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The rocky road to Interface
APF/ACSC
2011-05-07 15:02
 

(7 May 2011, Jakarta) As of 1.30 p.m. on 7th of May 2011, the struggle to establish a genuine and meaningful dialogue between Civil Society and ASEAN’s Heads of Government at 4.00 p.m. today remains a stark and troubling reality. Up until 3.30 a.m. this morning (7th May 2011), the country delegates representing the peoples of ASEAN through the ACSC/APF process were still not given clear and official indication that the leaders will respect the rights of civil society from individual countries and ASEAN as a whole, to choose their representatives.

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Why a Fourth Pillar on the Environment?
APF/ACSC
2011-05-05 13:17
 

Climate change and its impacts could no longer be viewed as mere environmental concerns. Climate change is now a reality in the daily lives of the people in the ASEAN region, as their livelihoods and means of sustenance, their habitats, their communities and resources which are their lifeblood are threatened.  A fundamental reality in the current climate crisis is that the majority, especially the poor—particularly women—who have consumed less and contributed very little to the climate crisis, are the ones that are greatly affected by its impacts.

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Human Beings as Commodities: A problem for Indonesians (and ASEAN Citizens Everywhere)
APF/ACSC
2011-05-04 18:48
 

Jakarta, May 3 - A session intended to help participants of the APF/ACSC to understand Idnoesia, drove home the common experience of people in ASEAN. At Plenary 3 titled “ASEAN Today: What Role for Indonesia?”, the stories and insights shared by speakers resonated with all nationalities in the hall, because they highlighted the common problem of people being exploited as commodities and denied protection by their governments.
 

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Southeast Asian Civil Society Offer Concrete Pathways to a People-Centered ASEAN
APF/ACSC
2011-05-04 18:47
 

JAKARTA, May 3 – ASEAN policies are at odds with the needs and desires of the majority of people in Southeast Asia, making urgent the need to advance peoples’ alternatives, said a panel of speakers at this year’s ASEAN Civil Society Conference / ASEAN People’s Forum (ACSC/APF).

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APF/ACSC Panelists on a People-Centered ASEAN urge more ‘openness’
APF/ACSC
2011-05-04 18:45
 

Jakarta, May 3 – The first plenary session on the first day of the 2011 ASEAN Peoples’ Forum/ASEAN Civil Society Conference (APF/ACSC) focused on the trends and challenges towards a ‘people-centered’ ASEAN. Indonesia’s former Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nur Hassan Wirajuda and Focus on the Global South’s Senior Associate Ms. Jenina Joy Chavez shared their views on the process to a more people-centered ASEAN. Points made will serve as food for thought for further discussions and deeper analysis during the workshops scheduled later on this week.

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Burma Civil Society groups at ASEAN Peoples’ Forum call on ASEAN to address the regime’s serious breaches of the Charter
2009-10-18 19:03
 

A delegation of Burma civil society actors organized by the Task Force on ASEAN and Burma (TFAB) are attending the ASEAN People’s Forum/ASEAN Civil Society Conference in Cha-am, Thailand, on October 18-20, days before the ASEAN Summit. The APF/ACSC has been reformatted to create greater opportunities for interaction between civil society and ASEAN senior officials. Burma’s civil society groups are calling on ASEAN to address the SPDC’s violations of the regional body’s Charter. 

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