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ANNOUNCEMENT: Citizens' Peace Watch Fact-Finding Mission to Zamboanga City and Sulu Report Available |
The final report of the Citizens' Peace Watch Fact-Finding Mission to
Zamboanga City and Sulu last February 18-21, 2008 is now out and can be
downloaded in PDF form from: http://www.focusweb.org/philippines/docs/CPWReport.pdf
The Citizens' Peace Watch is an independent initiative of concerned
citizens brought together to continuously report on US military
presence and intervention in the country.
This report hopes to be a resource for policy-makers, journalists, academics, social movements and civil society organizations.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Citizens’ Peace Watch fact-finding mission to Zamboanga City and
Sulu from February 18-21 found proof reinforcing concerns that
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the US has established military basing in the Philippines
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the US is involved in actual combat operations in the country
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the US military has, in complicity with the Philippine military, committed human rights violations in the Philippines
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the US is conducting operations outside the control of the Philippine government and military
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the US military’s so-called humanitarian projects are mere cover for
military operations that do not benefit the local population
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US basing and intervention in the country is contributing to insecurity and leading to an escalation in conflict
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Update on the Burma-Cyclone Nargis Disaster |
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SAPA STATEMENT: May 21, 2008
SOLIDARITY FOR ASIAN PEOPLES ADVOCACIES (SAPA)
WORKING GROUP ON THE ASEAN
ASEAN MECHANISM MUST HELP JUNTA OVERCOME FEAROF BEING INVADED BY FOOD AND MEDICINE
On Monday, May 19, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers met in Singapore to discuss how best to assist Burma after the cyclone Nargis disaster. ASEAN established a coordinating mechanism to help facilitate the distribution and utilization of humanitarian aid into Burma, on the basis of which Burmese generals agreed to receive international assistance.
While SAPA welcomes the development, it wants the mechanism to involve the participation of aid agencies and civil society groups from ASEAN and its dialogue partners in aid efforts, particularly in rehabilitation programs.
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Call for Immediate Action to Ensure Cyclone Nargis Survivors Get Aid |
SAPA STATEMENT : May 18, 2008
SOLIDARITY FOR ASIAN PEOPLE'S ADVOCACIES (SAPA)
WORKING GROUP ON THE ASEAN
ASEAN ACTIONS MUST REFLECT URGENCY OF SITUATION IN BURMA
CALL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ENSURE CYCLONE NARGIS SURVIVORS GET AID
The members of SAPA demand that ASEAN immediately take a pro-active stand to ensure that the Burmese authorities stop blocking delivery of urgently needed international aid - both supplies and expertise – to the 2.5 million survivors of Cyclone Nargis who are hanging onto life by a thread. Otherwise, ASEAN risks being seen as callous, irrelevant and hypocritical.
It is time that our regional grouping proves that it is indeed "One ASEAN at the Heart of Dynamic Asia" in addressing the biggest humanitarian disaster to hit the region since the Aceh tsunami. Failure to do so will undermine the credibility ASEAN worked so hard to build at its 40th anniversary.
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