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STOP EPAs global day of action - 27 September, epa2007.org, 04/09/2007, 27 September is the anniversary of the launch of the EPA negotiations. Thursday 27 September 2007 will be the next STOP EPAs global action day. Spread the word, mobilise, organise, get ready for action on 27 September 2007!

Endorsement for “U.S. Civil Society Declaration on the KOR-US FTA” requested, Korean Americans for Fair Trade, 09/02/2007, Below is a U.S. civil society statement on the Korea-U.S. FTA written in collaboration between the AFL-CIO and Korean Americans for Fair Trade, and endorsed by the Alliance for Responsible Trade.

Open Letter: We call on the EU to abandon targets for biofuel use in Europe , (see signatories), 31/01/2007, For sign-on. Open letter on biofuels targets in the EU.

Invitation to a two-day event to be held at the World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya, Friends of the Earth, 19/01/2007, In order to provide a first opportunity for a broad exchange of information between different civil society organizations and social movements campaigning on various natural resources and related cross-cutting issues (trade liberalization, land rights issues and the role of transnational corporations, for example) we propose hosting a two-day event on the theme “Regaining control of our natural resources” at the World Social Forum 2007.

Resisting free trade from the South: Building alliances and common strategies , Focus, 18/01/2007, We envision this strategy meeting to be an opportunity for all of us to build and strengthen alliances and work together on a common action plan on not only on the WTO but on FTAs and EPAs as well.

EPAs and investment: Exposing the EU’s hidden agenda, SOMO (Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations), 18/01/2007, A WSF workshop by Econews, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), Christian Aid

"Reject EPAs – Time for Food Sovereignty", Friends of the Earth, 17/01/2007, A WSF activity by Friends of the Earth and Via Campesina

Sign MSF’s ‘Drop the Case’ Petition, Oakland Institute, 15/01/2007, Pharmaceutical company Novartis is taking the Indian government to court. If the company wins, millions of people across the globe could have their sources of affordable medicines dry up.

NGO Letter to GA President, Victor Minotti, IFG, 12/01/2007, Please help to protect the rights of the world’s 350 million indigenous peoples against WTO-led globalization by signing the attached letter in support of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Forwarded from Mobilize and Organize to Resist the FTA and Neoliberal Globalization (MORFNG), Mobilize and Organize to Resist the FTA and Neoliberal Globalization (MORFNG), 04/06/2006, Over 100 peasant, labor and community leaders from South Korea are coming to Washington DC to protest the US-Korea Free Trade Negotiations and neoliberal globalization!

International Campaign for the Immediate Release of WTO Political Prisoners, (see sponsoring organizations), 05/01/2006, An international campaign for the release of the 14 activists arrested in Hong Kong during the WTO 6th Ministerial Conference.

The Doha Development Round: a recipe for the massive destruction of livelihoods, mass unemployment and the degradation of work, PSI, 18/11/2005,

10 years of the WTO: End of an illusion, WTO Wirodhi Bharatiya Jan Abhiyan (Indian People's Campaign against WTO-IPCAWTO), 16/11/2005, Call to action: HONG KONG MINISTERIAL. Issued by the WTO Wirodhi Bharatiya Jan Abhiyan.

Fair trade for a fairer trade: the issue of cotton, Roba dell'Altro Mondo/FAIR, 08/11/2005, Roba dell'Altro Mondo with Federation Artisans du Monde France and Oxfam Magasins du monde Belgium produced this joint position on cotton that they will promote towards HK ministerial. Sign-ons is requested.

ACTION ALERT: NZ part of huge GATS offensive in Geneva, ARENA, New Zealand, 29/09/2005, We urge you to join with us in demanding immediate accountability from our government for its hypocrisy and challenge its complicity in a process that reflects shamefully on us all

Operation Get Up! Stand Up! It's about livelihoods, CAFRA St. Lucia and the Caribbean Policy Development Center, 20/09/2005, Operation Get up! Stand up! Its About Livelihoods and is a rallying call for civil society to be mobilized against the continuing destruction of livelihoods due to the current process of trade liberalization.

Convocamos a una movilización internacional en Ginebra Paremos la influencia de las multinacionales en la OMC ¡antes de la Hong Kong!, Alianza ginebrina de los Pueblos, 15/09/2005,

Call for international mobilizations in Geneva: STOP the WTO corporate agenda before Hong Kong!, Geneva People's Alliance, 14/09/2005, A call for international mobilisation for the General Council week in October in Geneva.

Proposal for Busan International People's Forum, KoPA, 07/09/2005, Proposal for an International People's Forum in Busan, Korea alongside the Busan APEC summit meeting on November 2005.

Call for International Mobilizations in Geneva : STOP the WTO Corporate Agenda , Geneva People's Alliance, 06/06/2005, Call for action: General Council of the Peoples, 27-30 July, and International Mobilization, 19-20 October, Geneva

Stop the GATS Power Play Against Citizens of the World, OWINFS members, 31/05/2005, This letter addresses the dangers of services liberalization and the current dynamics such as the attempt to change the process, among other things.

The Right of Developing Countries to Protect Poor Farmers and Agricultural Sectors in the Unbalanced and Unfair WTO Negotiations, Statement from Civil Society, 20/05/2005, Sign-on statement of civil society to be sent to ambassadors in Geneva and WTO Secretariat.

Open letter for a more inclusive and transparent process in agriculture negotiations, IATP, 06/05/2005, An open letter for a more inclusive and transparent process in agriculture negotiations.

Sign on letter to call for end to FIPS process in agriculture, A. Strickner, IATP, 03/05/2005, This is a sign on letter addressing the FIPS process and calling for an end and inclusion of all interested parties in agriculture negotiations.

List of actions for the International Peasant Struggle, owinfs webmaster, 17/04/2005, List of Actions to commemorate the day “April 17th“ of the International Peasant Struggle.

Llamamiento a Cancún: Suspensión de las negociaciones sobre el AGCS. Servicios básicos, como el agua, fuera de la OMC, IATP, 10/08/2003, Alegato de la sociedad civil a la 5a Conferencia Ministerial de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) en Cancún, 10-14 Septiembre 2003

Call to Cancun: Halt the GATS Negotiations. Take Essential Services, Such As Water, Out of the WTO., IATP, 10/08/2003, Call to Cancun Ministerial Conference to stop GATS negotiations.

NGOs Send Memo to WTO: , TWN, 13/07/2003, NGOs have sent a joint memorandum to the WTO members on The Need to Improve Internal Transparency and Participation in the WTO.

Via Campesina Denounces the Sacramento , Via Campesina, 01/06/2003, Via Campesina denounces the Sacramento "Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology" and insists that governments do not participate in this event


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