ASIA-HUMAN RIGHTS: LEADERS URGED TO DISCUSS RIGHTS SITUATION

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  August 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......skirt around the sensitive subject of human rights, but if campaigners have their way...last week, officials of the region's human rights commissions met foreign ministers of...propose the creation of a "regional human rights mechanism." "We're trying to renew...Indonesia's National ...

Human rights and international business

USA Today;  November 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......particular case was the matter of human rights in Burma (renamed Myanmar...ASEAN despite its record of human rights abuses and authoritarian...intervened on the side of human rights activists. The Clinton Administration...democracy and began to observe human ...

VOA NEWS: ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS CHARTER TO INCLUDE HUMAN...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 30, 2007 ;     446 words ......Manila to create a human rights body in the draft...Asian Nations, or ASEAN, closer to having...ministers of the 10 ASEAN members overcame fierce...for its poor human rights record, initially...creation of the human rights commission. Some other ASEAN ...

The Declaration 60 years on: A triumph of humanity; (Statement at the UN...

Manila Bulletin;  March 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ......international community to advance human rights. Already, we have strengthened the...our agencies to protect and promote human rights. The Philippines is one of the few...ratified all seven core international human-rights treaties. Last year, I signed the Convention...Universal ...

4 ASEAN nations want regional human rights body.(Main News)

Manila Bulletin;  February 1, 2008 ;     634 words ......Vera The national human rights institutions (NHRIs...body to deal with human rights violations in the...the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), said her...bloc's proposed human rights body. We'd rather have an independent human rights body for the ...

All members should be included in ASEAN human rights body: experts

Xinhua News Agency;  June 13, 2008 ;     299 words ......should be included in ASEAN human rights body: experts SINGAPORE...Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) said here on Friday...included in a future human rights body for the regional...part of the future human rights body. Most experts attending the ASEAN human ...

Human rights subject remains in ASEAN agenda: official

Xinhua News Agency;  June 14, 2003 ;     274 words ...Human rights subject remains in ASEAN agenda: official PHNOM PENH, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The subject of human rights remains in the ASEAN agenda and ASEAN...during their coming meetings. Closing the ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting Saturday, ASEAN...the senior ...

ASEAN Charter pioneers human rights mechanism in grouping:Malaysian...

Xinhua News Agency;  November 20, 2007 ;     140 words ...ASEAN Charter pioneers human rights mechanism in grouping:Malaysian official KUALA...in Singapore on Tuesday will pave the way for a human rights mechanism to be in place in the 10-member regional...said here Tuesday. The charter, which stresses on human rights' principles, can bethe ...

Human rights to be on agenda, NATION

The Nation (Thailand);  July 25, 2000 ;     629 words ......ASEAN has decided to put the issue of human rights and the creation of a regional body...an appropriate regional mechanism on human rights. Seven years have elapsed, but Asean...group called Working Group for An Asean Human Rights Mechanism discussed ways to ...

COOK BRINGS HIS HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA TO ASEAN

The Nation (Thailand);  September 8, 1997 ;     700+ words ......policy, with its emphasis on human rights, faces its first test in...Korea and seven of the nine Asean members. ''Until the military junta...sales to Indonesia over human rights issues and the East Timor...light of our commitment to human rights". The criteria will be ...

Co-operation with Other ASEAN Members

Southeast Asian Affairs;  January 1, 2001 ;     649 words ......the division between older and newer ASEAN members and on economic initiatives. Foreign...Singapore has refrained from pressing other ASEAN members, and instead given more emphasis to...announced initiatives to assist the newer ASEAN members in training and other measures to ...

SALES OF COAL TO ASEAN MEMBERS INCREASES RAPIDLY.

Indonesian Commercial Newsletter;  September 9, 1991 ;     89 words ...Indonesia's coal exports to ASEAN members have increased rapidly over the recent...exported a total of 1,026,000 tons to ASEAN members with the following break-down: 628...In 1991, Indonesia's coal exports to ASEAN members are expected to reach between 1.5 and...

Asean members lack trust

New Straits Times;  June 19, 2008 ;     186 words ...New Straits Times 06-19-2008 Asean members lack trust Edition: Main/Lifestyle...a "continuing lack of trust" among Asean members. "They could have used mechanisms such...of Malaysia. Earlier, she said that Asean members needed a strong community to face the...

Japan asked to extend economic pact to all ASEAN members

Xinhua News Agency;  December 13, 2005 ;     284 words ......asked to extend economic pact to all ASEAN members KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The...prevent the rise of "two classes of ASEAN members." Currently, Japan already has bilateral...Japan may give rise to two classes of ASEAN members, those with full bilateral EPAs with...

Guangxi trade with ASEAN members hits record high

Xinhua News Agency;  January 21, 2004 ;     193 words ...Guangxi trade with ASEAN members hits record high NANNING, Jan...Guangxi's total imports and exports to ASEAN members. Border trade exports rose 52...largest trade partner of the 10 ASEAN members. The total trade volume between...