BREAKING NEWS: PAX GAEA WORLD POST HUMAN RIGHTS HEADLINES (12/5)
Prosecutors ask judge to order trial for CIA, Italian agents in what would be first criminal trial over 'renditions'
MILAN, Italy (CNN) -- Prosecutors asked a judge Thursday to order 26 CIA agents and six Italian secret agents to stand trial in what would be the first criminal trial over U.S. "renditions."Renditions are defined by the United States government as the clandestine capture and extradition of suspects from the country in which they were caught to another country.CNN Wire (12/5)
UN Presses for Safe Return of War-displaced People
THT Online Kathmandu,
December 5A three-week media campaign aiming to raise awareness on the right of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to return home kicked off on Monday. The campaign has been initiated by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner for Refugees. Himalayan Times (12/5)
U.N.: World failing to protect civilians
EDITH M. LEDERER
Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS - The global community has failed to live up to a pledge made last year to protect civilians caught in armed conflicts, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Tuesday in his final briefing to the Security Council before leaving his post. Jan Egeland cited Iraqi militias, Israel and Palestinian militants as some of the worst perpetrators of attacks against noncombatants."Nowhere in the world do more civilians die right now from violence directed against them" than in Iraq, he said. San Jose (CA) Mercury News (12/5)
One in 4 Zimbabwe children are AIDS orphans -UNICEF
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe now has the world's highest percentage of children orphaned by AIDS, with almost one in every four children having lost at least one parent to the disease, the United Nations Children's Fund said on Tuesday. Zimbabwe is among the countries worst hit by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which kills more than 3,000 people every week and accounts for 70 percent of hospital admissions. Reuters AlertNet (12/5)
WEST AFRICA: World’s poorest region needs $300m in aid this year - UN
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DAKAR, 5 Dec 2006 (IRIN) - The United Nations and relief NGOs in West Africa have jointly asked donors for US $309 million in aid for 2007 to keep humanitarian projects rolling in the region’s 16 poorest countries. The appeal is made annually and covers the requirements for the agriculture, food, water, health and human rights projects overseen by the UN and all its partners. IRIN News (12/5) IRIN News (12/5)
WEST AFRICA: Communities choose health over tradition
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DAKAR, 4 Dec 2006 (IRIN) - About 150 communities in Guinea on Sunday collectively abandoned the practice of female genital cutting - a landmark declaration in a country where more than 97 percent of women undergo the ritual, the event’s organisers said on Monday. Delegations led by women from each village converged on the central Guinean town of Lalya to speak about genital excision and participate in the declaration. All of Guinea’s ethnic groups practice genital cutting, despite a law that forbids it. IRIN News (UN Press Office) (12/4)
IAEA: Sanctions won't resolve NKorea issue
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIJING -- The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Tuesday that sanctions alone would not resolve the standoff over North Korea's nuclear weapons program. In a speech at one of China's top universities, Mohamed ElBaradei, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, also said there had to be development in countries such as North Korea - formally the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - to create a sense of security. Seattle Post/Intelligencer (12/4)
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