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Total: 19 nieuwsberichten Afghan minister visits Uruzgan 18 Aug 2008 | Mohammed Ehsan Zia, Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development of Afghanistan, took the needs of the people of Uruzgan to heart during a visit to the province last weekend. He also thanked the Netherlands for its assistance and efforts in the province. 19 August 2008Koenders cautiously positive about the new Guatemalan government 13 Aug 2008 | Following his meeting with Álvaro Colom, the new President of Guatemala, Minister for Development Cooperation Bert Koenders is cautiously positive about the country’s new government. 18 August 2008Government deplores death of Dutch cameraman 12 Aug 2008 | The Dutch government was shocked to learn of the death of Dutch cameraman Stan Storimans in Georgia. 13 August 2008The Netherlands to send emergency aid to Georgia 12 Aug 2008 | Minister for Development Cooperation Bert Koenders has earmarked €500,000 for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for emergency aid to the victims of the armed conflict in South Ossetia. 13 August 2008Timmermans to attend commemoration of Marcinelle mining disaster 07 Aug 2008 | On 8 August, European affairs minister Frans Timmermans will take part in the memorial ceremony for the Marcinelle mining disaster. 7 August 2008Koenders at AIDS conference in Mexico 04 Aug 2008 | Development minister Bert Koenders is taking part this week in the international AIDS conference 'Universal Action Now!' in Mexico. 6 August 2008Dutch HIV AIDS prevention policy successful 05 Aug 2008 | Yesterday, development minister Bert Koenders opened Holland House at the International Aids Conference in Mexico City. Holland House is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, STI Aids Netherlands and Stop Aids Now! The aim is to publicise Dutch policy on HIV/AIDS. 5 August 2008Additional emergency aid for impending famine in the Horn of Africa 31 Jul 2008 | Development minister Bert Koenders is setting aside extra funds for emergency aid for three countries in the Horn of Africa to deal with the rapidly worsening humanitarian situation there. 4 August 2008Uruzgan mission enters new phase 31 Jul 2008 | Today marks the start of a new phase for the Dutch mission in Uruzgan province. There, Dutch service personnel and diplomats are working with the Afghans to improve the security and development of the province. 4 August 2008Koenders shows concern at worldwide rise in homophobia 04 Aug 2008 | Development minister Bert Koenders sailed in the Canal Parade as part of Amsterdam Gay Pride on 2 August as a way of drawing attention to lesbians and gays’ difficult situation in developing countries. 4 August 2008Verhagen very pleased at Karadzic’s handover 30 Jul 2008 | The Netherlands is very pleased that Radovan Karadzic has been handed over to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), said foreign minister Maxime Verhagen in response to the arrival of the former Bosnian Serb leader at the UN detention unit in Scheveningen. 31 July 2008More international involvement in reconstruction of uruzgan 24 Jul 2008 | Representatives of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Uruzgan (UNAMA) met with the Provincial Council, Uruzgan’s governing body, today. The Dutch civil representative in Tarin Kowt was at the meeting. 28 July 2008Verhagen pleased with new Human Rights Commissioner 25 Jul 2008 | Foreign minister Maxime Verhagen is pleased with the nomination of Navanethem Pillay, a South African judge, as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced his decision on24 July. 28 July 200823 Jul 2008 | Israel has opened the border with Gaza to imports of Dutch seeds for Palestinian flower growers. 23 July 2008Verhagen praises peacemaker Nelson Mandela, on his birthday 21 Jul 2008 | No one better exemplified the ideal of forgiving without forgetting than Nelson Mandela,’ writes Maxime Verhagen in a newly-published collection of Dutch tributes to mark the South African statesman’s 90th birthday. 22 July 2008Dutch government: Karadzic’s arrest of incalculable importance 22 Jul 2008 | The Dutch government is delighted with the arrest of Radovan Karadzic. At long last, Karadzic will be held accountable in a court of law. 22 July 2008Minister of State attends funeral of Bronislaw Geremek 21 Jul 2008 | Minister of State Hans van den Broek is representing the Government of the Netherlands at the funeral of Bronislaw Geremek in Warsaw on 21 July. 21 July 2008Agreement soon between the Netherlands and Peru on detainees 16 Jul 2008 | The Netherlands and Peru wish to make agreements that will allow Dutch prisoners in Peruvian prisons to serve their sentences back home. 17 July 2008The Netherlands fully behind International Criminal Court 15 Jul 2008 | ‘The Dutch government is fully behind the International Criminal Court.’ This was foreign minister Maxime Verhagen’s response after the ICC’s Prosecutor charged Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al Bashir with genocide and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region. 16 July 2008 |
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