NGOs Respond to Lamy. Criticize Services Negotiations, Process to Hong Kong MinisterialLetter Cites Numerous Instances Where Proposals Were IgnoredGeneva – Trade unions and civil society organizations presented a detailed...
Read MoreOpen Letter Response to WTO Director General Pascal Lamy’s Reply to NGOs, dated 17 November 2005, November 30, 2005Dear Mr. Lamy,The undersigned trade unions and civil society organization would like to thank you for your...
Read MoreWhen: Thursday 1 December 2005, 11am Where: Asian Migrant Centre, 9th floor, Lee Kong Commercial Building, 115 Woosung Street, Kowloon.Several international and Hong Kong based civil society movements are united in their...
Read MoreLes damos la bienvenida a esta edición de "Focus: Camino a Hong Kong".Continúa la cuenta regresiva y estamos a sólo 15 días de la 6ª Conferencia Ministerial de la OMC en Hong Kong. En esta edición les acercamos un...
Read More¡RECIÉN SALIDA DEL HORNO!Nueva Publicación de Focus on the Global South:GUÍA PARA ACTIVISTAS PARA DESCARRILAR LA OMCLa GUÍA PARA ACTIVISTAS PARA DESCARRILAR LA OMC brinda información básica sobre los acuerdos de la...
Read MoreNADA QUE GANAR, TODO PARA PERDER: PERSPECTIVAS PARA LOS PAÍSES EN DESARROLLO EN LA MINISTERIAL DE LA OMC EN HONG KONG Y EN ADELANTEpor Walden Bello (Ponencia presentada en el Foro ¿Qué está en juego en Hong Kong?,...
Read MoreTEXTO BORRADOR DE LA DECLARACIÓN MINISTERIAL DE LA OMC: UN “PAQUETE VACIADO DE DESARROLLO” VACÍO A CAMBIO DEL CONTROL DE LA AGRICULTURA DE LOS PAÍSES EN DESARROLLO Y DE LOS MERCADOS DE PRODUCTOS INDUSTRIALES Y DE SERVICIOS....
Read MoreAs the count-down continues with just 15 days to the 6th WTO ministerial in Hong Kong, this issue includes an analysis of the draft ministerial text released two days ago, an assessment of developing countries’ prospects...
Read MoreMEDIA RELEASE: 28 November 2005“If you were to ask me what title I would give this draft ministerial text, it would be ‘I’ll give you an empty development package in exchange for your agricultural, industrial,...
Read MoreWTO DRAFT MINISTERIAL TEXT: EMPTY “DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE” IN EXCHANGE FOR TAKEOVER OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES’ AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICES MARKETS By Aileen Kwa with contributions from Jacqies...
Read MoreWelcome to "Focus: On the Road to Hong Kong".españolJust three weeks before the 6th WTO ministerial in Hong Kong, Pascal Lamy is trying to downplay the importance of the top-level gathering, even though decisive...
Read MoreBy Mary Lou Malig español After the July Framework (1) was rammed through the July 2004 General Council, the mood of the big trading powers and the World Trade Organization (WTO) secretariat was triumphant. This was what they...
Read MoreNothing to Gain, Everything to Lose: Developing Country Prospects at the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial and Beyond EspanolBy Walden Bello*(Talk delivered at the Forum “What is at Stake in Hong Kong?,” co-sponsored by Stop the New...
Read More25 November 2005DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FACE ‘DE-INDUSTRIALISATION’ AS THEIR VOICES ARE COMPREHENSIVELY IGNORED IN NEW WTO DRAFT TEXTIn what appears to have become standard practice at the World Trade Organization...
Read More17th November 2005; Busan, South KoreaNO APEC! NO BUSH! NO NEOLIBERALISM! NO WAR!Busan International Peoples ForumMuch to our concerned expectations, the Busan APEC Summit is coming to the conclusion to greater magnify...
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