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“Local journalists get too caught up with the small picture. Being here in Geneva provides a much more open perspective.” Maximillian MARTIN, Mail Today (Bangalore, India) Peacebuilding1
“Most good journalists don’t get the time to go to workshops in Uganda. You know most people anyway and you don’t learn much. Coming to Geneva and then going on a fieldtrip makes all the difference.” Rosebelle KAGUMIRE, Reporter, Africa Broadcasting NTV (Uganda) Peacebuilding1
Media 21 Impact...
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Workshops 2008:
25th May to 6th June: Access to Health, Geneva + fieldtrips.
22nd June to 4th July: Climate Change III, Geneva + fieldtrips
27th October to 30th October: Corporate Social Responsability, Geneva
24th November to 7th December: Migration I, Andorra, Geneva + fieldtrips
The Media21 Global Journalism Network Geneva is a program of the Swiss-based media network, InfoSud . It is designed to enhance broader public awareness of global issues through better coverage worldwide, but also more effective interaction between the media and important information resources such as donor governments, United Nations agencies, NGOs, the private sector, academics, and other specialists.
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Food crisis to worsen if droughts remain unresolved |
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(With additional reporting from Rhaydz Barcia, Tze Ming Mok & Keith Bradsher)
April 29, 2008
Manila, Philippines
Drought and unsustainable water management are to blame for the current international food crisis, which will worsen if these interconnected issues are not addressed, reported the United Nations recently.
The effects of drought on major food exporters like Australia and Ukraine has, on an alarming scale, hinted at how climate-change could contribute to a future of ongoing global food crises.
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Paludisme: enfin de grands espoirs! |
By Marie-Agnès LEPLAIDEUR
28 avril 2008
InfoSud-Syfia International, MONTPELLIER
La fin du paludisme comme problème prioritaire de santé publique n’est plus une utopie. Aujourd’hui, existent des moyens de lutte efficaces et d’importants financements de la communauté internationale. Reste aux États africains à former le personnel de santé et à organiser le combat contre ce fléau qui pèse sur leur développement.
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Some pictures from the Peacebuilding workshop fieldtrip to Southern Lebanon, April 5 - April 10, 2008.
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Uganda peace process at crossroads |
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Uganda President Yoweri Museveni and South Sudan President Salva Kir in Juba on
Monday. NTV Uganda.
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By Rosebell KAGUMIRE (Peacebuilding1 participant)
April 17th, 2008
Kampala, NTV UGANDA
For the last 21 months the Uganda government has been engaged in peace talks with rebels of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), to bring to an end to 21 years of war in Northern Uganda.
The talks, initiated by the South Sudanese government have been mediated by Dr. Riek Machar, vice president Southern Sudan.
The government agreed to talks with the rebels in August 2006, after 20 years of military actions against the insurgency in Northern Uganda.
From the beginning the rebels put stringent conditions for a final peace deal.
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Ending Wars, Building Peace Workshop |
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Friday, 11 April 2008
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 A child in Naher El Bared, Northern Lebanon. Photo Samuel Rodriguez.
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Twenty editors, reporters and producers from countries ranging from India and Afghanistan to the Philippines, Eritrea and Switzerland attended the week-long “Ending War, Building Peace” workshop in Geneva earlier this month.
Part of the group also visited Southern Lebanon as part of a five-day field trip to explore the humanitarian impact of the 2006 war with Israel, particularly the proliferation of cluster bombs and other ordnance in civilian-populated areas. The workshop, which was part of the Media21 ongoing “global issues” initiative, was organized in partnership with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy/GCSP ( www.gcsp.ch).
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Les sous-munitions embarrassent Berne |
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By Ian HAMEL
April 5th, 2008
Le Matin Dimanche, Geneva
MENACES. Pour son image de marque, la Suisse voudrait détruire ses stocks de bombes à sous-munitions.
«Pas question», répondent les militaires, qui ont investi 600 millions de francs dans ces armes indispensables, assurent-ils, pour défendre le territoire.
En 1997, le traité d’Ottawa a interdit les mines antipersonnel. Les
Canadiens en ont tiré beaucoup de prestige. Pourquoi ne pas récidiver
avec les bombes à sous-munitions? Avec le CICR, et les multiples
organisations spécialisées dans le déminage à Genève, la Suisse peut
jouer un rôle phare dans cette nouvelle interdiction.
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