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An ASEAN We Can Aspire To? Where is ASEAN Now and Where is it Taking Us?
August 19, 2008 (Tuesday), 9:00AM-5:00PM

Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center (EADSC) Plenary Hall

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The Development Rountable Series (DRTS) Thematic Working Groups on Trade and Industrial Policy and Agrarian Reform and Rural Development invite you to:

Trabaho, Saka, Pangisdaan, Negosyo: Ramdam mo ba ang asenso?
on Thursday, July 10, 9 am - 5 pm UP SOLAIR Auditorium

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The Development Roundtable Series (DRTS), a project that aims to provide space for building alternative policy options and instruments on various developmental issues, opens its 2008 Summer Volunteer/Internship Program. The internship is designed to provide exciting opportunities and exposure to highly-motivated college students, graduate students and fresh university graduates.
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An ASEAN We Can Aspire To? Where is ASEAN Now and Where is it Taking Us?

Focus on the Global South-Philippines Programme and
Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC)-Cebu
Civil Society Consultation on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

August 19, 2008 (Tuesday), 9:00AM-5:00PM
Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center (EADSC) Plenary Hall

During the 13th ASEAN Summit in Singapore in November 2007, ASEAN Leaders signed the ASEAN Charter, or what is touted as the Constitution for the regional association.

The ASEAN Charter specifies lines of responsibility and obligations of members, establishes new mechanisms for operations, as well as mandates a revitalized ASEAN Secretariat.

Statement of Mindanao NGOs and Coalitions on the Peace Talks

This week, the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front stood on the verge of signing an agreement touted to bring an end to the decades-long war in Mindanao in the Southern Philippines. This sparked an uproar and the Philippine Supreme Court subsequently stepped in to prevent the signing. Below is a statement from a number of mainly Mindanao-based as well as national peace coalitions and formations on the issue.

We speak in behalf of the women, children and the displaced civilian communities in Mindanao who stand to benefit from the successful conclusion of the GRP-MILF peace process. We dare to speak because of dire survival. For many decades now, our lives depict the curse of the so-called “collateral damage” in this long internecine armed conflict. We want to finally put an end to the war in Mindanao. We cannot allow this cycle of violence to further victimize our children and the next generation.