Global IssuesThis page lists changes to this site for July 2006.
See below for other updates and to get notified of changes to the site.
The permanent link for this update is:
http://www.globalissues.org/whatsnew/2006/july.
One year on from the G8 Summit of 2005 that seemed to promise so much in the area of tackling poverty, what has been the status so far?
It seems that some progress has certainly been made. For example, significant debt cancellation has allowed some countries to offer enhanced or even free health services to all. Yet, there are still many concerns. The fancy accounting and spin used by some countries to paint a positive picture or give the impression that more assistance has been delivered than what actually has risks discrediting the process, impacting the poor once more. This short article explores some of these concerns.
Related Issues:
Tobacco companies accused of interfering with governments’ attempts to implement the international treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
The world’s first global health treaty—the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control—became international law in February 2005. The treaty requires countries to impose restrictions on tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion; improve labeling and packaging; establish clean indoor air controls; clamp down on tobacco smuggling, and more. However, tobacco companies, understandably concerned about their profits, have been accused of interfering with government policy-making (which they are explicitly prohibit to do under the treaty), through various tactics, including pressure campaigns, bribery and corruption of media owners and editors, and of government officials.
Related Issues:
Bush Administration silencing its own climate scientists?
At the beginning of 2006, New York Times reported on NASA’s top climate scientist claiming he was being censored when talking about climate change. The BBC recently followed up with a documentary that looked into this apparently being the case on a wider scale.
Related Issue:
You can also
- View changes in other months and years in the What’s New Archives
- Get notified when there are new updates
- See a tip on how to highlight the updated text of listed pages
Check out what was new in:
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | |
| 1999 | 1998 | ||||
Get notified when there are new updates
GlobalIssues.org provides various ways you can be notified when there is new content:
- Sign up for free email updates
- Try the Web Feed
- Follow globalissues.org on facebook or twitter
Tip: how to to highlight updated parts of pages
Most updates are made to existing pages. This is how you can quickly view them:
- If you have a modern browser, look for the Last Updated date text near the top of the article.
- If the text is underlined, you can select it.
- This will bring up a list of dates when the page was updated. (Note only dates since the beginning of 2004, when this new feature was created, will show up.)
- When you select a date, the text that was updated on that date will be highlighted.
- As you scroll down the page, you will see those highlighted sections.