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No Bloody Hands on an ASEAN Charter

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No Bloody Hands on an ASEAN Charter

Posted by | Nov 6, 2007 | ,

Singapore Declaration |Resolution on Burma  

(Singapore, 5 November 2007) Over 200 participants from civil society organizations and trade unions from across Southeast Asia and beyond have called upon the leaders of ASEAN to postpone the signing of the ASEAN Charter due to the Burmese junta's recent violent crackdown on peacefulprotests.

At the conclusion of the third ASEAN + Civil Society Conference (ACSC III) held in Singapore from 2-4 November, all participants agreed that the current political crisis in Burma must first be resolved in accordance with basic human rights standards before ASEAN's leaders can sign a Charter for a caring, sharing community"

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ACSC-III: Resolution on Burma

Posted by | Nov 5, 2007 |

Third ASEAN+ Civil Society Conference (ACSC-III) 2-4 November 2007, Singapore "No Bloody Hand on an ASEAN Charter" (Final Version) 1.We, the participants of the ASEAN+ Civil Society Conference (ACSC-III) held in...

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ACSC-III: Singapore declaration

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ACSC-III: Singapore declaration

Posted by | Nov 5, 2007 |

Third ASEAN+ Civil Society Conference (ACSC-III), 2-4 November 2007, Singapore

Singapore Declaration

 

  1. We, about 200 participants from civil society organizations and trade unions across Southeast Asia gathered at the Third ASEAN+ Civil Society Conference (ACSC-III) in Singapore on 2-4 November 2007 to discuss issues of common concerns to people’s lives in the context of the upcoming 13th ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Summit which is scheduled to take action on the adoption of an ASEAN Charter.

 

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INDIA-USA NUCLEAR DEAL IS AN ATTACK ON THE VISION OF INDIA

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INDIA-USA NUCLEAR DEAL IS AN ATTACK ON THE VISION OF INDIA

Posted by | Oct 22, 2007 | , ,

INDIA-USA NUCLEAR DEAL IS AN ATTACK ON THE VISION OF INDIA ; WILL REVERSE OUR STANDING IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD’

COMMITTEE ON INDEPENDENT FOREIGN POLICY
PRESS RELEASE: 18 OCTOBER 2007, MUMBAI
 

Stepping up its campaign against the India-USA nuclear deal, the Committee on Independent Foreign Policy organised a public meeting at Mumbai today. Over 1500 people packed into Patkar Hall in South Mumbai to listen to leaders from the Left parties including Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat and Communist Party of India General Secretary AB Bardhan. The meeting was supported by local trade union chapters of CITU and AITUC, the Girni Kamgar Sangharsh Samiti and the Peace Mumbai network. Former Mumbai High Court Justice Suresh and Former Finance Secretary SP Shukla also spoke.

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MDGs progress unknown for lack of data

Posted by | Oct 11, 2007 |

By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Oct 8 (IPS) – In a moment of rare candour, officials from a regional United Nations body and the Asia Development Bank (AsDB) admitted that studies to gauge progress of the Millennium...

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We’re at an impasse…

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We’re at an impasse…

Posted by | Oct 8, 2007 |

South Africa’s Faizel Ismail is interviewed by Focus senior analyst Walden Bello

 

Faizel Ismail is the head of the delegation to the World Trade Organization of South Africa’s Permanent Mission in Geneva. He has served as chairman of the Committee on Trade and Development of the WTO’s Trade Negotiations Committee. A key player in the Group of 20 and in the Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA) negotiations, he is regarded as one of the most articulate defenders of the positions of developing country governments in the WTO negotiations. He talked to Bello at the sidelines of the Global Network’s “Global Dialogue for a Fair Globalization” held in Lima, Peru, Sept. 21-24, 2007.

 

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South Africa’s Faizel Ismail is interviewed by Focus senior analyst Walden Bello

 

Faizel Ismail is the head of the delegation to the World Trade Organization of South Africa’s Permanent Mission in Geneva. He has served as chairman of the Committee on Trade and Development of the WTO’s Trade Negotiations Committee. A key player in the Group of 20 and in the Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA) negotiations, he is regarded as one of the most articulate defenders of the positions of developing country governments in the WTO negotiations. He talked to Bello at the sidelines of the Global Network’s “Global Dialogue for a Fair Globalization” held in Lima, Peru, Sept. 21-24, 2007.

 

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