A Regular Bulletin Produced by the Transnational Institute

A Regular Bulletin Produced by the Transnational Institute

TNI believes that ASEM (Asia Europe Meeting) provides both a challenge and opportunity for direct engagement with the substantive issues of Asia Europe relations. To date the ASEM process has focused mainly on the area of economic co-operation, giving little attention to political and security dimensions. TNI together with partners in Asia undertakes both research and analysis on the wide range of strategic questions emerging from the ASEM process.

In this context, TNI has developed ASEM Watch to:

1. Disseminate information and analysis from a variety of sources on the emerging policy issues in ASEM and respond to an expressed need in the NGO-PO community for a more accountable and transparent process.
2. Accelerate the re-thinking of the major changes that are shaping a different and new Europe and Asia, and to develop a more strategic response to ASEM on a people-to-people basis.
3. Facilitate the development of an NGO-PO network in Europe and in Asia which will engage with the key concerns that go beyond the geo-economic and geo-political agenda of the official ASEM.

To subscribe to the ASEM Watch send an e-mail to: asia@tni.org.

Index

2003 - Volume 8

ASEM 91 (December)

• The Future in the Balance, by Walden Bello
  Acceptence speech during the presentation ceremony of the 2003 Right Livelihood Awards, Swedish Parliament, Stockholm, 8 December.

ASEM 90 (November)

• Commercialisation vs Public Services : The role of Citizens
  Campaign Strategies Against the Privatisation of Water.
  Report of Seminar, ESF Paris, 14 November 2003
• Water Privatisation in Manila and International Solidarity
  The Campaign of Manila's Water Vigilance Network against Suez and What You Can Do
  A report by Carla Montemayor at ESF Paris, 14 November 2003.

ASEM Watch 89 (October)

• A Shared Vision: The EU Water Policy and European Water Corporate Interests.
  Heinrich Böll Foundation Policy Paper, Charles Santiago, September 2003
• Water Privatisation in the South Report from International Strategy meeting Amsterdam, 16-18 October 2003
• Struggles Against Water Privatization in the South
  TNI/CEO Public Debate, Amsterdam, 18 October 2003

ASEM Watch 88 (September)

• Reports from Cancún, Mexico Dot Keet on behalf of African Peoples Caucus in Cancún 9-15 September 2003
• WTO Ministerial Collapses in Cancún
  Walden Bello, September 14
• Protest Letter of Mr. Lee Kyung-Hae, a Korean farmer who died in protest self-immolation in Cancún on September 10, 2003.

ASEM Watch 87 (September)

• The Cunning Bully - EU Bribery and Arm-twisting at the WTO [PDF]
  by Fatoumata Jawara, with contributions from Aileen Kwa. A Report by TNI/CEO, September 2003
  Summary of the report by Corporate Europe Observatory

ASEM Watch 86 (August)

• 5th ASEM Foreign Ministers Meeting Chairman's Statement Bali Indonesia, July 22-24, 2003
• EC Comunication New Partnership for South East Asia
• Vietnam to host ASEM 5
  www.vov.org.vn
  Vietnamnet

ASEM Watch 85 (July)

• Reclaim People's Security: from National Security to Global Security
  Counter-Terrorism in Asia and Europe.
  Liz Fekete
  TNI Briefing Series 5, July 2003

ASEM Watch 84 (June)

• Iraq & the Global Peace Movement
  Strategy Conference, Jakarta, Indonesia, 19-21 May 2003

ASEM Watch 83 (May)

• Advancing Alternatives to Water Privatisation
  A report from the seminar in Kyoto, Japan, 22 March 2003
• The Evian challenge: A Civil Society Call for the EU to Withdraw its GATS Water Requests

ASEM Watch 82 (March)

• Let Iraq and its Children Live
  Statement of the Asian Peace Mission on the Impending War on Iraq , Damascus, Syria March 19 2003
• Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) Statement
  By Yoo Duk-Sang, Amman, Jordan, March 19, 2003
• Asian Peace Mission reluctantly leaves Baghdad at the 11th hour
  By: Mary Louise F. Malig, March 18, 2003
• Springtime in Baghdad
  By: Walden Bello, Baghdad, March 16, 2003
• Expecting the Worst in Northern Iraq
  By Brendan Paddy, in Erbil, Northern Iraq, March 2003

ASEM Watch 81 (January)

• In memory of Shin Hyo-soon and Shim Mi-sun
• South Korean opposition to US military presence
• Korean Presidential Elections

