Social Watch News
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Published on Mon, 2011-09-19 12:24
Sources: Social Watch India, Governance Now |
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Published on Fri, 2011-09-16 11:54
Sources: ECLAC, Representatives of the civil society Representatives of the governments of Latin America and the Caribbean who convened this week in Santiago de Chile didn’t include among their recommendations to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio2012), to be held next year in Brazil, the concept of “green economy”. |
Published on Fri, 2011-09-16 10:20
Sources: Finance & Development Civil society organizations have been arguing in vain for years that combating inequity is not just an ideological position but a practical policy option, and not to adopt it would be fatal for the world economy and for human development. And now at last inequity is becoming a key subject for concern in international financial institutions and among the academics whose theories underpin their operations. |
Published on Thu, 2011-09-15 10:01
Source: International Federation of Human Rights More than 170 national, regional and international civil society organizations sent an open letter to Dr. Nabil El Araby, Secretary General of the League of Arab States, urging the bloc to put pressure on Syria’s government to effectively end the crackdown on peaceful opposition, release all political prisoners and provide compensation for victims. |
Published on Wed, 2011-09-14 09:05
Source: Afronline As hunger threatens 12 million people in the Horn of Africa, a study by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) of the response to Kenya’s last devastating drought found that investments to increase the mobility of livestock herders – a way of life often viewed as “backward” despite being the most economical and productive use of that country’s drylands – could be the key to avert future food crises. |
Published on Tue, 2011-09-13 11:58
Sources: ETAN, La’o Hamutuk The government of Timor-Leste must "keep the nation debt-free and refrain from borrowing money from international lenders […] to protect its future generations," warned 137 civil society organizations based in 32 countries. Dili has not borrowed foreign funds since its independence in 2002. |
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Organizaciones de la sociedad civil y personalidades de Argentina, encabezadas por el Foro Ciudadano de Participación por la Justicia y los Derechos Humanos (FOCO), y de otros países, entre ellas Social Watch y el Instituto del Tercer Mundo (ITeM), reclamarán al gobierno de Cristina Kirchner que impulse en UNASUR, el Grupo de los 77 y el de los 20 la instauración de un impuesto a las transacciones financieras internacionales (ITF) a través de una declaración cuyo proceso de adhesión comenzó esta semana. |
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Waxing eloquent in a heated television debate or appearing on the national news network is one thing, and being a good Parliamentarian is another. Unfortunately, most people do not even know the names of the best performing members of Parliament (MPs), some of whom don't even get re-elected at times. |
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