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(foreign policy is too important to be left to the politicians)

Linked with Justin Raimondo – USA, and with Antiwar.com.

Just Foreign Policy is an independent and non-partisan mass-membership organization. We are dedicated to reforming U.S. foreign policy to serve the interests and reflect the values of the broad majority of Americans, rather than those of special interests both inside and outside of government.

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About: Mission – Just Foreign Policy is an independent and non-partisan mass membership organization dedicated to reforming U.S. foreign policy through coordinating the broad majority of Americans to advocate their interests and values.

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Linked with Justin Raimondo – USA, and with Antiwar.com of July 14, 2007.

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Antiwar.com on wikipedia.

Will Antiwar Radio Be Silenced? Act now to keep the voice of peace alive! – When Antiwar Radio started earlier this year, we didn’t know what to expect. Sure, we had veteran radio personalities Charles Goyette and Scott Horton at the helm, but would big-shot reporters, pundits, academics, and government officials make time for an upstart Internet radio program? … We can’t make it another quarter without your help, and we believe we’ve earned it. Are you willing to give up Antiwar Radio – and perhaps even more? If not, then don’t delay. (full text).

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About: MISSION (and in the right column links to the staff) – This site is devoted to the cause of non-interventionism and is read by libertarians, pacifists, leftists, « greens, » and independents alike, as well as many on the Right who agree with our opposition to imperialism. Our initial project was to fight for the case of non-intervention in the Balkans under the Clinton presidency and continued with the case against the campaigns in Haiti, Kosovo and the bombings of Sudan and Afghanistan.

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Linked with Lea Ngaïdana – Central African Republic.

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working towards a peaceful, prosperous, and hate-free South Asia – in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh

Linked with iFaqeer – Pakistan & USA, .

The basic mission of the Friends of South Asia is to achieve a peaceful, prosperous, and hate-free South Asia. The group works towards a demilitarized, nuclear-free South Asia; bringing together people with roots in various parts of South Asia, as well as other well-wishers of the region.

FOSA promotes respect for and celebrates the diversity and plurality of South Asia, promoting amity between countries and communities and working towards a South Asia where the rights of all minorities are respected and protected; regardless of religious, ethnic, sexual or other differences.

FOSA stands in solidarity with other like-minded organizations working on the ground in South Asia; amongst the South Asian diaspora around the world; as well as organizations that share our aspirations for a peaceful world – a world in which every human being can live a full and fruitful life without fear or hindrance.

FOSA aspires to work through people-to-people contacts, dialog, and other non-violent, non-exclusionary means.

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About: MISSION: The basic mission of the « Friends of South Asia » is to achieve a peaceful, prosperous, and hate-free South Asia.

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The Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly is an organization of citizens dedicated to peace, democracy and human rights in Europe.

The Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly is a non-governmental organization, working on the notions of fundamental rights and freedoms, peace, democracy and pluralism. hCa works independently from political parties, government and states, aims to:

• introduce the basic rights and freedoms accepted in international agreements and outlined by universal standards into daily life;
• promote peaceful processes for the resolution of problems through mutual understanding dialogue and peace;
• improve pluralist democratic bodies and civil society initiatives;
• ensure the supremacy of law and to defend an economic system that promotes the well-being of human life and the environment.

Why “Helsinki”? The Helsinki Final Act (August 01, 1975) provided a basis for creating conditions favorable to peace in Europe and made human rights a common value to be respected by all nations in a world which was divided into East and West camps in that period. The word « Helsinki » refers to the historic significance of this agreement (taken directly from Helsinki Yurttaslar Dernegi).

The collapse of the Berlin Wall and the new global political context this created gave rise to a new peace movement called the “Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly”. From October 19th to 22nd 1990, peace activists from all parts of Europe (chaired by Vaclav Havel, then president of Czechoslovakia) held a meeting … (see the full long wikipedia-text).

More links on wikipedia: Helsinki Accords; Helsinki Committee for Human Rights.

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Linked with Binayak Sen – India.

