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Helen Clark’s appointment as head of the UN Development Programme recognises her strong commitment to overseas development, says Christian World Service. “Her government undertook seriously the question of how we administer our overseas aid by establishing NZAID, the government department which is now under threat of closure,” said CWS national director Pauline McKay. As head […]
Read More...The French government will next month answer charges it failed to protect its French Polynesian workers from fall-out during 30 years of Pacific nuclear tests. The industrial relations tribunal in Papeete has found that France must account for the consequences of nuclear testing on the health of people in its Pacific territory. On April 27, […]
Read More...Overseas aid agency Christian World Service (CWS) says absorbing New Zealand’s foreign aid programme back into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is a move backwards. Foreign Affairs minister Murray McCully has ordered two reviews of NZAID which are likely to see the department re-integrated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. CWS […]
Read More...CWS has joined joined Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand in appealing for an end to the unlawful violence in Sri Lanka that has caused a humanitarian crisis in recent months. An open letter sent today by Amnesty International New Zealand, Council of International Development (CID), Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, Christian World Service, and Ghandhi Illam […]
Read More...HARARE — The World Health Organization (WHO) says the cholera epidemic is not yet under control, with almost 80,000 total cases and the deaths of 3,800 people. The crisis continues as ACT International members report that already vulnerable communities are at even greater risk with a lack of clean water and some having to resort […]
Read More...In tough economic times, the New Zealand government must keep up its commitment to the world’s poorest, says New Zealand overseas aid agency Christian World Service (CWS). Finance Minister Bill English this week warned of a tough budget round on May 28, saying all government departments would be asked to find savings. CWS has written […]
Read More...Zimbabweans living in New Zealand say the swearing in of Morgan Tsvangirai as Prime Minister is a significant step following 10 years of destruction. Save Zimbabwe Campaign New Zealand (SZCNZ) says it is a second step in the right direction after last September’s agreement between ruling and opposition parties. In his inaugural speech, Tsvangirai noted […]
Read More...ACT Alliance, organising the church-based emergency operations in Gaza, has condemned the Israeli military attacks on the humanitarian convoy of ships and called for an independent international investigation. ACT General Secretary John Nduna says an international independent investigation must be undertaken, and those responsible be made accountable. “This incident could easily have been avoided. This […]
Read More...Campaign counts down to 1 August 2010 entry into forceSamoa’s ratification of the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions should spur other Pacific nations to come on board the ban, the Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition (ANZCMC) said today. On 28 April 2010, Samoa deposited its instrument of ratification to the Convention on Cluster Munitions […]
Read More...Pauline McKay, national director Christian World Service, responds to proposed changes In an April 19th letter the Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully writes that the government has decided NZ Overseas Development Agency (NZODA) funds should be focused on economic development in the Pacific region and that current partnerships with NGOs are out of step […]
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