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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:34:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Media launch of a legal complaint against French timber company ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/875/en/media_launch_of_a_legal_complaint_against_french_timber_company</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Global Witness and Sherpa have lodged a legal complaint before the Public Prosecutor in France against a French timber company. The press launch revealing the details of the complaint and the company in question will take place on 18 November in Paris&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Wind up teeth prove hit with delegates at UNCAC  ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/876/en/wind_up_teeth_prove_hit_with_delegates_at_uncac_</link>
<description><![CDATA[ To add some fun to the otherwise tough negotiations at a meeting of signatories to the the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) Global Witness took along some wind up teeth&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ UN anti-corruption convention rendered toothless  ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/874/en/un_anti_corruption_convention_rendered_toothless_</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China, Russia and Egypt are among the governments  responsible for the failure of a crucial meeting to agree an effective mechanism that would give a global anti-corruption treaty real power&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Media Advisory: Forum with President Jagdeo of Guyana, 18th November 2009 ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/872/en/media_advisory_forum_with_president_jagdeo_of_guyana_18th_november_2009</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Global Witness is hosting an in-depth discussion with the President of the Republic of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, in London on Wednesday 18th November 2009, from 3 to 5pm&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/872/en/media_advisory_forum_with_president_jagdeo_of_guyana_18th_november_2009</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Building Confidence in REDD - Monitoring Beyond Carbon ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/869/en/building_confidence_in_redd_monitoring_beyond_carbon</link>
<description><![CDATA[ This document presents the Executive Summary from a report, Building Confidence in REDD – Monitoring Beyond Carbon, due to be published in December 2009 together
with a partner report, A Decade of Experience – Lessons Learned from Independent Forest Monitoring to Inform RE&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/869/en/building_confidence_in_redd_monitoring_beyond_carbon</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Failure to suspend Zimbabwe from blood diamond scheme undermines efforts to end abuses and clean up international trade ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/865/en/failure_to_suspend_zimbabwe_from_blood_diamond_scheme_undermines_efforts_to_end_abuses_and_clean_up_international_trade</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Kimberley Process (KP) rough diamond certification scheme failed to reach a consensus to suspend Zimbabwe at this week’s Plenary meeting in Namibia, in spite of evidence of serious non-compliance with the KP’s requirements and widespread government-sponsored human rights abuses, said civil society groups tod&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/865/en/failure_to_suspend_zimbabwe_from_blood_diamond_scheme_undermines_efforts_to_end_abuses_and_clean_up_international_trade</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Will UNCAC wind up toothless? ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/866/en/will_uncac_wind_up_toothless</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Global Witness is in Doha for a crucial meeting of the 141 countries that have signed the only global treaty against corruption.  The Convention will this week try to agree an effective review mechanism that would give the treaty some teeth&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/866/en/will_uncac_wind_up_toothless</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ REDD forest agreement hits new low, missing basic elements ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/867/en/redd_forest_agreement_hits_new_low_missing_basic_elements</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prospects for a robust agreement to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation in developing countries (REDD) are on a knife-edge as the United Nations climate change negotiations in Barcelona drew to a close&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/867/en/redd_forest_agreement_hits_new_low_missing_basic_elements</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ UN Anti-corruption meeting develops worrisome trend  ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/863/en/un_anti_corruption_meeting_develops_worrisome_trend_</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Algerian government is blocking attendance of an Algerian NGO from an upcoming UN anti-corruption summit. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/863/en/un_anti_corruption_meeting_develops_worrisome_trend_</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Forest protection still missing in REDD negotiations ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/864/en/forest_protection_still_missing_in_redd_negotiations</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The potential of REDD to deliver real reductions in emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and to protect the rights of indigenous peoples in their forest homes hangs in the balance as language protecting forests remains missing from negotiating text for a climate change agreement&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/864/en/forest_protection_still_missing_in_redd_negotiations</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ EU sets back forest negotiations, threatens Copenhagen deal ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/862/en/eu_sets_back_forest_negotiations_threatens_copenhagen_deal</link>
