UN Experts Call for Global Financial Tax to Offset Costs of Economic Crisis

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New York, May 14 2012 11:05AM A group of United Nations independent experts today called on the European Union (EU) to take the lead in promoting the adoption of a global financial transaction tax that would offset the costs of the current economic crisis and protect basic human rights. “Where …

URGENT – Call to Action – 5th UN World Conference on Women in 2015

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A Call to Action in support of a Fifth World UN Conference of Women in 2015 (5WCW) Become part of its realization! April 2012 A statement by Elly Pradervand – WWSF CEO Member of the core lobby group since 2005 for a 5WCW For the past decades, a series of …

Ban Calls On G-20 Summit to Show Boldness to Solve Global Economic Crisis

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New York, Oct 25 2011  7:05PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the world’s biggest economies to heed the voices of global public protest at their G-20 summit next week and show the bold leadership needed to resolve the global economic crisis and achieve sustainable development. “The gathering force of public protest is …