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 The Asia Europe People’s Forum (AEPF) was launched in 1996 in Bangkok alongside the first ASEM summit. AEPF is a network of people’s organisations, coalitions, NGOs, academics and trade unions representing citizens and parliamentarians, who are working in different ways for social, economic, environmental and political justice across, and within Asia and Europe.
Since it began, AEPF has created new political spaces for dialogue, solidarity, action and has developed creative and realistic recommendations and strategies to address the challenges emerging from both regions.
As this critical conference reflects and takes stock of current and future ASEM processes, this briefing sets out some of AEPF’s recommendations and ideas for future ASEM’s to become more accountable, transparent, relevant and influential in meeting the needs and aspirations of the people of Asia and Europe. |
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Global Poll Finds that Religion and Culture are Not to Blame for Tensions between Islam and the West
The global public believes that tensions between Islam and the West arise from conflicts over political power and interests and not from differences of religion and culture, according to a BBC World Service poll across 27 countries. |
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(UN News Center) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has underscored the vital role the United Nations initiative to promote inter-cultural understanding plays in building trust and reducing tensions in a world facing multiple crises.
“The painful truth is that when there are fewer jobs to go around, people often blame minorities. Although no one group caused the current crisis, we are seeing a backlash against many cultural and religious minorities,” Mr. Ban stated, noting that this is particularly true for migrant workers.
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Human rights - Under Greek law, mothers of large families, that is, those who have four or more children, enjoy certain benefits, such as cash incentives, annual monetary government contributions, and pensions, provided that they meet certain criteria. A basic constitutional and statutory requirement is that no discrimination is permitted on the basis of sex, religion, race, or ethnic origin. |
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 As many as 700 million people might be forced to flee their homes by 2050 as a result of global climate changes, which would make a mass migration larger than any seen in recorded history. Chief among forces that will create climate refugees is the rise of sea levels because of melting ice sheets along Greenland and Antarctica, which puts coastal communities at risk of flooding. The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (6/11) |
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