[MAPC-discuss] Fwd: Unionists From 100 Countries' Statement on

[MAPC-discuss] Fwd: Unionists From 100 Countries' Statement on

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>Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:37:56 -0500
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>800 Unionists from 100 Countries Adopt Statement on
>Terrorism; ICFTU Damns WTO Deal
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>International Metalworkers Federation Congress adopts statement on
terrorism
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>800 delegates from 100 countries adopt a statement on the struggle against
>terrorism.
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>SYDNEY: The 30th IMF World Congress, composed of 800 delegates from 100
>countries, has adopted a statement on the struggle against terrorism.
>
>"Although not a unanimous vote, the overwhelming majority in favor of the
>statement shows that we are able to put aside our differences and personal
>views, and unite behind a call for the fight against terrorism," IMF
>assistant general secretary Brian Fredricks says.
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>"In addressing the question of terror, the Congress also - in a spirit of
>solidarity - addresses the issue of poverty," Fredricks stresses.
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>Below follows the text of the adopted statement, in English. Links to the
>statement in other languages can be found at the bottom of this page.
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>IMF Statement on the Struggle against Terrorism
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>The IMF and its affiliates meeting at the IMF's 30 World Congress in
>Sydney, Australia from 11-15 November 2001, reiterate their outrage and
>condemnation of the terrorist attacks in the USA on September 11, 2001
>which led to the death of over 5,000 innocent American and foreign
>civilians, and injured thousands more. We express our full solidarity,
>sympathy and friendship with the families of the victims in the USA and
>abroad..
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>This unprecedented terrorist act is an attack on the fundamental human
>rights to freedom, security and self-determination. It is an attack on the
>human dignity of all peoples and the basic values of peace and democracy
>which the international trade union movement has upheld and fought for
>throughout its entire history.
>
>Terrorism such as on September 11 in the USA or in any other forms has no
>place in our world. The IMF and its affiliates support the global efforts
>to combat terrorism, and urges nations to make common cause in bringing to
>justice and punishing those responsible for the barbarism and cruelty of
>the September 11 attacks.
>
>This Congress recognizes that military actions as authorized by
>international law should be conducted so as to serve a primary goal to
>protect innocent civilian lives.
>
>That is why the IMF also calls on the international community to take all
>possible measures for the protection of the rights and well-being of
>innocent civilians and refugees in its struggle against terrorism.
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>Moreover, the international community must address the root causes that
>swell the ranks of terrorists. The fight against terrorism must remove the
>appeal of fanatical causes by dealing with poverty and underdevelopment,
>displacement, desperation and bitterness that are nurtured by a
>fundamentally unjust global order. Poverty, injustice and policies that
>favor one people over another invariably provide recruits for the armies of
>the intolerant.
>
>The fight against terrorism is also a fight against tax havens and lax
>financial regulations which, in the name of liberalism, have facilitated
>the financing of these murderous activities. The IMF has long struggled for
>appropriate measures to eliminate illegitimate financial transactions.
>
>Lasting peace can only be based on social progress and the full respect of
>human rights and self-determination everywhere in the world. It requires a
>broad international commitment to fight the glaring inequalities between
>and within countries and the implementation of even-handed policies with
>respect to contending national and ethnic groups. The IMF therefore urges
>its affiliates to build political pressure on their governments to take
>specific actions to foster democracy and a balanced economic and social
>development for all. This must also include policy initiatives by national
>governments towards the United Nations and other international institutions
>of global governance in furtherance of these goals.
>
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>[November 14, 2001]
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>IMF Congress News
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>       Resolution
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>       Resolution on the lifting of the Cuban Embargo
>       Noting:
>         The Cuban people have been under embargo by successive US
>         administrations for the past 41 years.
>         That all peoples have a fundamental right to determine their
social,
>         economic and political development.
>         That Cuba is subjected to unfair treatment, because it is
>singled out by
>         policy criteria that are not similarly applied to other states.
>         Cuba has succeeded in building a comprehensive public education
and
>         health sector that caters for its entire people without any
>         discrimination.
>         That the continuing embargo constitutes a violation of several
U.N.
>         resolutions and motions, which were adopted with an overwhelming
>         majority of UN member states.
>       Believing:
>         The embargo against Cuba violates not only the sovereignty
>of Cuba, but
>         impedes political developments that would allow the realisation of
its
>         peoples right to self-determination.
>         The embargo is obstructing the involvement of the Cuban people in
the
>         international community, and the restrictions resulting from it
are
>         hindering autonomous trade union development.
>         Like all humanity, the Cubans deserve a better life, including
full
>         political democracy and trade union rights, which are absent under
>         present conditions.
>       Therefore resolve:
>         To condemn in the strongest terms the embargo that has
>imposed enormous
>         suffering on the Cuban people.
>         To support the fight to lift the embargo, side by side with the
Cuban
>         people and many governments, trade unions, and NGO's which will
>         contribute to fostering democratic pluralism and trade union and
human
>         rights.
>         That IMF affiliates work with their national centres to
>ensure that the
>         ICFTU and the rest of the global labour movement intensifies the
>         campaign for the lifting of the embargo.
>       [November 12, 2001]
>

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