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  CCPR/C/83/Add.2 - State Party Report - United Republic of Tanzania
But the fact is that Tanzania remains a secular State where there is a growing culture of complete acceptance by the population of the freedom of thought, conscience and religious worship and of the equality of all religions.
Article 9 (g) of the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania provides that State authorities and agencies are to direct their policies and activities towards ensuring that the Government and all public institutions provide equal opportunities to all citizens, men and women alike, irrespective of colour, race, tribe or religion or station in life.
The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania provides under section 21 (1) that all citizens have the right to participate in the governance of the country either directly or through their freely chosen representatives, in accordance with the procedure provided under the law.
www.hri.ca /fortherecord1997/documentation/tbodies/ccpr-c-83-add2.htm   (10320 words)

  
 UNICEF - At a glance: Tanzania, United Republic of - The big picture
Tanzania is the largest East African country with an area of 937,062sq.
It was here in Tanzania that the famous words “Doctor Livingstone, I presume,” were uttered by Stanley, the 19th century explorer.
Leakey justifiably earned East Africa the title ‘The Cradle of Mankind.’ The United Republic of Tanzania is one of the few countries in the conflict-ridden Great Lakes Region that continues to enjoy uninterrupted peace.
www.unicef.org /infobycountry/tanzania.html   (587 words)

  
 Tanzania (09/05)
On April 26, 1964, Tanganyika united with Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, this was renamed the United Republic of Tanzania on October 29, 1964.
Tanzania's first president, Julius Nyerere also was one of the founding members of the Non-Aligned Movement, and, during the Cold War era, Tanzania played an important role in regional and international organizations, such as the Non-Aligned Movement, the front-line states, the G-77, and the Organization of African Unity (OAU).
Tanzania is helping to broker peace talks to end conflict in Burundi and supports the Lusaka agreement concerning the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2843.htm   (4449 words)

  
 Tanzania and Zanzibar @ TravelNotes.org
Africa's highest mountain (5,895 m or 19,340 ft) is in north-eastern Tanzania, near the border with Kenya.
Arusha, in north-east Tanzania, is a tourist gateway to Olduvai Gorge and the scenic national parks of northern Tanzania.
Three of Africa's great lakes are situated on the borders of Tanzania and partially within it: Lake Tanganyika in the western border, Lake Victoria in the north-west, and Lake Nyasa (Malawi) on the south-west.
www.travelnotes.org /Africa/tanzania.htm   (1526 words)

  
 UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA - COUNTRY PROFILE
Tanzania flag has four colours: Green- Golden-Black and Blue: divided diagonally by a (golden)yellow-edged fl band from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is blue.
Tanzania’s population was estimated at 29,646,753 (July 1997 est.), giving a rate of population growth 1985-95 period of 3.0% pa., and 1.6% (1997 est.) Outside the urban areas, most of the country is sparsely populated.
As Tanzania is a very large country with a scattered population, air services have become the most significant form of internal transport for official and business travel.
www.geocities.com /juzer_z/countryprofile.htm   (2122 words)

  
 Tanzania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Golden portion represents minerals in the United Republic; the red portion underneath the flag symbolises the fertile red soil of Africa; while the wavy bands represent the land, sea, lakes and coastal lines of the United Republic.
At the feet of the man is a clove bush and at the feet of the woman is a cotton bush symbolising agriculture in the Republic.
The United Republic motto: "Uhuru na Umoja" = Freedom and Unity, is written in Kiswahili: the National Language of Tanzania.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/tz.html   (729 words)

  
 United Republic of Tanzania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Figures released by UNHCR indicate significant reductions in the caseload and the overall caseload in the camps in Tanzania is now estimated at 372,500 refugees.
WFP provides food rations to all registered refugees in camps in Tanzania and additional food commodities are distributed to thousands of the most vulnerable refugees under therapeutic and supplementary feeding programmes.
Overall, the refugees in Tanzania are not considered to be at heightened risk (category IIc), given the levels of assistance they receive.
www.unsystem.org /scn/archives/rnis28/ch06.htm   (638 words)

