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Condemning the Burmese military junta

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Condemning the Burmese military junta

Posted by | Sep 28, 2007 |

Joint Statement of 33 human rights organizations, Trade Unions, Democratic Movement, Students and Youth Organizations, Peace Advocates and Buddhist Community in Thailand :Condemning the Military Junta.

Supporting Peace and Democratic Struggle of People in Burma

 

The military dictatorship used brute force to crush the peaceful demonstration of the buddhist monks and common citizens. The brutal action has resulted in the loss of life of several monks and many more casualties after they joined the peaceful street action seeking peace and justice together with their compatriots and students. They are calling for the reduction of fuel price, free all political prisoners, establish the national reconciliation process and an apology to the monks who were physically assaulted by the security forces.

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Joint Statement of 33 human rights organizations, Trade Unions, Democratic Movement, Students and Youth Organizations, Peace Advocates and Buddhist Community in Thailand :Condemning the Military Junta.

Supporting Peace and Democratic Struggle of People in Burma

 

The military dictatorship used brute force to crush the peaceful demonstration of the buddhist monks and common citizens. The brutal action has resulted in the loss of life of several monks and many more casualties after they joined the peaceful street action seeking peace and justice together with their compatriots and students. They are calling for the reduction of fuel price, free all political prisoners, establish the national reconciliation process and an apology to the monks who were physically assaulted by the security forces.

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Debt and trade activists: No to aid for unfair trade!

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Debt and trade activists: No to aid for unfair trade!

Posted by | Sep 18, 2007 | ,

Manila: september 19 2007 

Debt and trade activists staged a picket at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Manila office Wednesday and stressed that the “Aid for Trade” being pushed by World Trade Organization (WTO), international financial institutions (IFIs)  especially ADB, and the powerful G-8 nations is
“nothing but a bribe” or a “dangling rotten carrot” in front of developing countries.

The protest coincided with the two-day regional review meeting sponsored by the WTO, ADB and the Philippine government, in Manila. Dubbed “Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Focus Asia and the Pacific,” the meeting aims to discuss “how to empower less developed economies and small states to benefit from global trade.”

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Is Doha dead?

Posted by | Aug 27, 2007 |

24 August 2007 The release of the agriculture and industrial tariff [NAMA] texts on 17 July 2007 saw rather different reactions to both texts by developing country delegations in the [WTO]. In agriculture, there was the sense...

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GLOBAL FINANCE TODAY: DEJA VU?

Posted by | Jul 26, 2007 |

C.P. Chandrasekhar* (Note: The full text of this article with graphs can be found at http://www.networkideas.org/news/jun2007/news14_Global_Finance.htm ) The nature of financial integration of developing countries with their...

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