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Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe has called the U.N. policy and record toward human rights abuses erratic, inhumane and dysfunctional. U.N. critics are cautiously optimistic she'll bring that hard-nosed attitude to the Human Rights...
The federal government is sending a new ambassador to Afghanistan to observe the Karzai government's promised crackdown on corruption. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith on Saturday announced that former East Timor ambassador Paul...
By Gunnar Stalsett Saturday, November 21, 2009 Listen to the Article - These words are from the preamble of the Lille Declaration on a Culture of Peace issued by the European Council of Religious Leaders – Religions for Peace...
The Brown University Library has received the books and papers of the late Michael V. Bhatia '99, an Afghanistan expert and coauthor of Afghanistan, Arms and Conflict: Armed Groups, Disarmament and Security in a Post-War...
DILI, Timor-Leste, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The President of Timor-Leste Jose Ramos Horta said on Friday that children's right should be strongly upheld while in reality under age children have to work in fields that are not fit to...
Notes from Abroad observes that Australian peacekeepers armed with automatic rifles are a common sight in East Timor Recent Articles also in East Asia Recent Links also in East Asia Angry Chinese blogger writes on an...
Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The youth are “agents of true change and transformation before their respective church communities, families and friends...” hope for the Church's evangelization and for the future of Asia. With Asian...
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the invitation to join you today in marking the 20th Anniversary of APEC. Exactly a year ago today, I was involved in my first international meeting as Foreign Minister.
Rebuilding "fragile" and "failing" states is a declared priority of most western governments. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has issued a rash of policy statements and guidelines to help donor...
DARWIN: Prosecutors at the trial of Timorese-born Australian Angelita Pires have refused to release 200 photographs of the body of her slain former lover, Alfredo Reinado, denying the images even exist, despite their widespread...