  
 African Studies Center | Tanzania Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Sukuma people of Tanzania live in an area called Usukuma which is located to the west and south of Lake Victoria.
Tanzania High Commission Office (TANZANREP-UK) is the office in charge of diplomatic activities between the Governments of the United Republic of Tanzania and that of the United Kingdom and of the Ireland.
Established in 1970, UDSM is the first University of Tanzania The University has some 3500 undergraduates and some 200 graduates.
www.sas.upenn.edu /African_Studies/Country_Specific/Tanzania.html   (458 words)

  
 Tanzania Online
Is the regional intergovernmental organisation of the Republics of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, with its Headquarters located in Arusha, Tanzania.
Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) is a regulatory body responsible for controlling the quality, safety and effectiveness of food, drugs, herbal drugs, cosmetics and medical devices...
Is a church hospital situated in the village of Mvumi Mission in Central Tanzania and is run under the auspices of the Anglican Diocese of Central Tanganyika.
www.tzonline.org /websiteslinks.htm   (2407 words)

  
 Tanzania Country Guide - Overview - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing
The United Republic of Tanzania lies on the Indian Ocean bordered by Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.
It is near Mount Kilimanjaro, Dodoma and the nearby island of Zanzibar.
Tanzania’s national parks extend over some 33,660 sq km (13,000 sq miles).
www.worldtravelguide.net /data/tza/tza.asp   (218 words)

  
 SD : People : Fact sheet: Women, Agriculture and Rural Development : United Republic of Tanzania
One of the major economic objectives of Tanzania is to increase self-sufficiency in food.
Tanzania is a signatory to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
The establishment of a strong WID Unit in the Ministry of Agriculture, capable of carrying out substantive analysis and action on gender issues in agriculture.
www.fao.org /waicent/faoinfo/sustdev/WPdirect/WPre0010.htm   (1239 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: Tanzania - Overview
Tanzania was created by the union of the former colonial territory of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
The country is situated in East Africa and is bordered by Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.
Tanzania’s economy is a reflection of its relatively stable political situation.
www.mbendi.co.za /land/af/ta/p0005.htm   (1820 words)

  
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Tanzania is also home to 31 endemic species of amphibians, 18 endemic species of lizards, 9 species of snakes, 10 bird species, forty percent of the world's wild coffee varieties, and about 80% of the famous African violet flowers.
Tanzania is conscious of the possible widening of the income gap as the economy recovers and grows.
Tanzania is already taking initiatives to implement interim measures called under the resolution on "Urgent Action for Africa" which was adopted during the conclusion of the Convention in Paris in June 1994.
www.un.org /esa/earthsummit/tanza-cp.htm   (14564 words)

  
 Tanzania News
Tanzania's ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi is leading a local online polling in the run-up toward this year's general elections slated for October 30.
Tanzania has formed an emergency committee to advise the government on how to respond to a potential outbreak of the bird flu epidemic, according to local reports on Saturday.
In Tanzania for a day-and-a-half, she is touring AIDS-related church programs and a social advocacy group with Tanzanian...
www.topix.net /world/tanzania   (1208 words)

  
 Detailed Country Profile: Tanzania
The British UN Trust Territory of Tanganjika became independent in 1961 and merged with the British protectorate of Zanzibar (independent since 1963) into Tanzania in 1964.
The country is now a federal presidential republic where despite democratic structures there is no fair chance for the opposition.
Burundi 451 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 459 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217 km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km
www.nationmaster.com /country/tz   (182 words)

  
 Tanzania (United Republic of)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The United Republic of Tanzania comprises of Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar with a total population of 34 569 232 million people (33 584 607 and 984 625 respectively).
On the basis of the estimation that only one in five AIDS cases is reported, a cumulative total of 785 865 AIDS cases estimated since the beginning of the epidemic in Tanzania mainland.
United Republic of Tanzania : epidemiological fact sheets on HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections
www.unaids.org /en/geographical%2Barea/by%2Bcountry/united%2Brepublic%2Bof%2Btanzania.asp   (525 words)

