National coordinator of the Women apos s Network of the National Union of Independent Regional Rural Organizations

CONTAG Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura National Confederation of Agricultural Workers

The Rural Women's Division, which is part of the Training Office of the General Federation of Farmers, runs short training courses in Farmers Federation branches.

THE NATIONAL AGRARIAN CONFEDERATION (CNA) AND THE ROLE OF RURAL WOMEN

Achievements of the General Federation of Farmers in training for rural women

The annual number of such courses run by the General Federation of Farmers is as follows

United Nations Public Private Alliance for Rural Development

Extension of the mandate of the Gender Advisory Board

The National Farmers' Union biofuel policy.

The Deputy Executive Director of ANGOC attended the meeting (iii) ANGOC acted as the focal point for Asia for the Global Assembly on Food Security.

Lic. Beatriz Paredes Rangel, Secretary General of the National Rural Confederation.

The General Federation of Farmers has also recently started to become active in this area.

Mya Win, a National League for Democracy (NLD) MP elect and Htay Aung, an NLD member, were also said to be held in such cells.

At present the Network has offices in 25 of the country apos s federative entities, and it has established direct contacts with more than 250,000 rural women.

Mr. José Pinzón, Secretary General of the General Confederation of Guatemalan Workers (CGTG) Representatives of United Trade Union Action (UASP) Guatemala Workers apos Union (UNSITRAGUA), National Civil Servants apos Federation (FENASEP), National Electrification Institute Workers apos Union (STINDE) and the Trade Union Federation of Guatemala (CUSG) National Indigenous Peasant Coordinating Committee (CONIC).

The report stressed the importance of inclusiveness and regretted that the National Convention does not include representatives from the National League for Democracy (NLD) and the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy.

Following intensive government lobbying by the biofuel industry and the National Farmers' Union and through National Farmers' Union alliances with NGOs, the Government has accepted a clause in the energy bill that would give the Government the primary powers in respect of introducing a renewable transport fuel obligation.

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The charges against him were believed to be specifically related to letters he sent out to NLD members during the January 1993 NLD National Convention.

(b) The process of the Cairo agreement between the Government of the Sudan and the National Democratic Alliance

It further noted that after the lifting of restrictions placed on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the position and attitude of the NLD changed, internal as well as foreign pressure ultimately having led to the departure of NLD delegates from the National Convention.

He also held discussions with the National League for Democracy (NLD), including its General Secretary, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and the National Unity Party (NUP).

The National League for Democracy, which won the majority of seats in the 1990 elections, did not join the reconvened National Convention.

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Recalling the withdrawal and subsequent exclusion from the National Convention of members of the National League for Democracy in late 1995,

(b) The process of the Cairo Agreement between the Government of the Sudan and the National Democratic Alliance

Welcomes the initiative of the Government of the Dominican Republic to serve as the second pilot country for the United Nations Public Private Alliance for Rural Development (the United Nations Alliance)

There is an armed political group in eastern Sudan, the Sudan Alliance Forces (SAF), which are allied with the SPLM A under the National Democratic Alliance, an umbrella body of Sudanese political opposition parties.

Since 1989 and the fifth national congress of the CNA, women have been represented on the governing board.

465. The representation of rural women in certain rural decision making or lobbying structures such as the Rural Women apos s Confederation (CCP), the National Agrarian Confederation (CNA) and the ONA is still weak, being limited to the position of secretary for women apos s affairs, a body set up in 1988 at the quot first rural women apos s meeting quot .

His re arrest was believed to be related with his membership of the NLD.

(c) To restore democracy and respect the results of the 1990 elections by, inter alia, releasing immediately and unconditionally the leadership of the National League for Democracy, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and members of the League detained on or after 30 May 2003, as well as other prisoners of conscience, and to cease the ongoing harassment of the League and other political parties and allow the reopening of the offices of the League throughout the country

The Second National Peasant Congress, organized by the National Coordinating Office of Peasant Organizations, was held recently, bringing together over 400 representatives from nearly 70 organizations throughout the country.

GLOBAL MECHANISM COMPILATION OF REVISED OFFERS OF INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD) AND

Only 44 delegates declined the invitation to participate 33 from NLD, 8 from its affiliate the Shan NLD and 3 from a minor Kokang group.

(a) Wishes to see a thriving domestically supplied United Kingdom biofuel industry develop

(e) The continuing restrictions placed on the National League for Democracy and other political parties which prevented them from participating in the National Convention

(c) The Canadian Federation of Agriculture is a farmer funded national umbrella organization representing provincial general farm organizations and national commodity groups.

National Women's Justice Coalition

Member, Women apos s National Coalition.

In 1993, ANGOC started its involvement in the UNDP FAO UNIDO Farmer Centered Agricultural Resource Management (FARM) Programme.

However, in 1995 the NLD unilaterally boycotted the process and withdrew its delegates.

(b) Many political leaders, in particular, elected representatives from the National League for Democracy (NLD), remain deprived of their liberty

The National Assembly has 81 members, 65 from FRODEBU and 16 from UPRONA.

(d) The absence of a substantive and structured dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy, and some representative ethnic groups, that facilitates national reconciliation, coupled with continuing restrictions placed on the League and other political parties which have prevented them from participating in the National Convention including the continued closure of the League's regional offices