3 on 3 Articles
As part of our training regimen here at MAD, we are determined to keep our members up to date with the matter articles in areas of interest. The following articles have been compiled to achieve that goal. We hope you enjoy.
Development vs. the Environment in Africa
Recommendations for the Millennium + 5 Summit
Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltverandenrungen (WBDBG), April 2005, German Advisory Council on Global Change
'The current poverty debate tends to overlook the environmental problems which exacerbate poverty in many developing countries. The international community should therefore remind itself of the message sent out by the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992: environmental and development policies are inextricably linked.
Environmental Protection, Development Not Always At Odds
Science Daily, January 2008
'Mangroves in coastal Thailand are the main protection against deadly flooding from tsunamis, so it might seem wise to protect them at all costs.'
The Battle for Global Health: Battling a Scourge
Alex Perry, June 2008, 2010
'The payoff can be spectacular. malaria has been at least halved in nine African countries since 2000. Ethiopia and southern Sudan should reach universal protection this year; Chambers predicts global bed-net coverage in the first quarter of 2011, just months past his target. A visit last August by Chambers and Chan to the children's ward of a Zanzibar hospital produced whoops of joy from Chan. It was empty.'
Citizen Initiated Referenda
Citizen Initiated Referenda
The Independent Australian, Spring 2008
'We vote every election for a party with a mixture of policies which are mostly not very specific. After election the government does what it considers expedient. We can’t force action on a specific issue about which we feel strongly. Even worse, there may be bipartisan agreement between the major parties against our view, so we have no influence except by a protest vote for a minor party.'
Queensland Legislative Assembly: Citizen Initiated Referenda
Bill Hewitt, Linda Lavarch and Dr Macklin, November 1998, Australiasian Study of Parliament Group
'Essentially, what we are looking at... is the notion of citizens' initiated
referenda—a basic do-it-yourself version of democracy. It is the direct democracy idea that has
been around for an extremely long time and, from time to time in the Australian political context, it
has seen the light of day as a major issue.'
The AU's (African Union's) Standing Army
Africa's New Standing Army Primed for Next Year
Thalif Deen, November 2005, Global Policy Forum
'As the increasing military tension in the Horn of Africa threatens to escalate into a new war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the 53-member African Union (AU) plans to establish its first-ever standing army sometime next year.'
African Union, Superpower in Waiting
Basil Enwegbara, February 2006, The African Executive
'An African Defense Force (ADF), a Joint Standing Army, a Quick Responsive Police, all with the required expertise and logistics, multi-layered strategies and rapid mobilization, for example, will make Africans begin to live in peace, tranquility, and harmony. With Africa being peaceful and politically stable under a continental government, African leaders will then focus on the real business of the people, mapping out a new direction in areas of a continental foreign policy,defence, industrialization, economic and monetary policy, as well as health, education, and agricultural policies.'
Child-Rearing in Prisons
Raising Children Behind Bars
Marcela Valente, July 2008, Inter Press Service
'Soledad Acevedo was an 18-year-old mother of two eking out a living by means of menial casual work in 2002 when she was sent to prison in the Argentina province of Buenos Aires, accused of armed robbery and attempted homicide. Now she is 24, and is excited as she meets with IPS in her cell.
Kabul: Women Raising their Children Behind Bars
United Nations Television, April 2010, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
'At the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, held recently in Salvador, Brazil, Member States adopted a declaration calling for greater scrutiny of the rules governing the treatment of prisoners and for stronger child protection laws.'