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Rebel Groups Must Unite to Reach Lasting Solution for Darfur - UN Security Council - Global Policy Forum
Iraq Tables & Charts Nations & States Empire Links & Resources NGOs UN Reform Secretary General DONATE NOW Rebel Groups Must Unite to Reach Lasting Solution for Darfur UN News Service August 12, 2008 The ... Criminal Courts actions, the Government of Sudan was more cooperative with UNAMID now, and the rebel movements were also stretching out their hands to the Mission. However, it was still in a ...
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March 5, 2002: Our Closest Relatives Are Disappearing
Our closest relative, the bonobo, is endemic to the Congo, a country plagued by civil war and occupation by foreign military and rebel groups. Along with many other primates in the region, the slow-breeding bonobo has seen a rapid decline. In 1980 there were ...
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ETFRN NEWS 43/44: Forests and conflicts
Revenues from resource exploitation replaced the support that was extended to governments and rebel groups by superpower patrons but largely evaporated with the end of the cold war.3 ... war, in part to secure the flow of oil by protecting an export pipeline against rebel attacks. 7 Overly dependent on natural resources, resource-rich countries often fail to diversify their ...
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ETFRN NEWS 43/44: Forests and conflicts
The individuals involved in resource trading and the routes ... travel ban and asset-freeze lists. However, the sanctions are not a panacea, as armed groups continue to profit from domestic timber sales and there are numerous reforms to enact before ...
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What's New - Global Policy Forum
Furthermore, other students cannot even attend school due to a lack of security. Security Council Rebel Groups Must Unite to Reach Lasting Solution for Darfur (August 12, 2008) General Martin Agwai of ... . Agwai argues that UNAMID must shift its diplomatic efforts in order to engage all 30 rebel groups and create a united front to negotiate peace with the Sudanese government. (UN News Service ...
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National Geographic Adventure Magazine on John Walker Lindh
I've been with the American military in combat situations," Pelton says. "Typically I'm [traveling] with rebel groups, so I'm usually hunted down by people like the Green Berets." The U.S. team arrived in Afghanistan "absolutely unprepared," says Pelton. "They came in with no language skills, no understanding of the culture." And ...
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National Geographic Adventure Mag.: Excerpts--November 2003
COST: $6,995, from Kigali, Rwanda. DEPARTURES: Year-round. Best time: June to November. SECURITY: Rwandan Defense Forces safeguard park visitors against armed poachers and rebel groups from the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo. THE SHOESTRING SOJOURN Secrets of Capitol Reef With its limited infrastructure, Capitol Reef National Park, a skinny finger of canyons, cliffs ...
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Say No To GMOs! - April 2004a
Farmer-to-Farmer Campaign on Genetic Engineering, a network of 35 farm groups across America saying no to GMOs. "I am so inspired to be here at this ... by the neighboring Colombian government as part of its Plan Colombia offensive against coca production and rebel groups. The Colombian government aerially sprays hundreds of thousands of acres, destroying legitimate farms and ...
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The Darfur peace process: Where to now? - Event hosted by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Sudan, international actors and the rebel movements in Darfur. There have been three major events in the peace process: a) a ... . Despite these obstacles, a window of opportunity was identified in the fact that the government and some rebel groups are prepared to accept a negotiated settlement to the crisis. Although all ...
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people, culture, & environment
Rwanda remained a Belgian protectorate until independence in 1962. Rwanda's population comprises three ethnic groups: the Hutu (85-90%), the Tutsi (9-14%), and the Twa (1%). Upon entering the ... to eliminate the Hutu threat, the Tutsi military entered Congo under the pretext of assisting rebel leader Laurent Kabila in his campaign to overthrow (former Zairian) President Mobutu Sese Seko. Throughout ...
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