Global financial crisis could affect food security

Although major cereal prices continued declining after surging to record highs earlier this year and the region looks forward to increased 2008 harvests, Asia-Pacific food security is likely to be negatively affected by the international financial meltdown. The economic slowdown in the OECD nations is affecting Asia's labour-intensive export industry leading to large-scale employee retrenchment, reducing the incomes of urban workers and their ability to buy food. A stronger

Madrid, 26 de noviembre de 2008 - El día 24 de noviembre se inauguró oficialmente la OTC de Timor Oriental, ubicada en el edificio "Casa Europa" en Dili. El acto de presentación contó con la presencia del Presidente de Timor Oriental y premio Nobel de la Paz, Jose Ramos Horta y del Comisario Europeo de Desarrollo, Louis Michel. Asimismo, estuvieron presentes embajadores europeos en Jakarta y Dili, representantes del gobierno timorense, naciones unidas, agencias de cooperación, sociedad civil internacional y de la comunidad española en Timor Oriental.

Based on Information from the Government's Hamutuk Hari'i Futuru Registration Database as of 24 November 2008.

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Jesse Wright, dpa

Dili_(dpa) _ Two years after the police and military collapsed and months of anarchy drove more than 100,000 people into displacement camps, East Timor has yet to fix the underlying causes of the instability, and, given the poor government turnout at a stability retreat Friday, it would seem there is still little political will to address the issues.

Only a handful of government officials bothered attending the government-sponsored retreat that was designed to look for long-term solutions to the problems threatening the stability of Asia's newest nation.

Executive summary

The overall purpose of this 2009-2010 Plan is to coordinate and support International Federation efforts at country and regional level to assist host national societies to scale up their work in line with the Global Agenda. The Southeast Asia regional team based in Bangkok will continue to evolve its role as a part of the new secretariat zonal structure and operating model. This model has been designed in order to create a more unified approach to Federation support to national societies across the whole of Asia Pacific. In line with the zonal strategy, the

Based on Information from the Government's Hamutuk Hari'i Futuru Registration Database as of 14 November 2008.

Document is two pages.

1.0 OPERATIONS

Australian Aid International (AAI) conducted operations in partnership with the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (MoH) in the Sub-District of Atauro during the month November 2008.

Atauro Island has been assessed as one of the most remote and needy communities in Timor-Leste. AAI have established the foundations of a long-term healthcare project on Atauro that aims at providing support and supervision for the District Health Service (DHS). This is being achieved by developing the capabilities of local healthcare

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