http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog Network, collaborate, and share ideas and info on local and global issues. en-us Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:35:07 -0400 Topics Blogware owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/7/28/2172114.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/7/28/2172114.html Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:11:00 -0400 A leading U.S.-based humanitarian group is urging the George W. Bush administration to engage all rebel groups in the Darfur peace process as the U.S. president prepares to talk with the leader of just one particular faction. World Views Human Rights Darfur owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/7/28/2172054.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/7/28/2172054.html Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:50:00 -0400 Mindful that life on Earth is seriously threatened by the continued loss of thousands of plant and animal species, an international group of scientists is calling for the creation of a global forum to help officials craft plans to preserve biodiversity on the planet. World Views Environment biodiversity owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/7/24/2157335.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/7/24/2157335.html Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:58:00 -0400 An Afghan government proposal to re-establish the notorious Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has raised concerns among U.S. human rights advocates. Under the Taliban, the virtue and vice department enforced restrictions on women and men through public beatings and imprisonment. World Views Human Rights Taliban Afghanistan owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/7/18/2136732.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/7/18/2136732.html Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:58:00 -0400 Despite unprecedented growth in recent years, the world economy has not only failed to take care of the planet and its health, but also the basic needs of billions of its inhabitants, most of whom are condemned to live in slums with no safe water to drink, according to a new study released by a U.S.-based independent think tank. World Views Environment environment ecosystem owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/7/10/2096730.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/7/10/2096730.html Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:40:00 -0400 An internationally renowned nuclear expert is calling for nuclear reactors in the United Kingdom to be immediately shut down after government documents revealed they contain cracking in the bricks of their reactor cores. World Views Topics nuclear owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/6/30/2077003.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/6/30/2077003.html Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:46:00 -0400 Humanitarian groups trying to assess the number of innocent civilians killed in Iraq are demanding the Pentagon back up its claims that fewer Iraqis are being killed by accident at U.S. military check-points. World Views Human Rights Iraq civilian Pentagon Iraq Ian http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/6/20/2044493.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/6/20/2044493.html Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:51:00 -0400 For over sixty years the Navy used the Eastern part of Vieques as their Live Impact Area. Everything from Napalm to Agent Orange to Depleted Uranium bullets were released on this eastern part of the island. Health Vieques arms antiwar activism owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/6/16/2061861.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/6/16/2061861.html Fri, 16 Jun 2006 23:45:00 -0400 Major international footwear companies would be wise to pay as much attention to the plight of their workers as their marketing campaigns during the World Cup, said the international human rights group Oxfam, which ranked each of the world's major sportswear companies for a new report, ''Offside! Labor Rights and Sportswear Production in Asia.'' World Views OneWorld News Wire Human Rights World Oxfam labor Cup owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/6/3/2020037.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/6/3/2020037.html Sat, 03 Jun 2006 15:18:00 -0400 Activists from more than 70 civil society groups from around the world have denounced the United Nations political declaration on HIV/AIDS released Friday at the end of a major international gathering. World Views OneWorld News Wire Health AIDS owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/5/31/1996937.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/5/31/1996937.html Wed, 31 May 2006 11:28:00 -0400 A dramatic shift of funds and priorities is needed to stem the tide of the global AIDS pandemic, said women's health advocates in Washington, DC last week, marking the 25th anniversary of the disease's discovery. World Views OneWorld News Wire Health HIV AIDS Africa owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/5/27/1996869.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/5/27/1996869.html Sat, 27 May 2006 21:21:00 -0400 Wrapping up a major meeting of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues here Friday, indigenous leaders called for a key UN human rights body to consider taking new steps to meet their concerns. World Views OneWorld News Wire Human Rights indigenous UN owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/5/24/1981579.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/5/24/1981579.html Wed, 24 May 2006 09:46:00 -0400 As policy makers from around the world gather here to attend a major United Nations conference on fisheries, a prominent environmental group has renewed its demand for a global effort to stem so-called pirate fishing and a worldwide moratorium on high seas fishing by commercial companies using bottom trawlers. World Views OneWorld News Wire Environment fishing fish environment owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/5/12/1952967.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/5/12/1952967.html Fri, 12 May 2006 14:09:00 -0400 With growing concerns over high prices of oil and its adverse impact on the world's poor and the environment, the United Nations is urging policy makers to explore the use of alternative sources for energy. World Views OneWorld News Wire Environment gasoline gas energy UN oil environment owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/5/10/1948371.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/5/10/1948371.html Wed, 10 May 2006 23:10:00 -0400 The world's leading rights advocacy groups have welcomed the results of Tuesday's elections at the United Nations that have led to the formation of a new international leadership to defend human rights. World Views OneWorld News Wire Human Rights rights owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/5/4/1935076.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/5/4/1935076.html Thu, 04 May 2006 19:14:00 -0400 The Bush administration's efforts to plead innocence to charges of using torture before a key United Nations committee have been complicated by a new report from an influential human rights group suggesting otherwise. World Views OneWorld News Wire Human Rights Bush UN torture owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/4/24/1908721.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/4/24/1908721.html Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:57:00 -0400 Devastating storms? Harsh droughts? More diseases? Polluted air and waterways? Contaminated food? Some of the key causes are global warming and a loss of biodiversity caused by humans' excessive use and abuse of the Earth and its resources. Complex global problems all, so what's an individual to do? OneWorld News Wire Environment earth owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/4/18/1897717.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/4/18/1897717.html Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:42:00 -0400 A leading international human rights group is calling for the Bush administration to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the alleged involvement of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other senior Pentagon officials in the torture of a prisoner at Guanatanamo Bay some three years ago. World Views OneWorld News Wire Human Rights Guantanamo Rumsfeld torture Linda L. http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/4/14/1887160.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/4/14/1887160.html Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:26:00 -0400 As all of you contact lens wearers have heard by now, Renu has been taken off the public market due to the alarming numbers of fungal infections that have broken out recently. Health lens owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/4/13/1897704.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/4/13/1897704.html Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:36:00 -0400 As tax day looms, a prominent environmentalist is urging changes he says will spare the taxpayer, spur the economy, and save the planet. World Views OneWorld News Wire Environment tax owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/4/3/1858717.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/4/3/1858717.html Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:56:00 -0400 Alongside the war in Iraq, Americans worry most about U.S. dependence on foreign oil, a leading pollster said Thursday. While most appeared fatalistic over problems like job outsourcing, around half said the government can do something about energy dependence, according to a survey run by Daniel Yankelovich, funded by the Ford Foundation, and published by the Council on Foreign Relations in its journal Foreign Affairs. World Views OneWorld News Wire Environment oil wind owuseditors http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/3/21/1834294.html http://oneworldus.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/3/21/1834294.html Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:21:00 -0500 The right to safe water must be enshrined in international law and policed by the United Nations if millions of people are to be spared death from want of water or from water-borne diseases, activists told governments and business at international talks ending Wednesday. World Views OneWorld News Wire Environment Health water UN