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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
On Ramos replacing Razali as UN Envoy in Burma, Burma watchers to Ramos: Redeem yourself!
With reports that Former Philippine president Fidel Ramos is likely to succeed Malaysian Razali Ismail as UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s special envoy to Burma this week, Burma watchers in the Philippines said that if gets appointed by Annan, it is FVR’s “chance to redeem himself” for “pressing” the entry of Burma into the ASEAN in 1997. But Burma watchers warned that they will closely watch all the actions of the former Philippine president.
Rights groups slam extension of Suu Kyi’s detention, tell UN: WE TOLD YOU SO!
Rights groups based in the Philippines demanding for the return of democracy and justice in military ruled-Myanmar today assailed the recent move of the military junta in Burma to extend the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) for another year. The groups also slammed the United Nations for indicating that a recent trip there by one of its high officials had paved the way for the potential release of Syu Kyi and the opening up of the regime to talk about reforms.
Statement of the Asia Pacific Solidarity Coalition on the current situation in Timor Leste
Together with most of its ardent supporters worldwide, the events in Timor Leste these last two days has raised deep concern and anxiety on the state of this fledgling nation that we have accompanied in its struggle for liberation.
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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.