Rupantar is founded in 1992, and started its operations from 1994 in Khulna and Bagerhat district. At the beginning activities were mainly cultural; Rupantar activists performed theaters and popular folk music on various social issues.

The fundamental principal of Rupantar is based on the hypothesis that culture and sustainable development are closely connected. This connection is an emerging concept in the development world. Although the identity of a society is largely determined by its culture, yet is difficult for any society to have a static sense of the culture. Both society and culture are changing simultaneously.

Vision: Establishing a Gender Equitable Democratic Society with Cultural Values, Free From Injustice and Superstitions

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About: RUPANTAR: AGENT FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

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Linked with Binayak Sen – India.

In November 1980, a National Convention of civil rights workers converted the People’s Union for Civil Liberties into a membership organisation. The National Convention elected Mr. V.M. Tarkunde as President and Mr. Arun Shourie as the General Secretary of PUCL. Since then the PUCL has undertaken work on several fronts-from commencing work towards preparing a new Prisons Act and Jail Manual under the leadership of Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer to agitating on specific issues like the release of trade unionists arrested under the National Security Act in Madhya Pradesh. Most of the effort has been devoted to setting up State and Local Units which alone can effectively pursue specific issues. (full text).

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A short history: Veteren leader Jaya Prakash Narayan (JP) founded the People’s Union for Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights (PUCLDR), in 1976. The idea was to make the PUCLDR. An organisation free from political ideologies, so that people belonging to various political parties may come together on one platform for the defence of Civil Liberties and Human Rights.

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a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice

Linked with Averting World War III, Ending Dollar Hegemony and US Imperialism, and with The Monarchy’s Clash with Socialism.

Dissident Voice is an internet newsletter dedicated to challenging the distortions and lies of the corporate press and the privileged classes it serves. The goal of Dissident Voice is to provide hard hitting, thought provoking and even entertaining news and commentaries on politics and culture that can serve as ammunition in struggles for peace and social justice.

A regularly updated resource with links to many articles, quotes, and important information missing from mainstream news coverage about the war in Iraq.

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Submissions: Dissident Voice (DV) welcomes your article submissions. Send them to us by mail.

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Defending the fourth world, deconstructing the war on terrorism.

Linked with WELCOME TO WORLD WAR 4.

Why World War 4: The « World War III » envisioned in the Cold War was a devastating conflict between two monolithic superpowers. The Cold War, thankfully, never reached this climax. But now we are faced with its chilling sequel: the age of « asymmetrical » or « molecularized » warfare, in which a single globalized superpower faces an invisible, hydra-headed enemy which is everywhere and nowhere; in which the expansion of « free markets » is an explicit aim of military campaigns; and in which indigenous peoples, stateless ethnicities and localist/autonomist poltical models—the « Fourth World »–are increasingly targeted and conflated with the « terrorist » threat. The leaders of this new global crusade acknowledge openly that it will last generations. To emphasize that this new world situation requires a new kind of thinking, we have joined with those on the left and right alike that call this global conflict World War 4.

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Mission statement: WW4 REPORT has been monitoring the global War on Terrorism and its implications for human rights, democracy and ecology since the immediate aftermath of 9-11.

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Linked with Pascal Boniface – France, and with Disarmament and development.

L’Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques est un centre de recherche français en relations internationales qui s’intéresse tout particulièrement aux questions relatives à la politique étrangère, la stratégie, la sécurité et la défense. Créé en 1990, il compte parmi les principaux centres de recherche en relations internationales. Il est actuellement dirigé par Pascal Boniface. Jacques Boyon est, lui, président du Conseil d’Administration de l’Institut. L’IRIS a récemment créé l’IPRIS (Institut privé de relations internationales et stratégiques), un établissement d’enseignement supérieur privé qui délivre plusieurs diplômes selon les spécialités. (wikipedia.fr).

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Présentation: Dirigé par Pascal Boniface, l’IRIS est un centre de recherche sur les questions stratégiques et les relations internationales. Sa création en 1990 répondait à plusieurs objectifs:

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Religion and Politics in the Construction of the European Union (Department of Government, European Institute, London School of Economics).

Linked with Régis Debray – France, and with Disarmament and development.

