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Published on Fri, 2011-12-16 12:10
“The European Union (EU) can assist in the process of democratization of Arab countries, but on our terms,” said Kinda Mohamadieh, program director of the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND, focal point of Social Watch) at the conference “Democracy & Development”, held in Warsaw. |
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Published on Fri, 2011-12-16 12:08
A new round of negotiations aimed at an agreement by 2015 was launched on Saturday 10 at a stormy last session of the Durban climate conference, reports Martin Khor, executive director of South Centre, in his most recent column for The Star, one of the leading Malaysian newspapers. Khor’s column reads as follows: |
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Published on Thu, 2011-12-15 08:27
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women decided to conduct an inquiry into the murders and disappearances of Aboriginal women and girls across Canada. The decision was announced this week by Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC), and Sharon McIvor, of the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA, focal point of Social Watch in that North American country). |
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Source: . Published on Tue, 2011-12-13 11:49
UN / GLOBAL FINANCIAL REGULATION : Social Watch Coordinator Roberto Bissio told reporters that economic recovery stimulus packages have been more effective in those countries where they were direct |
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Source: . Published on Tue, 2011-12-13 09:36
Social Watch 2012: El derecho a un futuro |
Published on Mon, 2011-12-12 10:50
Countries like Brazil, and also China and India, in “which stimulus packages were basically directed to support the poor in different ways,” have actually recovered faster from the crisis than industrialized countries, which bailed out banks and rich people, said at UN headquarters in New York Roberto Bissio, Coordinator of Social Watch, when he launched the most recent edition of the annual report of this international network of civil society organizations. |
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