Items related to "Human Security Gateway: Cape Verde". Fri, 04 Jul 2008 0:30:20 +0000 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 0:30:20 +0000 robert_hartfiel@sfu.ca (Robert Hartfiel) Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:11:08 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=25129 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=25129 La dernière décennie du XXe siècle a vu naître en Afrique de l’ouest des conflits armés d’un genre nouveau. Ce sont des batailles non rangées (chaotiques), sans objet politique clairement défini, où il est difficile de distinguer entre combattants et non combattants, et où les civils non armés constituent la majorité des victimes. Face à ces mutations de la violence, la diplomatie préventive, au sens classique du terme, se retrouve désorientée et impotente. Par voie de conséquences, les sociétés, les Etats et les institutions multilatérales à la recherche de voies innovatrices de sortie de crise, tentent de briser l’impasse du face à face entre chefs de gouvernement et chefs rebelle, en sollicitant notamment la société civile qui est désormais appelée à jouer un rôle que l’on espère déterminant dans l’éradication et la prévention de la violence. Compte tenu du nouvel environnement de violence en Afrique de l’ouest, cette option de diplomatie préventive au ras du sol est riche de promesses. Cependant, il serait sage de ne pas exagérer ses potentialités, de prendre la bonne mesure de ses capacités réelles et de s’y orienter avec lucidité, réalisme et bon sens. SOURCE: Annuaire français de relations internationales Annuaire français de relations internationales Wed, 21 May 2008 10:50:51 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=24457 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=24457 L’économie cap-verdienne a progressé de 6.6 pour cent en 2007 (estimation), après une hausse 10.8 pour cent en 2006. Cette croissance qui reste vigoureuse reflète le taux d’exécution relativement élevé du programme d’investissements publics (PIP) des autorités et le dynamisme du secteur privé, soutenus par un important essor du crédit et de l’investissement privé intérieurs, ainsi que par de substantielles entrées d’investissements directs étrangers (IDE). En 2008 et 2009, le PIB en volume devrait encore augmenter de respectivement 7.6 pour cent puis 7 pour cent. L’inflation annuelle moyenne a décru à 4.5 pour cent en 2007 contre 6 pour cent en 2006, et elle devrait être inférieure à 3 pour cent en 2008. SOURCE: Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques Wed, 14 May 2008 12:51:54 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=24354 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=24354 Ce rapport contient des résumés sur les régions suivants: Afrique australe, Afrique de l’Est, Afrique de l’Ouest et Afrique centrale, et Afrique centrale, et aussi sur les thèmes suivantes: le double défi de la tuberculose et du VIH, circonsion masculine et préventions du VIH, epidémies latentes parmi les hommes ayant des rapports sexuels avec des hommes, la consommation de drogues injectables: un facteur croissant dans plusiers épidémies de VIH de L'Afrique Subsaharienne, et signes de changements vers des comportements à moindre risque. SOURCE: Nations Unies // Programme Commun Des Nations Unies Sur le VIH/SIDA Nations Unies // Programme Commun Des Nations Unies Sur le VIH/SIDA Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:48:03 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20365 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20365 Regional leaders created the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on May 28, 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria. ECOWAS is comprised of 15 countries, which include: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire , The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria , Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. The leaders established ECOWAS to promote regional integration and economic growth in West Africa, as well as to create a monetary union in the region. However, ECOWAS has encountered problems in the process of regional integration including: political instability and lack of good governance that has plagued many member countries, the insufficient diversification of national economies, the absence of reliable infrastructure, and the multiplicity of organizations for regional integration with the same objectives. SOURCE: Energy Information Administration Energy Information Administration Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:45:04 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=14945 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=14945 Trafficking in Persons has become a major concern for all countries of Western Africa. The Meeting of ECOWAS Heads of States, in December 2001, adopted a Declaration and the ECOWAS Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons (2002-2003). It directed the ECOWAS Executive Secretariat to prepare proposals for controlling trafficking in persons in the sub-region, with special consideration to the situation of trafficked children. The UNODC project FS/RAF/04/R60 on the "Assistance for the Implementation of the ECOWAS Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons" will strengthen the capacity of the ECOWAS Secretariat and its Member States in implementing the ECOWAS Plan of Action, particularly as it relates to assessment of existing national legislation and the drafting of new legislation in response to the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children. This Manual presents the definitions of trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants as well as general guidelines on investigation and prosecution of cases related to trafficking in human beings, with a focus on cooperation between ECOWAS Member States. This Manual is to be used as reference material and in training activities under the project. SOURCE: United Nations // United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime United Nations // United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:44:22 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=13615 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=13615 