Блогът на Георги Бъчваров

Today is the forth International day of Mine awareness. I didn’t realize how deep this problem is until I read some official statistics about it. Let’s see. A handbook, issued by the UN in 2009 , says that by the end of 1990’s there were an estimated 15 to 20 thousand casualties caused by landmines or unexploded ordnance every year. After the signing of Landmines Convention in Ottawa, Canada in 1997, the number of those killed by landmines decreased. In 2007 were indentified 5,751 casualties from mines. More than 75 countries are affected of unexploded ordnance. This includes Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Colombia, Iraq, Nepal and Sri Lanka. http://www.flickr.com/photos/un_photo/3332075880/ Over the years landmines changed from device of defense to offensive weapons. Landmine fields, once marked, are now left unrecorded. “Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor Fact Sheet” , issued in March 2010, says that 61% of all recorded casualties were civilians, e...

No, I’m not going to talk about Obama and his controversial campaign. My message is another. A week ago TH!NK3 started in Brussels. All of us, bloggers from around the world, entered a competition where we should write articles about developing world and MDG’s. There is one goal – involving our readers in a discussion about all these issues that UN mentioned in its 2000’s report and trying to convince them it’s important. In the days following the kick-off event I was thinking is it equal to write about the pollution of the seas or the child labour or the bad governance. I hardly found my starting point, since I couldn’t specify which topic is most important. Which of all the goals deserve the most attention, or at least – which one is more urgent. If I call my country Bulgaria part of EU and because of that – part of the developed world, does it mean that our problems with prostitution or with access to health services are more or less important than the same problems in an African co...

Броени часове остават до старта на TH!NK3:Developing world , в който бях избран да участвам. Какво знам дотук? 100 блогъри от цял свят се събират в Брюксел, за да дадат старт на третата блогърска инициатива, този път посветена на устойчивото развитие. След успешния финал на първата , посветена на европейските избори и значението на ЕП, и втората среща , посветена на промените в климата, TH!NK3 ще насочи усилията ни към проблемите на развиващите се страни, ефективното използване на природните ресурси и проблеми като ХИВ и неравенството на половете, които са проблем и за силно напреднали нации. Всички те бяха заложени като цели на хилядолетието от ООН преди години и до 2015г. трябва да е ясен пътят за решаването им. Проблемът е, че времето тече, а развитие по политиката към тези проблеми няма. Затова и смятам, че блогърският форум ще е повече от полезен като възможност да се чуе непредубедено мнение и различна гледна точка. А и да се даде повече гласност на проблема. Срещата се организи...