Concept of Human Development

Gms: Report from Sudan Vision, 6/1/2011

The Human Development Report (HDRs) produced since 1990 by the United Nations Development programme (UNDP) are widely considered the most influential of the many regular reports by multilateral institutions.

Sudan Vision daily contributed in this by publishing the background papers for the 20th edition of the HDRs. the first concept  paper, (Human Development: Definitions, Critiques and Related Concepts written by Dr. Sabina Alkier, Director of Oxford Poverty and [...]

US allows trade with blacklisted nations (Iran, Cuba and Sudan): report

Gms: Report from.abc.net.au, AFP, 24/12/2010

United States president Barack Obama’s administration has permitted American firms to do business worth billions of dollars with Iran and other countries that have been officially blacklisted, a report said.

Some 10,000 deals have been allowed under a loophole that permits humanitarian aid despite the sanctions, allowing US companies – including food giants Kraft and Mars – to get around economic blacklists for countries designated as state sponsors of [...]

Media Report; Darfurian rebel Movements Conspire in the South

Gms: smc, 24/11/2010

Akhir Lahza daily newspaper reported on Wednesday 24 November, 2010, edition that it has obtained a serious report highlighting the actual volume of conspiracies by Darfur rebel troops which are hosted by the government of southern Sudan. The conspiracies have been planned and prepared for military confrontation against the government in the north. The attacking plan according to the report targets Darfur and Kordofan. Justice and Equality Movement JEM troops led By [...]

UNICEF: Child mortality rates drop by a third since 1990

Fewer children are dying before they reach their fifth birthdays, with the total number of under-five deaths falling by one third in the past two decades, according to fresh estimates by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Between 1990 and 2009, the number of children below the age of five who died annually fell from 12.4 million to 8.1 million. The global under-five mortality rate dipped from 89 deaths per 1,000 live [...]

Taha, reviews important files at the United Nations meetings

Khartoum: GMS:
Mr. Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, Vice-President of the Republic, leaves at mid current month to New York, presiding over the Sudan delegation participating in the meetings of the General Assembly of the United Nations, which begins its meetings on the fourteenth of this month and scheduled for a couple of months. Taha’s heading of the delegation, which includes the Presidential Adviser in charge of Darfur file: Dr. Ghazi Salah al-Din and [...]