CALD NEWS YOU CAN USE Week of 14 of October – 4 of November 2015

November 4, 2015 9:05 am Published by Leave your thoughts

 

CALD Conference on Sustainable Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda

 

A rock concert in cooperation with the Pasay City local government and Pasay City Youth Development Council (PYDC) was organized to present the reforms that help improve people’s lives, and give opportunites to allow them to fulfill their dreams. Diretso Lang advocates the continuity of these programs.

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy and the recently ousted National Assembly deputy president Kem Sokha were welcomed by a jubilant crowd at Phnom Penh International Airport yesterday evening. The pair arrived after a brief stop in Bangkok to visit two fellow Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) lawmakers who had been savagely beaten by protesters outside the National Assembly last week.

Read more:
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17447//

A French fruit and vegetable garden has grown a very special crop of apples for the upcoming climate summit in Paris. We unveil the secret of these mini works of art.

Read more:
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2015/10/20/cop21-apple-garden-protecting-the-climate-with-art-2/

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Sunday warned CNRP President Sam Rainsy that he could be prosecuted over the same forgery and incitement case that led to the arrest of opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour in August.

Read more:
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/98370-98370/

Announcements:

On 6-10 November 2015, the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) will be having its Mongolia Conference on Sustainable Development Goals and Executive Committee Meeting with the theme, “Realising the Sustainable Development Goals; Shaping the Post-2015 Development Agenda – The Role of Liberals”.   A CALD Women’s Caucus Seminar with the theme, “Women Leadership 20 Years After the Beijing Platform of Action”, will also take place.

FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION
Germany’s Friedrich Naumann Foundation Resume Work in Sri Lanka
October 14 2015
http://www.economynext.com/Germany_s_Friedrich_Naumann_Foundation_

resume_work_in_Sri_Lanka-3-3246-10.html

BURMA
Burma Elections 2015 – The Ethnic Minority Vote
November 4 2015
http://asiancorrespondent.com/2015/11/burma-elections-2015-the-ethnic-minority-vote/
Suu Kyu Calls for Unity in Divided Rakhine
October 19 2015
http://www.mizzima.com/news-election-2015-election-news/suu-kyi-calls-unity-divided-rakhine

CAMBODIA
Attack to the Members of Parliament
November 4 2015
https://www.facebook.com/iflryclimate/photos/a.727374650674964.1073741830.

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Sok Hour ‘Did Not Forge VN Treaty’
October 22 2015
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sok-hour-did-not-forge-vn-treaty
Kem Sokha Spells Out Path to Victory in 2018
October 20 2015
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kem-sokha-spells-out-path-victory-2018

LIBERAL INTERNATIONAL
VP Kasit Calls for Support to Draft New Thai Constitution
October 20 2015
http://www.liberal-international.org/site/VP_Kasit_calls_for_support_to_draft_new_Thai_Constitution.html

 

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