The Journal of Middle East and North Africa Sciences

1-7

Authors: Nguyen Thanh Minh

Maritime cooperation an urgent need for the most of world's ocean in the current context, through international cooperation on the sea between countries, will contribute to strengthen the building trust, promote the development of marine economic sectors and reduce the risk of conflict. In the East Sea, there’re conflicting disputes over sovereignty disputes, sovereign rights and national jurisdiction left by history. The issue of maritime sovereignty disputes in the East Sea’s been complex both in the field and discussions on the theme in bilateral and multilateral forums. Therefore, international cooperation in the East Sea between ASEAN countries in these contexts become an urgent need, this issue should be focused on research-intensive to contribute to policy advice. In that spirit, this article will contribute to clarify the status of international maritime cooperation among ASEAN now and make comments about prospects in the coming time.

12-19

Authors: Pham Hoang Tu Linh

East Sea region’s a hot spot, where place to contain multiple sovereignty disputes between countries in the Southeast Asian region. To establish the sovereignty of the East Sea in the current period, the study's authors focused on the following major contents: (i) Differences between the sea and island sovereignty in the system of international legal; (ii) International legal regulations on the establishment of sovereignty over the islands; (iii) Based on international law rejects these false views concerning China's sovereignty issues for the island waters, the islands belong to Vietnam; (iv) Apply international legal regulations to assert the sovereignty of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa Islands belong to Vietnam.

27-33

Authors: Chinyere Okeke; Benjamin Uzochukwu; Ekpereka Nawfal; Evi Abada

Background: HIV/AIDS was described by WHO as a global health emergency as it is the single leading cause of death in adults. VCT combines counseling and testing into one service. It is an important strategy in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDs. Design and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among all consenting prisoners in the dormitories selected by cluster random sampling of the dormitories in Enugu prison, Nigeria. Data on socio-demographic characteristics, awareness of HIV/AIDS, VCT and attitude to HIV/AIDS were obtained using a self-administered questionnaire. Data was analyzed using Epi Info version 6.04. Results: One hundred and thirty-five inmates participated in the study. The mean age of participants was 33.4
11.7 years. Only 48.6% of the tertiary educated respondents had gone for HIV test. All but one respondent had heard about HIV/AIDS 134 (99.3%) while 63.4% had heard about VCT. Average awareness score for HIV/AIDS is 75.0%, while awareness score for VCT is 38.0%. Family and friends were the highest sources of information on HIV/AIDS (34.6%) while mass media was the highest on VCT. If tested positive for HIV, 52.2% of the respondents would disclose their HIV status while 17.9% would like to spread the infection to others. Avoidance of extra-marital sex to prevent being infected was agreed on by 45%, while 5% had not made any behavioral change since hearing about HIV. Conclusion: Prisoners, though incarcerated, are part of the society. There is a need for prevention programs in such corrective institutions as the risk of infection is high in such places.