Results for Press Releases

The focus of World Environment Day this year is on the impact of climate change on the polar regions, their ecosystems and communities, and the consequences that will have for the world.

Humanist movement, founding member of the "No to the Bases" initaitive opposes the plan of the current US administration to build a radar base in the Czech Republic as part of the National Missile Defense System. Humanists will protest during the first day of President Bush's visit in Prague on June 4 at 6pm at Hradcanske namesti.

The World Health Organization (WHO) signalled the urgent need for countries to provide a network of community mental health services at its Global Forum for Community Mental Health (Geneva, 30-31 May 2007). For the first time, WHO invited people living with mental disorders to attend the Forum, sending a message to countries that it is important to give a voice to this excluded group to claim their rights and secure their participation in society.

Prominent New Zealand church leader Bishop Brian Tamaki is calling on Christian-based countries to unashamedly declare their religious identity or risk losing it forever.

The Government of Japan continues to provide development assistance to rural sectors, which benefits villages in the Kingdom of Tonga. This time, three villages will celebrate the opening of new water supply systems. These projects were funded under Japan...’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) programme.

The Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders is an opportunity for the United States and more than 20 Pacific Island governments to consult with each other on a wide range of security and economic issues, according to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

At a Labour Summit taking place on 6 and 7 May, leaders from the G8 trade unions and Global Unions organisations are calling on the G8 Labour Ministers and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to put the need for social rules around global trade and capital flows at the centre of their discussions. The Labour Summit is being held one month before the Heiligendamm Summit of G8 heads of government.

The Australian Government can stop Japan killing any more whales in the Southern Ocean by taking legal action, according to an independent panel of Australia...’s leading international law experts, commissioned by the International Fund for Animal Welfare IFAW.

Ko e taumu'a ngaue 'a e Tau Malu'i Fonua 'a Tonga lolotonga 'a e Lao ki he Ngaahi Me'a Fakafokifa ko hono poupou'i 'a e Potungaue Polisi mo e Pule'anga Tonga ke fakapapau'i ko e melino mo e ma'uma'uluta 'a e nofo 'a kainga 'i he fonua ni 'oku 'inasi ai 'a e Tonga kotoa. Neongo 'a e ngaahi talanga 'i he ngalu'ea mo e pepa ongoongo fekau 'aki mo e mamahi 'a ha fa'ahinga fekau'aki mo hono toe fakaloloa 'a e Lao ki he Ngaahi Me'a Fakafokifa 'oku fakamahino'i atu ai 'e he Tau Malu'i Fonua 'a e ngaahi tefito'i mo'oni ko'eni. - TDS (Tonga Defense Services)