2002 - Volume 7

ASEM Watch 80 (December)

• The Future of EU Development Co-operation
  South Asia's Lithmus Test, Mirjam van Reisen and Saskia Schellekens

ASEM Watch 79 (October)

• Asia Europe Business Forum – ASEM’s Corporate Bias, by Olivier Hoedeman

ASEM Watch 78 (October)

• Declaration of ASEM4People
• People’s Security is not for sale, by Sven Hansen
• ASEM 4: Disagreement on Iraq, unity in dealing with North- Korea, by Sven Hansen
• A reflection on the Asem4people, by Rae Street

ASEM Watch 77 (July)

• Introduction
• State and Politics in the Contemporary Arab World, Samir Amin
• Culture & Power: Globalisation, the West & the Islamic Resurgence, Tom Reifer, 2002
• "Islam, the West, and the World", by Imanuel Wallarstein, 1998

ASEM Watch 76 (July)

• Introduction
• Asem4People (Asia Europe People's Forum IV)
• Short backgrounds to the themes

ASEM Watch 75 (June)

• Introduction
• Philippines - Basilan: The Next Afghanistan?
• Malaysia - Mahathir in the headlines
• EU - European Parliament Statement on ISA
• Asia - International Conference: Democracy and Security of the People in the Asia Region

ASEM Watch 74 (April)

• Abolish ISA Campaign
• What is the ISA. Facts and analysis
• Memorandum of the Abolish the ISA Movement To the National Human Rights Commission of Malaysia
• Letter from Tian Chua
• Latest on Hunger Strike of ISA 6. Abolish ISA Movement Press Release
• Information and Campaigns on ISA

ASEM Watch 73 (March)

• TNI Press Release: International Peace Mission Exposes US War Strategy in Southern Philippines
• International Peace Mission Visit to Basilan and Zamboanga, Opening Statement, Press Conference, 27 March 2002 by Walden Bello
• Setting Up the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) by Joel Rocamora

ASEM Watch 72 (February)

Special Report: President Bush visit to North East Asia

• What to Do with the Ominous Cloud over the Korean Peace Process?, by Dr. Haksoon Paik
• Open letter to President bush by the Forum for Peace
• Statement by Women Making Peace and Women's Peace Action against War
• The Nort Korean Threat: Fact and Fiction, by Wilbert van der Zeijden
• Bush Focuses on Economics, Security in Japan, IPS
• France Raises Terror War Concerns, CNN.com, 7 February
• Turning the Philippines into Another Afganistan, by Brid Brennan

2001 - Volume 6

ASEM Watch 71 (October)

The Struggle for Labour Rights in South Korea
The ISA Situation in Malaysia

• Latest Developments
• Urgent Appeal
• What YOU can do
• Amnesty International Statement on Medical Situation of Detainees (PDF)

ASEM Watch 70 (August)

The Korean Peninsula - International Conference

ASEM Watch 69 (July)

The Korean Peninsula

• Introduction
• Announcement of International Conference
• Korean Celebration of First Anniversary of North-South Summit 2000
• South-North exchange anniversary messages
• EU-delegation visit to Korea
• Dogfight Over Seoul

ASEM Watch 68 (May)

Urgent Appeal to Support International Campaign to Abolish the Malaysian Internal Security Act (ISA)
EU to Exclude Burma from its "Everything but Arms" (EBA) Initiative
"Dogging" the Footsteps of the US by Achin Vanaik

ASEM Watch 67 (March)

Asian Nations Launch Regional "World Economic Forum"
Strengthening ASEAN Integration: Taking a Single Stand on Human Rights

2000 - Volume 5

ASEM Watch 66 (December)

ASEM III Chairman's Statement
Seoul Declaration for Peace on the Korean Peninsula

ASEM Watch 65 (December)

Asia Europe Cooperation Framework

ASEM Watch 64 (November)

ASEAN Leaders Close Ranks to Support Burma, The Nation
EU-ASEAN Meeting, Letter by European Burma Groups

ASEM Watch 63 (November)

Trade Union Statement to the 3rd ASEM Summit

ASEM Watch 62 (November)

ASEM and the New Politics of Development, by Gareth Api Richards

ASEM Watch 61 (November)

The Korea Declaration
Rethinking ASEM and the Role of Social Actors, by Francis Daehoon Lee

ASEM Watch 60 (October)

The Spirit of Seoul, by Brid Brennan

ASEM Watch 59 (September)

European Parliament Resolution on Burma

ASEM Watch 58 (September)

