Mission in Argentina
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Via Campesina (International Movement Peasants) and FIAN (International Organization of Human Rights), in the frame of Global Campaign for Agrarian Reform that impel together realized during the days 17th to 28th of April, 2004 a Mission of Investigation and Solidarity in Argentina, as part of Global Campaign for Agrarian Reform. This mission was realized with the organization and support of peasant organizations like MOCASE, APENOC, Red Puna, UST, MTD "Anibal Verón". The objective of Global Campaign for Agrarian Reform is to obtain the effective implementation of the programs of Agrarian Reform in the different countries, one of the strategies of the Campaign is the realization of International Fact-Finding Missions that allow to reflect the problems of implementation policies of agrarian reform in the respective countries.
Agricultural negotiations in WTO
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(signatories see below) For Immediate Release: April 23rd, 2004 Agriculture Negotiations at the World Trade Organization
The European Union and the United States Launch New Effort to Impose their Joint Pre-Cancun Ministerial Proposal for Agriculture Trade Over Broad Country and Civil Society Opposition by Pushing a "Framework" Agreement.
GENEVA - Through a series of meetings and consultations, the European Union (EU), the United States (US) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Secretariat staff are trying to re-vitalize the WTO "Doha Agenda" with agriculture as one of the key issues. Although the EU and the US appear open for dialogue, in reality there are no substantial changes in their negotiating positions. They still stick to their common pre-Cancun position on agriculture and continue to push for more access to agricultural markets, especially in Southern countries. Simultaneously, there is not the slightest indication that either the EU or the US are prepared to stop dumping agricultural products, that is exporting products at very low prices, below the cost of production. Dumping is only possible because of low internal market prices, combined with "green box" direct payments or other hidden export subsidies, all of which the WTO facilitates.
Commemoration of International Peasant Struggle Day
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Actions around the World April 17, 2004 International Day of Peasant StrugglePeasant and farmers movements together with social movements are protesting the policies of the World Bank, strengthening the struggle for land, and defending food sovereignty. On April 17th, the International Day of Peasant Struggle)°, a number of actions will take place in 26 countries. On this day, Vía Campesina organizations, together with other social movements, express their commitment to strengthening the struggle to defend the rights of peasants and rural women to land and food sovereignty. The Vía campesina, together with FIAN, denounce the policies of the World Bank which favours policies that concentrate land in fewer hands, turns land into a commodity, and promotes liberalization of markets thus destroying peasant productive capacity. We also denounce the complicity of the World bank in massive and systematic violations of the human rights of peasants and rural women.
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Commentary on land and rural development policies of the World Bank
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1. Introduction 2. Reaching the Poor: the new strategy for rural development 3. Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction: the Land Policy Research Report 4. Growth: always in first place 5. Land privatization 6. Land rental markets: the new panacea 7. The failure of the market-assisted land reform 8. Pacification for the stability of investments? 9. The Global Campaign for Agrarian Reform and the World Bank
