Scriptorium

found at http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050517/290/4f0u7.html (a french website) some good news, posted there on May 17th: The government of Brazil is linking poor villages to the internet by satelit. Already 3200 villages
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Out of http://ci-journal.net/
One excellent resource is ‘The newer Journal of Community Informatics’http://ci-journal.net. See below some items:
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Hereafter some excerpts of a website about good governance: http://www.geocities.com/gngg2000/index.htm

During the past few years, the promotion of good governance and the need to eradicate corruption have attracted unprecedented worldwide attention … human rights, good
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Are you interested in youth movements? Curious how young people in other countries around the world are changing their communities and participating in political processes? Want to travel? Want others to visit you?
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What about a world-wide information Net of NGOs and engaged groups of the civil society?
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Contribution addressing especially Chapters One and Four of the operational part of the WSIS-Tunis* documents on follow-up/ implementation and the way forward
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Gives Education for and about Indigenous Peoples, http://www.peoplesoftheworld.org/

A 501(c)(3) resgistered nonprofit organization. They work with indigenous peoples to document their traditional and modern life, sponsor their education and help them adapt to the challenges they face in a changing world.
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The latest action plans of various countries can be found on the website http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/plan_action

Division in the UN over a complaints procedure for socio-economic rights: New Zealand’s reluctance to take sides.  Continuer la lecture de « op-icescr – the Optional Protocol of the International Convent of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights »

The idea of taxing the trade in currencies was first suggested by Nobel prize-winning economist, James Tobin. This is why the Currency Transaction Tax (CTT) is often referred to as the Tobin Tax.  Continuer la lecture de « CTT Campaigns »

Programme for the day: Delegations today considered the draft report, conclusions and recommendations. The goal was to adopt all of them by consensus. Continuer la lecture de « day 10 of the op-icescr working group »

Programme for the day: Delegations met around 4pm today, breaking up round 6pm following an informal “private” meeting to discuss the recommendations. While NGOs were excluded from the room, we grouped at the entrance of the room and were able to observe the most of the delegates who have been involved in the discussions to date entered the meeting.  Continuer la lecture de « day 9 of the op-icescr working group »

Programme for the day: Delegations met for the afternoon session, ostensibly to consider the report of the Working Group. The report was introduced at 5.45pm, and the Chair has scheduled a meeting for 4pm Thursday. The bulk of the meeting was spent discussing the recommendations and conclusions.   Continuer la lecture de « day 8 of the op-icescr working group »

Programme for the day: The discussion today focused on the question of benefits of an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR and the practicability of such a procedure, including the issue of complementarity with other procedures.   Continuer la lecture de « day 6 of the op-icescr working group »

Programme for the day: The discussion today focused on the question of justiciability. At the outset, the Chair asked delegates to consider whether economic, social and cultural rights were justiciable at the domestic, regional or international level.

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Thanks to Aaron (Rehabilitation International) and Vince (Nova Scotia Legal Aid/ESCR-Net) for preparing this report.

Programme for the day: The first part of the morning was taken up with States Parties posing questions to Professor Riedel. These touched on the legal status of the Committee, the ability of complaints under an OP to deal with the “cascading effect of colonialism in the developing world”.

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