SOURCE: Protection Project // School of Advanced International Studies // Johns Hopkins University Protection Project // School of Advanced International Studies // Johns Hopkins University Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:43:11 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=10498 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=10498 Website of the Africa Union. SOURCE: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:42:04 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=7460 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=7460 West Africa is a region with a history of senseless wars that have often targeted civilians rather than combatants. In October 1998, Heads of State and Governments of the 16 member states of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)1 formally signed the Moratorium on the importation, exportation, and manufacture of small arms and light weapons (SALW). ECOWAS Member States adopted a code of conduct as well as a plan of action for the implementation of the Moratorium. The creation of national commissions for the fight against illicit trade and possession of small arm, verification strategies, and introduction of enduser certificates constitute major highlights of the document. This article provides a review of events in West Africa that have challenged the effectiveness and relevance of the Moratorium in addressing the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the region. SOURCE: Institute for Security Studies Institute for Security Studies Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:42:04 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=7470 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=7470 Situated in between Ghana and Benin, with a coastline of no more than 56km, Togo is one of Africa's smallest countries. However, what has habitually been a little talked about West African nation holds a long history of political unrest and has recently entered into a phase of instability in the beginning of 2005. Civil society members and organizations are now regrouped in the WANEP network, (West African Network for Peacebuilding) in a joint effort to set a national agenda toward reconciliation, peace and security and lead the way in facing Togo's unprecedented public health, development and education challenges. SOURCE: Sciences Po // Center For Peace And Human Security Sciences Po // Center For Peace And Human Security Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:41:49 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=6330 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=6330 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS/CEDEAO) is well known for its military intervention in Liberia and Sierra Leone. ECOWAS was created in 1975 to replace the Customs Union of West African States originally created in 1959 to redistribute customs duties collected by the coastal states of West Africa. The Treaty on the Economic Community of West African States was revised at the Cotonou Summit of July 1993 to replace the inexistent Tribunal originally envisioned with a Community Court of Justice. SOURCE: Project on International Courts and Tribunals // African International Courts and Tribunals Project on International Courts and Tribunals // African International Courts and Tribunals Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:41:48 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=6283 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=6283 The recirculation of weapons is undermining efforts by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the international community to curb the illicit trafficking of small arms in the ECOWAS region. Worryingly, the leakage of state-owned weapons through theft, seizure, and corruption is a primary source of small arms and light weapons for many armed groups. This report documents more than 30 armed groups that have operated in ECOWAS member states since 1998, the year the Moratorium on Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Light Weapons in West Africa was adopted. This represents the tip of the iceberg. More than 100 groups exist in Nigeria's River State alone, but detailed information is difficult to obtain. SOURCE: Small Arms Survey // Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva Small Arms Survey // Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:41:05 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=2148 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=2148 SOURCE: HIV InSite Database of Country and Regional Indicators // Center for HIV Information // University of California San Francisco HIV InSite Database of Country and Regional Indicators // Center for HIV Information // University of California San Francisco Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:40:52 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=927 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=927 This paper examines food security in the context of conflict in West Africa. The analysis developed in the paper recognises the importance of defining conflict type and the trends in conflict so that conflict and post-conflict policies may be implemented. The relationship between food security and conflict is analysed. Whilst conflict exacerbates food security, food insecurity can itself fuel conflict. Strategies designed to assist in post-war rehabilitation need to address key dimensions of food security: availability, access and stability. It is argued in this paper, that consideration of these three dimensions are necessary joint conditions in moving towards a reduction in the numbers of hungry. The cases of Sierra Leone and Liberia are examined to consider the nature of conflict and how food security is being addresses and the necessary policy implications after prolonged violent conflict. Ghana is examined as an analytical contrast to show that the absence of conflict is not a sufficient condition for growth and reduced hunger. SOURCE: United Nations // Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations // FAO Economic and Social Department // United Nations // Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations // FAO Economic and Social Department //