Overall situation

- In the past 100 years, the global average temperature has risen by about 0.74 degrees Celsius.

- The rate of change accelerated over the course of the 20th Century.

- Projections in temperature rise for the 21st century range from 2 to 4 degrees Celsius.

- It is very likely that this temperature rise is mainly caused by the emission of what are known as greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (C02) and methane. They are increasing, mainly due to the burning of fossil fuels including coal, gas and oil, deforestation,

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Security Council
6228th Meeting (AM)

Top officials of the United Nations Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, briefing the Security Council today, called for Serbia's sustained assistance in apprehending two high-level fugitives accused of atrocities in the Balkan wars of the 1990s and pressed Kenya to cooperate in the case of an at-large suspect in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

The Mine Ban Treaty has turned the vision of a mine-free world into a reality we can achieve in our lifetime. In an unprecedented fashion, it provided a comprehensive solution to a dire humanitarian problem, by prohibiting further use of antipersonnel landmines, requiring destruction of stocks, requiring mines to be cleared from the ground, and providing assistance to victims. It gave birth to a new kind of diplomacy wherein humanitarian issues are addressed effectively through the partnership of like-minded states, civil society, the United Nations

LONDON (AlertNet) - In regions emerging from conflict the painstaking task of identifying missing people is vital for reconciliation and stability, the Balkan delegation chief for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.

The ICRC's Paul-Henri Arni added that Iraq and other countries rebuilding after conflict could learn from the lengthy process of finding thousands who went missing during wars in the former Yugoslavia.

"The issue has to be put higher up the list of priorities by humanitarian agencies and governments,"

On Monday, October 19, CROMAC will introduce

OVERVIEW

Serbia hosts the largest refugee and internally displaced caseload in the region and in Europe.

Currently there are over 200,000 internally displaced persons from Kosovo (IDPs and 86,000 persons with refugee status, who fled Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina fifteen years ago. Despite a certain economic growth after the year 2000, the latest global economic

Thanks to continuous donations of the Principality of Monaco since 2004, through demining projects, mine danger

Korab Mula (27) from Albania lost his two arms and injured both legs when he stepped on a mine and then fell on another one in June 2000. With international assistance, he was fitted with conventional prosthetic arms, but they give him problems and he cannot use them which has caused him to feel dejected and depressed. Only with more advanced electronic prostheses, which are not available in Albania, does Korab stand a realistic chance to train up for a job, and even get married. "I want to live with hope," Korab says, "I believe

On Friday, September 25, 2009, CROMAC will introduce the company DIZ-EKO Ltd from Zagreb to operations as per