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Open Letter from Civil Society Organizations calling on the Council’s immediate action to ensure the protection of demonstrators
We are writing to express our deep concern over the safety of the peaceful demonstrators in Myanmar and urge you to take immediate action to ensure their protection and their fundamental right to freedom of peaceful assembly, expression and information.
About IID
Who we are
The Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) is a regional advocacy institution doing policy, campaigns and solidarity work to advocate for people-to-people solidarity through its peacebuilding and thematic work in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia.
Statements and Press Releases
No more widows, no more orphans, no more macho wars! Peace is the braver option!
We, the women leaders and representatives of the women in the Asia-Pacific region to the International Women’s Peace and Solidarity Mission to Basilan and Mindanao, express our solidarity to the people of Basilan especially the women, the children, and the elderly as the island province is facing the biggest challenge to their collective community life especially to their peace and security condition.
Regional conflict prevention group condemns killing of Korean hostages
The death of two Korean hostages in the hands of alleged Taliban kidnappers have left a gaping hole in the hearts of peace-loving citizens worldwide. Riddled with 10 bullet wounds in the different parts of his body, 42-year-old Bae Hyung-kyu did not deserve this brutal fate. Another still unidentified South Korean was found on the side of the road in the village of Arizo Kalley in Andar District, some 10 kilometers (5 miles) west of Ghazni city, We dread the lot of their 21 South Koreans companions still in the hands of the Taliban since19 July.
Stay the swords, give peace a chance
A global conflict prevention network in Southeast Asia urged both the Philippine government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to exhaust all remedies available to resolve the crisis spawned by the unfortunate July 10 Basilan tragedy without necessarily shedding more bloodshed and destruction to properties in the process. The Southeast Asia Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (SEA GPPAC) called on the protagonists to find peaceful means, no matter how tedious it may be, as a civilized way to address the Basilan crisis. At the same time, it expressed grave concern over the fate of the civilians — especially the children, women, and the elderly — who are vulnerable if the peace and security situation will turn to worse.
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What we do
Programs
peace process
Highlights various civil society engagement and advocacy initiatives on both formal and community-based peace processes happening in the Philippines as well those in the region through peacebuilding and conflict-transformation and people -to- people dialogue frameworks.
Right to self-determination and solidarity
Assertions of the fundamental right to self-determination have become more intense and popular as peoples in the region become more assertive and involved in various fora that openly talk about self-governance, autonomy, human rights, human security, and self-determination struggles.
Knowledge Management
Focuses on communicating the issues and challenges of peacebuilding and conflict prevention, right to self determination, peace process engagement and human security work of IID.
