While market integration can increase national income and improve nutrition, it also "globalizes" potential threats to livelihoods, human health and the environment...
Emad Mekay | ipsnews.net WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (IPS) – Concern is brewing among advocacy groups and civil society organisations that monitor the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, a staple of protests during the annual meetings of the two organisations, after Singapore threatened a crackdown on some of their activities. A number of […]
By Bhagirath Lal Das | Delhi, India, 13 Feb 2006 | http://www.twnside.org Doha opened the door in 2001 for correcting the iniquities and imbalances in the WTO agreements and Hong Kong provided an opportunity in December 2005 to take concrete steps towards this end. But the opportunity has been totally lost. The WTO appears to […]
By Jey T. Ponce | Philrice Online Virgilio Bautista of Santo Domingo Nueva Ecija has been a farmer since childhood. At 46, he still depends on the fruits of his labor and the gifts of his land to support his family’s daily expenses. His life is certainly a tale of success and hardships. Though he […]
In view of the current instability in Metro Manila, The AFA, AsiaDHRRA secretariats and our local hosts PAKISAMA and PhilDHRRA have decided to POSTPONE the AFA Strategic Planning and General Assembly. We will inform you of the next proposed dates of the AFA GA as soon as the situation has become normal. We hope for […]
After the intense negotiations - and protests - at Hong Kong, the WTO claims a global trade deal is still possible by the end of this year.
Head of Panos London’s globalisation programme, Jon Barnes, analyses the issues at stake and looks at the dynamics of the trade body.
I. WHAT HAPPENED IN HONG KONG?
The 6th WTO Ministerial Conference, held in Hong Kong 13-18 December 2005, ended with an agreed Ministerial Declaration. WTO Director-General, Pascal Lamy, and a number of WTO members celebrated the moment as an important step towards the completion of the Doha Round of trade negotiations. Expectations had steadily been ratcheted down before the conference and there were few surprises in the final outcome.
AFA . AsiaDHRRA. APHD in Hongkong, December 11-18, 2005 (A full documentation of our activities will be provided later. Below is a summary of our organizations’ involvement in the civil society’s parallel activities to WTO MC6) Sunday, December 11 Lany and Esther arrived in Hongkong late morning as advanced party. After check in at Caritas […]