L’Institut Européen en Sciences des Religions a été créé par un arrêté du 26 juin 2002, (et modifié par l’arrêté du 6 mars 2006), du Ministre de la Jeunesse, de l’Education nationale et de la Recherche. (full text).

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Adresse; IESR, 14 rue Ernest Cresson, 75104 Paris, France, Tel. +33 1 40 52 10 00, Fax. +33 1 40 52 10 01,
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About: The European Institute of Religious Studies was created by a decree dated 26 June 2002 and signed by Luc Ferry, the Minister of Youth, National Education and Research.

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Linked with Joel S. Hirschhorn – USA, and with The Grand Delusion.

We are a non-partisan association of American citizens from every state in our Republic comprised of a broad range of occupations, ethnicities, religious affiliations and political persuasions. Our common bond is a deep commitment to preserving the values and principles embodied in our founding documents – the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution – upon which this nation was founded. (Homepage FOAVC).

Article V of the U.S. Constitution (on the Cornell University Law School): The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.

The United States Constitution, on Cornell University Law School.

Press Release FOAVC, Oct. 4, 2007.

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ALREADY on this blog on April 30th, 2006: Transparency International Switzerland for the set-up of the anonymous hotline for white-collar “whistleblowers”, see Transparency International Switzerland;

The Anti-corruption handbook ACH: The ACH is a practical guide which aims to assist the process of designing and applying anti-corruption measures – from legal reform to institution-building. Intended as a one-stop reference for practitioners around the world, it provides a unique and up-to-date overview of key reform elements, developing guidelines for their effective implementation illustrated by examples of good practice.

The ACH is based on TI’s National Integrity System approach to countering corruption, which offers a framework for assessing the adequacy and effectiveness of national anti-corruption efforts. The ACH seeks to build on this approach, addressing the key elements of anti-corruption reform in a useful and practical way.

The Handbook features key measures for tackling corruption, grouped into six main areas: … (full text).

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Contacts via web & address: Transparency International Secretariat, Alt-Moabit 96, 10559 Berlin, Tel. +49-30-3438 20-0, Fax +49-30-3470 391.

About: Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world.
TI’s mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption.

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[adhunika (fem.) adj. of present times: modern: recent: current (Bangla Acedamy Bengali-English Dictionary)].

Community: Women from all walks of life of Bangladesh belong to adhunika. Experience our lives through our work;

out future: Listen to our next generation, our future; teach them, learn from them, guide them, follow them; they are the pioneers of an egalitarian society;

our blog: Adhunika blog is launched with a mission to share knowledge among women from every walk of life. Sometime it would be in the form of sharing experience to find a feasible solution of a problem; sometime it would be in the form of professional consultation, which Adhunika group will arrange for its bloggers. Nevertheless, the intent of this blog always remains the same – to help and empower women through a common web-based platform;

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CONTACT: You can contact us by sending email with your work for consideration.

ABOUT: Adhunika is a global volunteer based organization, dedicated to promoting technology usage for the Bangladeshi women worldwide.

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(also available in german)

Linked with Mohua Paul – Bangladesh.

Flood rehabilitation programme: A large area in Bangladesh was submerged by devastating floods from July to September 2007. Million of people became shelterless. Many people suffered from diseases due to inadequate supply of pure drinking water and lack of food. Disabled people are especially vulnerable during the flood. Government of Bangladesh had started relief programme to face the situation and non- governmental organizations urged to stand by the flood victims. In this context CRP has requested Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), the funding body of the project titled “Strengthening the Establishment of Rights of Disabled People in Bangladesh” to extended their support under the contingency fund. In response to this MJF approved support amounting BDT 400000.00 on August 2007. CRP has also appeal to its individual donors and medicine companies to come forward in this regard. Under this programme dry food, oral dehydration supplements and water purification tablets were distributed among the flood affected extreme poor and disabled people. CRP’s relief distribution programmme was carried out from August to September 2007 in 40 Upazillas under 7 districts.

The Homepage-URL is valuable for all pages, just click on the internal links to reach the pages you want.

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