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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST formal global standard for operating information security management systems has been issued by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). It can be used by small, medium and large organisations in most commercial and industrial sectors, to “reassure customers and suppliers that information security is taken seriously…because they have in place state-of-the-art processes to deal with information security threats and issues”.…

Keith Nuthall
A HEALTHY-DOSE of Nordic culture has been prescribed by the world’ premier anti-corruption organisation Transparency International, which has again hailed northern Europe as the region most free of graft, bribes and kickbacks. Such financial crime is rarest in Iceland, says the 2005 corruption rankings from the German group, with Finland and New Zealand tying at second place, Denmark, fourth, Sweden sixth, and Norway eighth.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GLOBAL cereal production in 2005 is forecast at 1.9 billion tonnes, slightly down since the previous forecast and 3.4% less than 2004’s record output, said the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE
THE EGYPTIAN paint industry is in a state of flux after the sector was deregulated, with competition increasing both domestically and internationally, and long-term projections hampered by the government’s inability to decide on whether or not to cease subsidising turpentine supplies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD’S premier anti-corruption organisation Transparency International, has again hailed northern Europe as the region most free of graft, bribes and kickbacks. Such financial crime is rarest in Iceland, says the 2005 corruption rankings from the German group, with Finland and New Zealand tying at second place, Denmark, fourth, Sweden sixth, and Norway eighth.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
ON July 31 this year the European Union’s (EU) Tobacco Advertising Directive came into effect, making it illegal to advertise tobacco products in the print media, radio and over the Internet within the EU. Also banned was tobacco sponsorship of cross-border cultural and sporting events.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MARINE litter clean-up campaign involving Scottish fishermen has received a global United Nations award. Glasgow PR firm Weber Shandwick picked up the 2005 UN Grand Award for outstanding achievement in public relations for its Save the North Sea campaign.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE RELEASE of the main report of the Volcker inquiry into the United Nations’ oil for food scandal could strengthen reformers within the global body seeking tougher auditing controls and greater independence for its secretariat. New controversial US ambassador to the UN John Bolton said the report underlined the need for greater auditing and management controls, including by an independent audit board.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has ruled that European Union (EU) institutions have the legal authority to freeze the funds of private individuals “in connection with the fight against international terrorism”, if such action is sanctioned by the UN Security Council.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
IT is probably true, as some anti-tobacco campaigners claim, that if the European Union (EU) had had the statutory authority to act in the public health area in recent years, then the legal crackdown on smokers would have been far tougher than it has been.…