61. Relief organizations called Wednesday for a broad international response to a drought in Ethiopia that threatens millions of people with famine. 62. Romanian human rights groups and media organizations called Wednesday for the abolition of Communist-era laws they say restrict freedom of expression. 63. Seventeen grass-roots organizations had called on thousands of workers to join their demonstration. 64. Several left-wing grass-roots organizations have called for street protests to resume Monday. 65. The international human rights organization called for a halt to the export of such weapons to countries which have used them for torture. 66. The London-based human rights organization called for legislation to prohibit the transfer of equipment, technology or training that would contribute to grave human rights abuses. 67. The organization called on the United Nations to lead a speedy investigation. 68. The organization is calling for local governments to link up and to work with international institutions like the World Bank, the United Nations and the private sector. 69. The labor organization also has called for new international legal standards on child labor that would halt slavery and slavery-like practices, forced labor and debt bondage. 70. The London-based human rights organization called on all parties to the conflict there to cooperate with the United Nations in tracing the missing. |