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Land Forum II - Middle East/ North Africa
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| “HUMAN RIGHTS, PEOPLE AND THE LAND” | |
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New Release of the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2010 |
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| "Land Grabbing and Nutrition: Challenges for Global Governance" | |
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Naomi Klein Issues Haiti Disaster Capitalism Alert: Stop Them Before They Shock Again |
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| Journalist and author Naomi Klein spoke in New York last night and addressed the crisis in Haiti: “We have to be absolutely clear that this tragedy—which is part natural, part unnatural—must, under no circumstances, be used to, one, further indebt Haiti and, two, to push through unpopular corporatist policies in the interest of our corporations. This is not conspiracy theory. They have done it again and again.” | |
Declaration of the Forum for Food Sovereignty |
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| Rome, 2009 | |
The world does not need more of the same medicine |
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| Joint written statement submitted to the Human Rights Council by Foodfirst Information and Action Network (FIAN International), Centre Europe - Tiers Monde (CETIM), ActionAid, Habitat International Coalition (HIC), International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH). | |
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Unfair trade and market policies make the Egyptian cotton farmers bear extreme losses |
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| Now, after the farmers were obligated to grow a certain crop, which is cotton in a very large area of land specified by the government, which is more than one third of Behira agrarian lands, they can't find anyone to buy their cotton, and the government has left them alone to face this crisis. | |
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The Land is for Farmers |
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| In addition to increasing poverty among farmers, during the past period, the Egyptian government traded in lands owned to the agrarian reform corporation, as a continuance of implementing the markets liberating policies in the field of agriculture. Who will protect farmers rights in the safety of their lands? | |
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Farmers Rights and Demands in Egypt |
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| On the occasion of the Egyptian Presidential and People's council elections (september 2005), the LCHR in collaboration with its' farmer partners in the different governorates have prepared the Farmers Document, and we hope that CSOs in Egypt organize campaigns to implement these demands for a better world and a safe and a decent ife for all Egyptians | |
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Two Sides to a Withdrawal |
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| Mixed feelings in Gaza. The beginning of the pullout of Israeli settlers from the Gaza Strip presents two contrasting pictures of two very differently placed people. While the Israelis are looking at comfortable compensation packages, thousands of Palestinians face the threat of starvation as a result of the Israeli pullout. | |
Hunger and Homelessness Awareness |
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| November: month for awareness | |
Habitat International Coalition General Secretariat |
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