September 16, 2006We the undersigned representatives from civil society organisations and social movements call for a boycott of the official programme at the World Bank and IMF 2006 annual meetings in Singapore. In order to...
Read MoreBy Focus on the Global South, Sept. 15, 2006 Focus on the Global South condemns, in the strongest terms possible, actions by the Singapore Government to ban, hold, detain, deport, or harass representatives of civil society...
Read MoreWalden Bello | September 13, 2006; Foreign Policy In Focus Already buffeted by institutional crisis and policy conflicts, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are heading into their fall meeting—scheduled to...
Read MoreMarwaan Macan-Markar BATAM, Indonesia, Sep 15 (IPS) – Civil society organisations have fired an unprecedented salvo at the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by declaring a boycott of the annual...
Read MoreChristian Aid on Friday 15 September announced that it is boycotting all official events at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings in Singapore in protest at the government’s ban on civil society...
Read Moreirish Examiner.com . 15/09/2006 Hundreds of activists have today gathered on an Indonesian island near Singapore ahead of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Singapore has banned...
Read More"Among the 28 banned is Walden Bello, a 60-year-old Filipino who heads an NGO called the Focus on the Global South. His 'crimes' according to the police, were to break into the World Bank headquarters to steal...
Read MoreThe Straits Times (Singapore) September 9, 2006 Saturday By Tracy Sua & Tanya Fong SINGAPORE authorities yesterday stood by their decision to deny entry to foreign activists deemed 'undesirable' for the upcoming...
Read MoreToday Online Derrick A Paulo and Christie Loh [email protected] Professor Walden Bello, the Philippines-based executive director of advocacy group Focus on the Global South, said: "I plead with the Singapore...
Read MoreWASHINGTON – September 8 – Civil society groups worldwide have reacted angrily to the Singaporean government's ban on up to 20 delegates who plan to attend Bank/Fund annual meetings there next week. They have...
Read MoreThe New York Times September 9, 2006 By STEVEN R. WEISMAN and WAYNE ARNOLD WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 — The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, two organizations that repeatedly praise the role of...
Read MoreFinal Report of the International Civil Society and Parliamentary Peace Mission to Lebanon September 10, 2006 Introduction At the height of the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon, a call came from civil society groups in that...
Read MoreFilipino and Japanese groups participating in the Asia Europe People's Forum (AEPF) in Helsinki expressed their strong opposition to the reported plan of Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi and Philippine President Arroyo...
Read MoreEmad Mekay WASHINGTON, Sep 7 (IPS) Shalmali Guttal of Focus on the Global South noted, "It is surprising that Indonesia, which was one of the worst hit countries during the Asian financial crisis, would be intolerant of...
Read More[English] Par Walden Bello* Traduction : Bertrand Declercq et Bénédicte Coste, Coorditrad (Ce texte est la version modifiée d’un discours prononcé à la Conférence sur la Mondialisation, la Guerre et...
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