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NGOs Critical of "Consultation About Consultation"
Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 3:05 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
NGOs Critical Of 'Consultation About Consultation' On Regional Trade Agreement 23 March 2012 Non government organisations from the Pacific and Australia have criticised next weeks consultations on a regional free trade agreement due to the absence of ... More >>
Pacific Civil Society Says: Seabed Mining Not Sustainable
Monday, 5 December 2011, 9:48 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
As we move toward the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20 in June 2012 ,[1] and in view of the Nadi Conference on Seabed Mining co-organised by the government of Fiji and the International Seabed Authority [2], we the undersigned civil society ... More >>
Vanuatu: Free Speech More Important Than Free Trade
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 9:58 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
In the lead up to International Human Rights Day on December 10th 2011, we the undersigned Vanuatu, Pacific and international organisations express our deep solidarity and support for the ongoing struggles of local communities, NGOs, Churches, Chiefs and ... More >>
Countries show solidarity for independent trade advisor body
Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 10:54 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
Countries show solidarity for independent trade advisor body (SUVA, Monday, March 21, 2011) – Forum island countries have taken another step towards their own independent body for advice on trade with the Office of the Chief Trade Advisor (OCTA) now established ... More >>
Pacific should not be used as a testing ground
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 2:36 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
Two campaign organizations, based in Fiji and Papua New Guinea, have joined forces to denounce plans for the Pacific to be used as the testing ground for deep-sea mining. ACT NOW! and the Pacific Network on Globalization say the Pacific region has already ... More >>
Australian and NZ bullying In Pacific
Friday, 31 July 2009, 11:27 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
Today the General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches has released a report documenting the use of ‘power politics’ by the Australian and New Zealand governments to push Pacific island countries to launch free trade negotiations at ... More >>
NZ bullying Over Pacific Free Trade Deal - Report
Friday, 31 July 2009, 11:02 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
Today the General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches has released a report documenting the use of ‘power politics’ by the Australian and New Zealand governments to push Pacific island countries to launch free trade negotiations at ... More >>
Pacific trade ministers slam EU bullying in trade
Saturday, 19 April 2008, 11:45 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
PRESS RELEASE Pacific trade ministers slam EU bullying in trade deal Pacific trade ministers have slammed the European Union's approach to negotiating a new trade deal with the Pacific island countries as divisive, harsh and unnecessarily domineering. More >>
Globalisation for Alcohol Use in the Pacific
Tuesday, 28 September 2004, 5:26 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
Implications of Globalisation for Alcohol Use in the Pacific – The case of the Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement More >>
Civil Society Statement On EPA Negotiations
Monday, 13 September 2004, 10:06 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
Statement of civil society organizations from workshop on negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the Pacific ACP states and the European Union, 7 September 2004, Suva. More >>
A People’s Guide to PACER released
Wednesday, 25 August 2004, 9:54 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) has released a user-friendly report on the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) and the potential implications of a free trade agreement between Pacific island countries and Australia and New ... More >>
No more secret negotiations - PANG
Monday, 5 April 2004, 10:13 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
Pacific governments must draw back their veil of secrecy and engage in open, informed, and participatory debate and discussions with their people on the trade and political negotiations they are drawn into, says the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG). More >>
Launch of Trade Report
Monday, 5 April 2004, 10:11 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
Pacific governments must draw back their veil of secrecy and engage in open, informed, and participatory debate and discussion with its peoples on the trade and political negotiations they are drawn into, says the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG). More >>
Report Accuses Australia & NZ Of Bullying Pacific
Monday, 5 April 2004, 10:10 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
A report that is highly critical of Australia and New Zealand’s behaviour towards the Pacific Islands, Big Brothers Behaving Badly – The Implications of the PACER Agreement for the Pacific Islands, ( pang.org.fj/www.arena.org.nz ) prepared by Auckland ... More >>
Low Applications From Pacific For Youth Parliament
Tuesday, 25 November 2003, 1:51 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
According to organisers, at present they only have three applications from the Pacific, (out of the 332 applications so far from around the world), one from Fiji, one from Micronesia, one from PNG. The application forms are available from website www.iyp.oxfam.org ... More >>
‘Drau-ni-Salato’ Award for worst TNC in Fiji
Monday, 24 November 2003, 9:39 am | Pacific Network on Globalisation
The public will be involved in a symbolic ‘drau-ni-salato’ award to be granted for the worst transnational corporation (TNC) or company operating in the Fiji Islands in 2003. More >>
Award For Worst TNC Or Company In Fiji In 2003
Friday, 21 November 2003, 3:02 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) and Ecumenical Centre for Research, Education and Advocacy (ECREA) will be holding a media conference to launch, introduce and explain the inaugural ‘drau-ni-salato’ award for the worst Transnational Corporation ... More >>
Fiji NGOs Share PNG Concerns On R.D Tuna Operation
Wednesday, 22 October 2003, 3:15 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
Foreign companies abusing the poor working conditions in the Pacific islands, ignoring local communities and damaging the environment, will risk boycotts and isolation of their products regionally and internationally, two Fiji-based NGOs said today. More >>
PANG and ECREA Welcome PAFCO Resolution
Thursday, 25 September 2003, 2:57 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) and the Ecumenical Centre for Research, Education and Advocacy (ECREA) welcomes the reported resolution of the PAFCO dispute. More >>
Boycott PAFCO and Bumble Bee products
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 5:38 pm | Pacific Network on Globalisation
- Media release from PANG and ECREA and below background speech by Senator Atu Emberson Bain in the Fiji Senate12/09/03. - More >>