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Unequal Partners: How EUACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) could harm the development prospects of many of the world’s poorest countries

27/09/2006

6 documents

17 pages long

Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish

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Trade policy

Overview

The Doha ‘Development’ Round of trade talks has stalled, but the world’s poorest countries remain under pressure to open up their markets with potentially disastrous consequences. These negotiations were meant to ‘make trade fair’, but they were blocked by the USA and EU, unwilling to address the rigged rules and double standards from which they […]

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Essential Services: HIV, health services and gender in South Africa

01/09/2006

1 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Much has been achieved in just over a decade of democracy in South Africa by facilitating access of the poor to health and other services. However much more needs to be done if the constitutional rights of citizens to dignity is to become universal. Under the strain of an HIV onslaught, second to non in […]

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India and the Arms Trade Treaty

01/09/2006

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The international arms trade is out of control. A thousand people die every day because of armed violence, and many more are seriously injured. Many of the victims are women and children. In India alone, 12 people die from armed violence every day. This paper sets out why the Indian government should heed the call […]

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The AK47: The world’s favourite killing machine

26/06/2006

4 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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Overview

Kalashnikov assault rifles are the most widespread military weapons in the world. It is estimated that there are between 50 and 70 million of them spread across the world’s five continents. They are used daily by soldiers, fighters, and gang members to inflict untold suffering in many countries. The spread of these weapons continues largely […]

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Ammunition: The Fuel of Conflict

15/06/2006

4 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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Overview

Hundreds of thousands of people are killed each year through the misuse of small arms and light weapons (SALW) in violation of international humanitarian law and human rights law. Small arms ammunition is the fuel that keeps many of the world’s conflicts raging. While small arms do not themselves cause conflict, they make it much […]

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The View from the Summit: Gleneagles G8 one year on

09/06/2006

4 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, French, German, Japanese

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Overview

On 31 March 2006 the Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa announced that from that day on basic health care would be free to everyone. This was made possible partly due to the money saved following the cancellation of Zambia’s $5 billion debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A visit to the clinic for basic medicines, […]

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UN Arms Embargoes: An overview of the last ten years

12/03/2006

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Despite the fact that every one of the 13 United Nations arms embargoes imposed in the last decade has been systematically violated, only a handful of the many arms embargo breakers named in UN sanctions reports has been successfully prosecuted. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, between 1990 and 2001 there were 57 […]

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Meeting Real Needs: A major change for donors to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

13/02/2006

2 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Overview

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is at a critical point in its history. While the forthcoming elections offer the country new opportunities, it is also facing rising tensions, and at least 42 million people still endure appalling poverty and suffering.

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Starting on the Road to Recovery: Saving lives and rebuilding livelihoods after the Pakistan earthquake

27/01/2006

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

On 8 October 2005, an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale ripped through Northern Pakistan, leaving 80,000 people dead and affecting 3 million more. The crisis is far from over: survivors of the earthquake still face dangers and difficulties as the worst of Pakistan’s winter weather has now settled in. Many people are huddled […]

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The Call for Tough Arms Control: Voices from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

09/01/2006

1 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The war in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has cost millions of lives. Hundreds of thousands of people have been shot dead. Millions have died from the indirect consequences of war. What the figures do not reveal is the personal suffering of individual people, families, and villages. That is why in November […]

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