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2003/06/09
First Social Watch Indian Report launched
The National Social Watch coalition launched the "First Citizens Report on Governance and Development" on June 9, 2003, in New Delhi, India.

2003/05/18
Iraq: Who pays the cost? Nº 5
On May 18th 2003, the Iraqui Al-Amal Association, the national Social Watch Focal Point, has issued a newsletter on the Iraq war focusing on the analysis of the cost of the war for civilian people.

2003/05/13
IMF-World Bank-WTO Close Ranks Around Flawed Economic Policies
On May 13th, senior officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and World Trade Organization (WTO) will meet  in Geneva ostensibly to promote greater “coherence” amongst their policies. There are good reasons to be concerned. Over the past decades, the IMF and the World Bank have systematically  promoted controversial policy reforms in developing countries.

2003/05/06
Iraq: Who pays the cost? Nº 3/4
On May 6th 2003, the Iraqui Al-Amal Association, the national Social Watch Focal Point, has issued a newsletter on the Iraq war focusing on the analysis of the cost of the war for civilian people.

2003/04/16
War on Iraq: the social cost
News and analysis by civil society organizations focusing on the cost of the war for civilian people.

2003/04/14
Iraq: Who pays the cost? N° 2
On April 14th 2003, the Iraqui Al-Amal Association, the national Social Watch Focal Point, has issued a newsletter on the Iraq war focusing on the analysis of the cost of the war for civilian people.

2003/04/13
April 13, A National Day for Memory
Like every year at the same period of time, the «Committee of the Parents of the Kidnapped and Missing Persons in Lebanon» works on popularizing its action, breaking the isolation to which the authorities try to confine it and bringing its claims to a successful conclusion. This year, due to the war prevailing in Iraq, the committee’s activity is likely to be marginalized and thus needs your active solidarity.

2003/04/10
Human Rights and Globalization
Establishing linkages between the processes of globalization and the realization of the human rights.

2003/04/08
Iraq: Who pays the cost? N° 1
On April 8th 2003, the Iraqui Al-Amal Association, the national Social Watch Focal Point, has issued a newsletter on the Iraq war focusing on the analysis of the cost of the war for civilian people.

2003/04/03
Recognize the right to adequate housing, demands rapporteur
A firm recognition to the human right to adequate housing was demanded by the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing Miloon Kothari, in his annual report to the UN Human Rights Commission presented in Geneva on April 1st 2003. In his report he mentions the significant input that constitutes the 2003 Social Watch Report, “The Poor and the Market”. He also acknowledged that “he is inspired by the diligent work of civil society in supporting his mandate and contributing towards securing housing rights for all.”

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