STATEMENTS BY IID AND ITS NETWORKS
Press Releases ArchiveSolidarity Message of the SAPA Working Group on ASEAN at the Protest Action in front of the Lao Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand
We, the conveners of the Solidarity for Asian Peoples? Advocacy Working Group on ASEAN, stand in solidarity with the rest of the world in expressing our strongest condemnation over the continued disappearance of our colleague, internationally known development worker, Sombath Somphone. For his family and friends and to all people who have worked with Sombath Somphone, one year is like a lifetime of pain and anguish.
Thank you Nelson Mandela.
We at the Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) join the entire world in grieving his passing, extend our warm embraces and deep condolences to his family, reiterate our unremitting solidarity to the peoples of South Africa as we celebrate his humble, inspiring and radiant life.
An Open Letter to President Thein Sein and President Benigno Aquino III on the Struggle for True Peace and Democracy in Burma (Myanmar)
In light of Burmese President Thein Sein’s state visit to Manila, we in the Free Burma Coalition-Philippines (FBC-P), a solidarity and advocacy movement of people’s organizations, NGOs, and individual activists in the Philippines that aims to promote democracy, peace and human rights, call on the leaders of the two ASEAN countries to include in their ongoing bilateral agenda the pressing need to uphold and advance Burma’s transition to real peace and democracy now.
Towards A More Inclusive Peace Table
Though the years, MPW’s active citizenship mantra has been directed towards influencing an inclusive and transparent peace process. We believe that both the GPH and MILF remain committed to the task at hand. MPW also believes that as conditions evolve, particularly during this crucial transitional stage, we gently appeal to both panels on the following bare essentials: share more information with the public and not only to their respective partisans, broaden the consensus ground through continuing dialogue, and mutually translate confidence-building measures to preserve the climate of trust in the negotiations.
Philippine Civil Society To Support Timor-Leste Bid for ASEAN Membership
Nineteen years after the launch of the Asia Pacific Coalition for East Timor (APCET) at the University of the Philippines, Timor Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao will be in the same venue this Friday June 7, 2013 to address around 200 members of the academe and civil society to solicit support for his country’s bid for ASEAN membership.
Statesmanship for Sabah: A time to Step In, A Time to Step Up
In the short month’s time since the unfolding crisis of Sabah gained attention across many borders, the Secretary General of the United Nations himself, Ban Ki-moon has added his voice and concern on the issue, calling for the immediate cessation of hostilities, the grant of access to humanitarian aid, the observance of human rights and the penultimate call for dialogue to resolve the ongoing conflict. The Secretary General knows full well that while the strength of state forces being brought to bear on the dissidents may quell the armed uprising, he and the UN are well aware that it is ultimately with dialogue, discussions and negotiation that lasting peace is truly crafted.