Civil Society Forum Declaration to 12th Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XII)
Accra, 19 April 2008

The Civil Society Forum, meeting on the occasion of UNCTAD XII (20-25 April 2008), took place in Accra, Ghana from 17 to 19 April 2008. It convened social movements, pro-development groups, women’s groups, trade unions, peasants and agricultural organizations, environmental organizations, faith-based organizations, and fair trade organizations, inter alia, (referred to as We thereafter) who expressed a variety of perspectives on trade, investment and competition policies, and their impacts on development. Participants of the forum are united in the defence of a number of principles, positions and actions that they wish to present to the member States of the United Nations Trade and Development Conference at its 12th session.

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Conference Report: People and Planet Over Profits

The conference report of the Conference on People’s Sovereignty on Natural Resources held last October 25-27, 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand can be read here

Or, you may download a pdf copy here.

Summary of documents from “To Oppose FTAs: Making People Matter”

We are pleased to inform everyone that we have uploaded some of the papers and PPT presented at the “To Oppose FTAs: Making People Matter” held last September 4-6, 2007 in Sydney, Australia.

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Open Statement to the APEC Leaders Meeting

This is the statement of 25 civil society groups that held a peaceful protest against the APEC Meeting earlier today. The groups held their protest in front of the Sydney Town Hall.

Delegates from different Asia Pacific countries wore white T-shirts with the letters APEC = POVERTY AND MISERY. (Please see attached photo).

The groups were part of the FTA Strategy Workshop, a parallel activity to the APEC Meeting led by the Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN).

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Summary of Documents Presented at the“International Conference on US Militarism and War on Terror in the Asia Pacific Region”

We are pleased to inform everyone that we have uploaded some of the papers and PPT presented at the “International Conference on US Militarism and War on Terror in the Asia Pacific Region” held last December 9-10, 2006 in Cebu City, Philippines.

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Summary of Documents from Jobs and Justice Conference

We are pleased to inform everyone that we have uploaded some of the papers and PPT presented at the “JOBS and JUSTICE: An International Conference on Neo-liberal Market Restructuring, Labor Rights and Workers’ Resistance” held last December 7-8, 2007 in Cebu City, Philippines.

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