<description><![CDATA[ REDD negotiations ended in disarray at the UN climate talks in Bangkok three weeks ago after a key provision - safeguards against the conversion of natural forests to forest plantations - vanished from the negotiating text&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/862/en/eu_sets_back_forest_negotiations_threatens_copenhagen_deal</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Campaigners call for urgent action on Zimbabwe blood diamonds and wider reform of the Kimberley Process to prevent abuse ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/861/en/campaigners_call_for_urgent_action_on_zimbabwe_blood_diamonds_and_wider_reform_of_the_kimberley_process_to_prevent_abuse</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kimberley Process (KP) members must act on the overwhelming evidence of Zimbabwe’s failure to comply with the minimum requirements of the rough diamond certification scheme, said civil society groups today, ahead of the KP’s annual meeting in Namib&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/861/en/campaigners_call_for_urgent_action_on_zimbabwe_blood_diamonds_and_wider_reform_of_the_kimberley_process_to_prevent_abuse</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Global Witness welcomes French "Angolagate" verdict as victory for justice ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/860/en/global_witness_welcomes_french_angolagate_verdict_as_victory_for_justice</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Paris court's decision to convict 36 people in connection to illegal arms sales to Angola during its civil war in the 1990s, including arms dealers, middlemen and French politicians, is a victory for the rule of law and Angolan victims of the conflict, Global Witness said today&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/860/en/global_witness_welcomes_french_angolagate_verdict_as_victory_for_justice</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Global Witness Submission to the European Commisson's Mid Term Review ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/859/en/global_witness_submission_to_the_european_commissons_mid_term_review</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The European Commission is currently undertaking a Mid Term Review of their development assistance to Cambodia. Global Witness has made a detailed set of reccomendations&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/859/en/global_witness_submission_to_the_european_commissons_mid_term_review</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Dramatic decrease in illegal timber trade between Burma and China but smuggling continues ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/855/en/dramatic_decrease_in_illegal_timber_trade_between_burma_and_china_but_smuggling_continues</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The illegal cross-border timber trade between Burma and China has decreased significantly since 2005. However, ‘snake business' is widespread and the authorities in China should do more to clamp down, according to a new detailed review by Global Witnes&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/855/en/dramatic_decrease_in_illegal_timber_trade_between_burma_and_china_but_smuggling_continues</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ A Disharmonious Trade: China and the continued destruction of Burma's northern frontier forests  ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/856/en/a_disharmonious_trade_china_and_the_continued_destruction_of_burmas_northern_frontier_forests_</link>
<description><![CDATA[ This is the third in a series of reports on illegal logging in Burma, is based on field research carried out between 2005 and 2009 in Kachin State, along the Burma-China border, and on China's eastern seaboard&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/856/en/a_disharmonious_trade_china_and_the_continued_destruction_of_burmas_northern_frontier_forests_</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Quotes and company case studies from 'A Disharmonious Trade'  ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/857/en/quotes_and_company_case_studies_from_a_disharmonious_trade_</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Bribery, false papers, transportation at night and avoiding checkpoints are just some of the ways timber traders are using to get around the import restrictions on the Burma-China border&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/857/en/quotes_and_company_case_studies_from_a_disharmonious_trade_</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Campaigners warn lack of financial controls in Liberian Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy threatens post-conflict reconstruction ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/858/en/campaigners_warn_lack_of_financial_controls_in_liberian_ministry_of_lands_mines_and_energy_threatens_post_conflict_reconstruction</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Campaign groups Publish What
You Pay (PWYP) Liberia
and Global Witness today welcomed the Liberian Auditor General's audit of the
Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy and called on the Government to act on its disturbing
findings&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/858/en/campaigners_warn_lack_of_financial_controls_in_liberian_ministry_of_lands_mines_and_energy_threatens_post_conflict_reconstruction</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Government failure to acknowledge oil supply crunch risks conflict and threatens the climate  ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/853/en/government_failure_to_acknowledge_oil_supply_crunch_risks_conflict_and_threatens_the_climate_</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Governments have failed to acknowledge or act upon an imminent oil supply crunch, which will impact heavily on every aspect of modern society. Global Witness's new report, Heads in the Sand, urges them officially to acknowledge the crunch and to shift urgently into safe sustainable energy alternatives&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/853/en/government_failure_to_acknowledge_oil_supply_crunch_risks_conflict_and_threatens_the_climate_</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Heads in the Sand: Governments Ignore the Oil Supply Crunch and Threaten the Climate  ]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/854/en/heads_in_the_sand_governments_ignore_the_oil_supply_crunch_and_threaten_the_climate_</link>
<description><![CDATA[ This report argues that governments have failed to acknowledge a looming oil supply crunch. Their collective failure means we have lost a decade in which action could have been taken&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/854/en/heads_in_the_sand_governments_ignore_the_oil_supply_crunch_and_threaten_the_climate_</guid>
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