  
 Tanzania
Tanzania is in East Africa on the Indian Ocean.
Tanzania: Bibliography - Bibliography See R. Austen, Northwest Tanzania under German and British Rule (1968); I. Tanzania: Government - Government Tanzania operates under the constitution of 1977, as modified in 1984.
Tanzania has the potential to be one of Africa's biggest exporters of beef and livestock but a moribund infrastructure, diseases and poor marketing get in the way.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108028.html   (970 words)

  
 UNICEF - At a glance: Tanzania, United Republic of - Integrated life-saving campaign in Tanzania attracts high turnout
MTWARA, Tanzania, 1 August 2005 — Tanzania’s biggest ever integrated life-saving campaign has helped improve the chances of survival for 6.5 million children under the age of five.
UNICEF and the World Health Organisation reported earlier this year that Tanzania had increased routine measles coverage from 79 per cent in 2000 to over 95 per cent in 2003, leading to a greatly reduced number of measles cases and deaths.
At the end of the campaign President Mkapa of Tanzania spoke passionately of the need to make “the right to life everyone’s responsibility.” He stressed that the availability of low cost technology made the death of any child totally unacceptable.
www.unicef.org /rsstracker/news/infobycountry/tanzania_27903.rhtml   (459 words)

  
 AEGiS: United Republic of Tanzania
U.S. citizens living in or planning to visit Tanzania should be aware of threats to their safety from insurgent groups, particularly in the northern region near the border with Sudan, and the western region near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Armed banditry is common in Karamoja (northeastern Tanzania).
AEGiS is made possible through unrestricted grants from Boehringer Ingelheim, Elton John AIDS Foundation, iMetrikus, Inc., the National Library of Medicine, and donations from users like you.
www.aegis.com /countries/tanzania.html   (662 words)

  
 The history of the United Republic of Tanzania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hartford Web Publishing is not the author of the documents in World History Archives and does not presume to validate their accuracy or authenticity nor to release their copyright.
The economic history of the United Republic of Tanzania
The culture history of the United Republic of Tanzania
www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/36/index-c.html   (120 words)

  
 Tanzania Zamani   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tanzania Zamani is the journal of the Historical Association of Tanzania and the Department of History of the University of Dar es Salaam.
Its main objectives are to encourage the study, research, writing and teaching of history in the United Republic of Tanzania.
The journal is devoted to articles on the history and archaeology of Tanzania, East Africa and Africa in general.
www.yale.edu /swahili/tsa/zamani.html   (551 words)

  
 Tanzania and Zanzibar on the Internet
The EAC is "an inter-governmental organization with the mandate to promote regional integration and development among the Republics of Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania." Has the full text of the draft Treaty, of the Strategy Document, historical background, etc. http://www.usa.twiga.com/users/eac/
This museum is one of the museums comprising the National Museums of Tanzania.
Journal of the Historical Association of Tanzania and the Department of History, University of Dar es Salaam.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/tanzan.html   (8190 words)

  
 Embassy of the United States of America in Tanzania - "Dar es Salaam, Tanzania"
Dr. Frazer said she was pleased that American taxpayers are making a difference in the health and welfare of Zanzibari citizens...
United States President George W. Bush recently announced a 1.2 billion dollar Presidential Malaria Initiative (PMI) to dramatically reduce malaria as the major killer of children under five in sub-Saharan Africa.
United States Ambassador to Tanzania Michael L. Retzer welcomed the gathering, saying "President Bush's goal is to reduce malaria deaths, especially among women and children, by 50 percent.
usembassy.state.gov /tanzania   (553 words)

  
 Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a multiparty state led by the President of the mainland, Benjamin Mkapa.
The Tanzania Media Women's Association (TAMWA), reported that as many as 60 percent of women were beaten by their husbands.
The Trade Union Congress of Tanzania was the coordinating union umbrella group that 10 of the unions belonged to and was the principal liaison with government on labor matters of a general interest.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27756.htm   (13492 words)

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