV transmission and provision of care and support to the infected and affected in Kenya … (full text about).

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Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry ATSDR

also in spanish

  • Serve the public through responsive public health actions to promote healthy and safe environments and prevent harmful exposures.
  • ATSDR is directed by congressional mandate to perform specific functions concerning the effect on public health of hazardous substances in the environment. These functions include public health assessments of waste sites, health consultations concerning specific hazardous substances, health surveillance and registries, response to emergency releases of hazardous substances, applied research in support of public health assessments, information development and dissemination, and education and training concerning hazardous substances … (full text about ATSDR).

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UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter

also in french and spanish – Linked with Jean Ziegler – Switzerland and its links.

  • On 26 March 2008, the UN Human Rights Council approved the President’s proposal to appoint Prof. Olivier De Schutter the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. Prof. De Schutter thus succeeds to Prof. Jean Ziegler, who had been holding this mandate since 2000.
  • Under the terms of the resolution it adopted on the mandate on 26 September 2007 (A/HRC/6/L.5/Rev.1), the Special Rapporteur is expected: … (full text Special Raporteur).

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US geological survey – USGS

Science for a changing world

  • Mission: The USGS serves the Nation by providing reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect our quality of life.
  • Vision: USGS has become a world leader in the natural sciences thanks to our scientific excellence and responsiveness to society’s needs. (Our Mission and Vision).

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission TRC

Linked with Tutu, 78, to bow out of public life.

The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was set up by the Government of National Unity to help deal with what happened under apartheid. The conflict during this period resulted in violence and human rights abuses from all sides. No section of society escaped these abuses … (full text Homepage).

Amnesty Hearings; Special Hearings; Human Rights Violations; Media; Reparation, Rehabilitation; Report; Links;
Contacts.

Legal Background: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is based on the final clause of the Interim Constitution of 1993 and passed in Parliament as the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No 34 of 1995. 

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