Stories for March 16th 2006
UN creates new Human Rights Council
Culminating months of intensive negotiations, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Wednesday on a resolution setting up a new Human Rights Council to replace the much-criticized Human Rights Commission ? prompting Secretary-General Kofi Annan to hail this as an “historic” development which will help improve the lives of millions of people worldwide.
March 24, “a day of memory, justice and truth”
The official Argentine calendar has incorporated March 24 as a “National Day of memory, truth and justice”, in coincidence with the 30th anniversary of the military coup that inaugurated one of the bloodiest dictatorships the country has known in many decades.
Three Peruvian presidential hopefuls technically tied
With just over three weeks countdown to April 9 presidential election the Peruvian electorate is baffling candidates and public opinion pollsters. The latest poll this week in Lima shows three leading candidates technically tied.
Protestors block weakened Ecuador government
Ecuadorian Indians on Thursday promised to continue protests that have blocked the country's main north-south highway until the government stops negotiating a free trade agreement with the United States.
Pulp mills conflict: “no back stepping” says Uruguay
Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez said that Uruguay is always willing to discuss a solution to the pulp mills dispute with Argentina, but vowed that his administration would not stop the construction of the plants in spite of the “illegal” pickets.
Gibraltar/UK constitutional talks are “going well”
Gibraltar and United Kingdom delegations at the constitutional talks in London which began Wednesday agreed that they had made good progress on various issues discussed during the first day's session.