US Defense Secretary Cohen's Visit to Asia
Korean Delegation Goes to US

ASEM Watch 57 (August)

The Korea Summit by Han-Sung-Joo
The Inter-Korea Summit: What Lies Beneath by Won-Ki Choi

ASEM Watch 56 (August)

Korean Conference of Trade Unions (KCTU) action plan
US Forces Korea (USFK) dump toxic chemicals

ASEM Watch 55 (August)

Response by Ed Shepard of AMRC to China-WTO article
Message from Aung San Suu Kyi to the ASEAN
Japan-EU Summit
G8 Summit Okinawa

ASEM Watch 54 (July)

Report Asia Workshop, Geneva Alternative Summit, 22 June 2000
Programme Europe-Asia Civil Society Summit, Lisbon, 22-23 June 2000

ASEM Watch 53 (July)

Report from the Recent Meeting of the International Organising Committee of the ASEM 2000 People's Forum

ASEM Watch 52 (June)

Don't Strengthen the WTO by Admitting China by Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh and Bama Athreya
Globalized Weaponry, by Tamar Gabelnick and Anna Rich, Arms Sales Monitoring Project

ASEM Watch 51 (May)

Perspectives and Priorities for the ASEM Process into the New Decade
Working Document of the Commission
COM 2000 (241), 18 April 2000

ASEM Watch 50 (April)

NGO Activties - ASEM 3:
The Meeting of the International Organising Committee (IOC) of the ASEM 2000 People's Forum (Seoul, February 2000)
The Meeting of the European Organisations Participating in the ASEM Prepatory Process, held in Brussels (14 March, 2000)

ASEM Watch 49 (March)

Declarations and Resolutions of the Nuclear Disarmament Conference
Dhaka, 18-20 February 2000
UNCTAD and Civil Society. Towards our Common Goals
Official Statement

ASEM Watch 48 (Jnuary)

EU Arms Embargo to Indonesia Lifted
Mahathir's Legitimacy in Doubt Amidst Victory
Eleven Peaceful Protesters Arrested in Malaysia

ASEM Watch 46 (January)

ENAAT Campaign: Extend the arms embargo to Indonesia

1999 - Volume 4

ASEM Watch 45 (December)

The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis and Asian Progressives
Joel Rocamora, 20 December 1999
Notes on the Recent Malaysian Elections
Charles Santiago

ASEM Watch 45 (October)

CHAIR STATEMENT
Second ASEM Economic Ministers' Meeting
Berlin, 10 October 1999

ASEM Watch 44 (October)

Declaration of the Teagu Round
South Korea, October 1999

ASEM Watch 43 (September)

East Timor Bulletin

ASEM Watch 42 (August)

Report from the Fifth ASEM Senior Officials Meeting on Trade and Investment (SOMTI V)
Brussels, 12 July 1999

ASEM Watch 41 (July)

For A Better Tomorrow
Asia Europe Partnership in the 21st Century
Asia Europe Vision Group Report

ASEM Watch 40 (April)

Chairman's Statement
2nd ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Berlin, 29 March 1999

ASEM Watch 39 (March)

Strengthening Democracy and Human Rights in Asia and Europe
Resolution of International Conference, Berlin, 26-28 March 1999

ASEM Watch 38 (May)

Europe-Asia Dialogue at the Hague Appeal for Peace
The Hague, 12-13 May 1999

ASEM Watch 37 (February)

EU-ASEAN and the Case of Burma

1998 - Volume 3

ASEM Watch 36 (August)

From ASEM 2 to ASEM 3
Asia Europe Meeting

ASEM Watch 35 (August)

Keynote Speech
The Asia Europe Young Leaders Symposium
Baden-Vienna, 25 May 1998

ASEM Watch 34 (July)

Proposal, Approach and Topics for Discussion, List of Members
Asia Vision Group
London, April 4, 1998

ASEM Watch 33 (April)

Civil Society Groups Demand a Real Say in the ASEM Process
Asia Europe People's Forum
London, March 31-April 1, 1998

Asia Turmoil, Rights Link Made
People's Alternative State Reception
London, April 2, 1998

ASEM Watch 32 (April)

Action Not Gimmicks: Asia Europe People's Forum Rejects Proposed Trust Fund
Asia Europe People's Forum
London, March 31-April 1, 1998

ASEM Watch 31 (April)

The Asia Europe People's Forum
London, March 31-April 1, 1998

ASEM Watch 30 (April)

ASEM 2 Financial Statement
The Financial and Economic Situation in Asia
London, April 3, 1998

