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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.
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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
Rights groups urge Asean to include Burma in summit agenda
Alarmed with reports that Burma, will likely escape strong pressure to implement democratic reforms when the ASEAN holds its annual summit in Cebu this week, rights groups Free Burma Coalition-Philippin es and the Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) today urged the regional bloc to include Burma in the agenda of the 12^th Asean Summit.
Solidarity group says “this is no Singapore”, calls Gonzales statement a disservice to Filipinos
This is not Singapore. Referring to the statement of Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales who says that protesters during the ASEAN Summit will be thrown “into the Mactan Straits and let the sharks eat them there”, the Asia-Pacific Solidarity Coalition (APSOC), an off-shoot of the Asia-Pacific Conference for East Timor (APCET), considered the statement irresponsible and a great disservice to the Filipino people.
APSOC message on the Anniversary of Flag Raising in West Papua
Forty-five years ago on December 1, 1961 the Papuan Morning Star Flag was raised in this land. On this occasion, as APSOC sends its delegation to West Papua, it extends its profound solidarity with the Papuan people to once again express its aspiration.
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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.