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Farmer Organisations Response to the G-20 ‘Delhi Declaration’ PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 19 July 2005
Date: 19th July 2005

To, Shri Kamal Nath,The Honourable Minister,Ministry of Commerce and Industry,Government of India,New Delhi

Subject:  Farmer Organisations Response to the G-20 ‘Delhi Declaration’

Dear Kamal Nathjee,

During the Third G-20 Ministerial in Delhi on 18th and 19th March 2005, we, the representatives of the farmer unions met you in Delhi and presented a resolution to you passed at the National Level Farmers Rally in Kisan Ghat in Delhi against the WTO, the G-20 and the Anti Farmer policies of the Indian Government. During that meeting you asked us to give Indian farmers’ response to the G-20 Delhi declaration passed by the G-20 Ministerial in Delhi.

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The Colombo Declaration: "10 Years is Enough-No Deal at the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Meeting!" PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 09 July 2005
Declaration of the Organizations, Movements and Individuals Gathered for the Asian Strategy Meeting on the World Trade Organization, Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 6-7, 2005

From December 13 to 18, 2005, the World Trade Organization's Sixth Ministerial Meeting will take place in Hong Kong.  This event will have massive consequences.  Either the WTO finally gets consolidated as the prime mechanism of global trade liberalization, or it unravels a third time, possibly crippling permanently its usefulness as an institution for the promotion of the interests of Northern transnational corporations (TNCs).
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Appeal from the National Alliance of Peoples Movements (NAPM): Come Join the Anti-Coca Cola Struggle PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 20 June 2005
On the 17th of May 2005, an indefinite Satyagraha began in Trivandrum against Coca-Cola in particular, and against corporatisation and privatisation of water in general. The Satyagraha is taking place under the banner of the National Alliance of Peoples Movements (NAPM).The Satyagraha is to involve a large number of people's organisations, civil society  groups, since the battle has to grow into a national war and an international peoples struggle to oppose forces that disempower local populations and grab their resources for profit.The demands of the indefinite dharna are:
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WSF Asia Consultation, Colombo June 4-5, 2005 PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 20 June 2005
WSF Asia Consultation, Colombo June 4-5, 2005

This consultation brings together various groups/movements in Asia who have been active in the WSF to start off a process of discussion about an Asia Continental Forum, and to decide as early as possible o­n the location and dates of the Forum. Contact: India: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Colombo: Movement for National Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR), No: 1151/58A, 4th Lane, Kotte Road, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka. Tel: Fax: (+94) 11 4407663 Tel: (+94) 11 2865534

 
FOCUS ON INDIA (FOI), Issue: JUNE 2005. Vol.II. No. 06. PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 08 June 2005
Content summary:

The latter half of 2005 appears to be a challenging one. The transition period at 2 of the most powerful global institutions has predictably been o­ne of manipulation and power play. <p.The World Bank saw the exit of James Wolfensohn and the entry of Paul Wolfowitz - a move likely to result in little change in the Bank's focus. The statement o­n the end of the Wolfensohn era underlines the fact that despite some savvy PR exercises the Bank demonstrated an unshakeable commitment to its core ideology of pushing privatisation, liberalisation and de-regulation o­n developing countries. The open letter serves a warning to Paul Wolfowitz that his tenure will be closely watched by hundreds of groups across the world.

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