In a forum jointly organized by AFA and AsiaDHRRA last June 23, 2006 in Taiping, Malaysia, Lim Li Chinh of the Malaysia-based Third World Network spoke on the developments in the current round of WTO negotiations in Geneva. Maitet Diokno Pascual gave a comprehensive overview of free-trade agreements being forged by USA in several countries […]
A letter of support addressed to the WTO negotiators of member countries belonging to the G33, ACP, and LDC blocs was sent in the last week of June by AFA and AsiaDHRRA. The letter supported the groups’ commitment to call for adequate treatment of special products and special safeguard mechanisms. “Do not sign to a […]
AFA and AsiaDHRRA, represented by Esther Penunia, participated in a consultation with the ASEAN Emminent Persons’ Group of the ASEAN last June 28, in ISEAS office, Singapore. During the consultation, the regional civil society formation Solidarity for People’s Action Advocacy (SAPA), submitted a paper on the group’s recommendations for the economic pillar. The paper was […]
Bangkok, Thailand — Eight representatives of SorKorPor, an AFA member organization in Thailand, went on a study tour in the Netherlands last June 18 – 24, 2006 with the support of Agriterra and ZLTO, a farmers’ organization in South Netherlands. The delegation was led by SorKorpor Chairperson and AFA Vice-Chairperson Ms. Sudaporn Sittisathapornkul. The study […]
The National Confederation of Peasant Organizations (Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka – PAKISAMA), an AFA member organization in the Philippines, successfully conducted a UNITY CONGRESS last July 1-2, 2006 at SEAMEO-INNOTECH, Diliman, Quezon City. The Unity Congress was officiated by the Solidarity Committee headed by Fr. Noel Vasquez, S.J. The Solidarity Committee was tasked […]
The only course of action that Director-General Pascal Lamy can recommend is to suspend the Doha Development Agenda negotiations across the Round as a whole and he will recommend this to the General Council on Thursday 27 July 2006. He explained why in a statement to an informal meeting of heads of delegations in the […]
www.cnn.com | world business GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters) — Global free trade talks collapsed on Monday after nearly five years of on-off haggling and resuming them could take years, officials and diplomats said. The suspension of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Doha round, which was expected to be announced formally by WTO chief Pascal Lamy later […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), an alliance of millions of farmers from ten Asian countries, will hold a Seminar-Workshop on “Developing AFA’s Concept on Pro-Small Farmer Marketing and Tradingâ€, to be hosted by Ainokai, this coming July 3-10, in Aichi and Mie, Japan. This seminar will hopefully result in the development […]
