www.financialexpress.com ASHOK B SHARMA Posted online: Monday , August 13, 2007 at 2331 hrs IST India’s main areas of concern have been largely addressed at the ongoing Doha Round as trade negotiations enter the last phase with reasonably good prospects for a successful conclusion, Harsha Vardhana Singh, deputy director-general, World Trade Organisation (WTO), said here […]
http://www.financialexpress.com ASHOK B SHARMA Posted online: Sunday , August 12, 2007 at 2331 hrs IST Climate change is set to take a toll on Indian agriculture unless adaptive measures are put in place. There may be severe droughts at places and enhanced intensity of floods in other parts of the country, according to the secretary […]
Statement of the Asia-Europe Peoples Campaign vs. FTAs [1] on the 40th ASEAN Minister’s Meeting in Manila (July 30-August 2, 2007) July 31, 2007 President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s keynote speech at the opening of the 40th ASEAN Minister’s Meeting in Manila today, trumpeted yet again the vision of ASEAN as one “Caring and Sharing” community, […]
Asia-Europe Peoples Campaign against FTAs 1 August 2007 An anti-FTA rally with around 150 trade activists from the Asia-Europe Peoples’ Campaign (AEPC) was violently dispersed today near the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), the venue of the on-going 40th Ministerial Meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The Executive Committee of AFA decided to put up its own secretariat office in Manila last July 23, 2007. The decision marked the end of a process of autonomy which began in 2002, facilitated by its NGO partner and catalyst, AsiaDHRRA. It signalled the readiness of AFA leaders to take on bigger responsibilities in organizational […]
PRESS RELEASE 5 June 2007 A 7.2 million euro programme to support the ASEAN integration process was officially launched in Jakarta on Tuesday (5/6). Officiating at the ceremony were H.E. Ong Keng Yong, the Secretary-General of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Ms Rosamaria Gili, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Delegation of […]
In December 2005 AFA and AsiaDHRRA decided to participate in several parallel CSO events during the 5th WTO MC in Hongkong. One such event was the “WTO, Food Sovereignty, and Alternatives to Globalization” Forum, which involved other social movements in the region. At that forum, we presented the initial results of four case studies of […]
For immediate release: 21 June 2007 The “G90 Plus” groupings of developing countries, which represents a majority of developing country members at the World Trade Organisation, has warned that development concerns have been left behind in the rush to agree to a deal in the Doha Round.