ASEM Watch 29 (April)

ASEM 2 Chairman's Statement
London, April 4, 1998

ASEM Watch 28 (March)

Recommendations to ASEM 2
Conference on the Social and Political Dimensions of the Asian Economic Crisis
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 23 and 24 March 1998

ASEM Watch 27 (March)

ASEM Resolution on the ASEM Process (Europe-Asia Relations)
European Parliament, Brussels

ASEM Watch 26 (March)

A Human Rights Agenda for ASEM
Comments for ASEM 2
Amnesty International

ASEM Watch 25 (March)

The East Asian Financial Crisis: Back to the Future?
Yilmaz Akyüz

ASEM Watch 24 (March)

A People's Vision Towards a More Just, Equal and Sustainable World
Final Draft, February 17, 1998
Statement to be signed by citizens, community and people's organisations in Asia and Europe to be presented at ASEM2

ASEM Watch 23 (January)

A Void in Myanmar: Civil Society in Burma
David I. Steinberg

ASEM Watch 22 (January)

Addicted to Capital: The Ten-year High and Present-day Withdrawal Trauma of Southeast Asia's Economies
Walden Bello, TNI Fellow

1997 - Volume 2

ASEM Watch 21 (June)

Background Note. The ASEM Process Overview, Follow-up Activities and Upcoming Events
European Commission. Directorate 1 and 1B. October 1997

ASEM Watch 20 (June)

Chairman's Statement. Seventh Draft by Japan
ASEM Economic Ministers' Meeting. Makuhari, Japan, 27-28 September 1997

ASEM Watch 19 (June)

Framework for Trade Facilitation Action Plan (TFAP)
ASEM Economic Ministers' Meeting. Makuhari, Japan, 27-28 September 1997

ASEM Watch 18 (June)

The Asia Europe Investment Promotion Plan (IPAP)
July 29, 1997

ASEM Watch 17 (June)

The Asia Europe Foundation: Agreed Principles

ASEM Watch 16 (June)

EU: Proposals for the Political Dialogue in the ASEM Process

ASEM Watch 15 (June)

The Single Currency: A Debate That May Not Happen
Howard Wachtel, TNI Fellow

ASEM Watch 14 (June)

Little Room for Voices of Freedom in Indonesia
Sonny Inbaraj

ASEM Watch 13 (June)

The situation of human rights in East Timor
The Commission on Human Rights
Geneva, 16 April 1997
UNHRC 53 Sends a Clear Message to Indonesia
Analysis by Stephen Baranyi, CIIR

ASEM Watch 12 (September)

Situation in Burma
General Assembly of European development NGOs
Meeting in Brussels on 11-12 April 1997
Burma endangers future Asem-Europe relations
The Nation, September 4, 1997
Kavi Chongkittavorn in Bangkok

ASEM Watch 11 (February)

Chairman's Statement
The First ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting
Singapore, 15 February 1997

ASEM Watch 10 (February)

Amnesty International
European Union Association News Service 18/96
Brussels, 11 February 1997

ASEM Watch 9 (February)

Five Principles of the ASEM political dialogue
Singapore, Kompas

ASEM Watch 8 (February)

Joint Declaration
The Twelfth ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting
Singapore, 13-14 February 1997

ASEM Watch 7 (February)

Burma Briefing Paper
Pietje Vervest, BCN/TNI

ASEM Watch 6 (February)

Britain Pushes for India's Inclusion in ASEM
CIIR, London

ASEM Watch 5 (February)

Update on EU's Policy towards East Timor
CIIR, London

1996 - Volume 1

ASEM Watch 4 (December)

• The Feminization of Migrant Labour in Asia:
  Disturbing Realities and its Challenges for Action
  Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo

ASEM Watch 3 (December)

• The Dynamics of European Development:
  A View for Asia
  Andy Rutherford, One World Action
• From Phoney Debate to Unholy Alliance
  Yash Ghai, University of Hong Kong

ASEM Watch 2 (December)

• Chairman's Statement
  Asia Europe Meeting, Bangkok, 2 March 1996
• Co-chairman's Summary
  from the ASEM Senior Officials Meeting on Trade and Investment (SOMTI)
  held in Brussels on July 25, 1996

ASEM Watch 1 (December)

• Asia Europe NGO Network an Impulse for the 21st Century
• Recommendations to the ASEM from the Asia Europe NGO Conference on the Future of Asian-European Relations
• Follow-up of Asia Europe Meeting - Background Note