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• Councils

  SANTO DOMINGO COUNCIL - At a turning point for a sustainable future - the Social Democratic Way Forward
  The Socialist International’s second Council meeting of the year took place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic under the title, 'At a turning point for a sustainable future - the Social Democratic Way Forward’. on 23 and 24 November, hosted by its member party, the Dominican Revolutionary Party PRD...
  23-24 November 2009
  
  

• Committees

  SI Committee on Disarmament meets in New York
  Members of the Socialist International Committee on Disarmament convened at the United Nations in New York on 17 November 2009, to discuss two themes which are central to the SI's agenda today: `Strengthening the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and Nuclear Disarmament' and `Missile Defence and new Arms Control...
  17 November 2009
  
  

• Committees

  SI Committee discusses Informal Labour at ILO in Geneva
  The Socialist International Committee on Economic Policy, Labour and National Resources met on 5-6 November at the headquarters of the International Labour Organisation ILO in Geneva, focussing its discussions on Informal Labour...
  05-06 November 2009
  
  

• Committees

  Calling for ‘a single shore’, the SI Mediterranean Committee meets in Barcelona
  With the vision of ‘a single shore’ for the Mediterranean, members of the SI Committee for that region convened in Barcelona on 5-6 October, to further discussions on a range of issues affecting the Mediterranean, under the two main themes...
  05-06 October 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  Declaration of the SI Mediterranean Committee
  A SINGLE SHORE: Democratic socialist parties of the Mediterranean met as so many times before, to debate within our International....
  05-06 October 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  Statement on the situation in Guinea
  The Socialist International expresses its strongest condemnation of the killings perpetrated by the Guinean army in dispersing the peaceful gathering organised by forces of the opposition on 28 September in the Stadium of Conakry, capital of Guinea...
  30 September 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  SI Presidium meeting at United Nations, New York
  This year’s SI Presidium meeting in connection with the General Assembly of the United Nations takes place on Wednesday 23 September...
  23 September 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  SI Presidium: The way forward on climate change and tackling the financial crisis
  Holding its second yearly meeting in conjunction with the opening of the general debate of the General Assembly at the United Nations, the Presidium of the Socialist International...
  23 September 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  Statement of the SI Presidium, United Nations, New York, 23 September 2009
  The fact that the world has avoided the “meltdown” that some feared a year ago does not mean that the world will soon return to robust growth, nor does it mean that we have adequately addressed the underlying problems which led to the crisis...
  23 September 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  Meeting of the Commission on Global Financial Issues in New York
  In advance of the meeting of the Presidium of the Socialist International at the headquarters of the United Nations, the Socialist International Commission on Global Financial Issues held a meeting on 21 September at the University of Columbia in New York with the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh and the current phase of the global financial crisis as the central theme of its discussions...
  21 September 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  Socialist International vigorously protests the sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi and calls for firm action on Burma
  The Socialist International is appalled at the persistence of the military junta in Burma in defying worldwide outcries demanding the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi, by condemning her to a further one and a half years of house arrest...
  11 August 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  Svend Auken
  It was with deep regret that the Socialist International learnt the news of the passing of Svend Auken, former leader of the Danish Social Democratic Party and former SI Vice President who died at the age of 66 of cancer on 4 August 2009...
  04 August 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  Douglas W. Payne
  The Socialist International is very sad to say goodbye to Doug Payne, a longstanding collaborator associated with numerous activities of the Socialist International...
  29 July 2009
  
  

• Councils

  MONTENEGRO COUNCIL - Working for a new global framework for the world economy, peace and security, democracy and the environment
  Under the main theme "Working for a new global framework for the world economy, peace and security, democracy and the environment", the SI Council met in Budva, Montenegro, on 29-30 June 2009, bringing together delegates from member parties and...
  29-30 June 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  SI condemns Coup d'Etat in Honduras
  The Council of the Socialist International, meeting today in Budva, Montenegro, condemns in the strongest terms the coup d’état against the government of President José Manuel Zelaya Rosales in Honduras...
  29 June 2009
  
  

• Committees

  From a time of crisis to a new era of inclusive partnership: SI Africa Committee meets in Dakar
  In advance of the Council meeting in Montenegro, the Socialist International Africa Committee met in Dakar, bringing together representatives from member parties across the African continent and from European member parties ...
  19-20 June 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  SI condemns terror in Spain
  The Socialist International condemns in the strongest terms the bomb attack carried out today in the City of Bilbao which took the life of police officer Eduardo Puelles. The International stands by the side of the entire Spanish people...
  19 June 2009
  
  

• Committees

  Global Welfare Statehood - the Nordic Experience: discussions of the SI Committee on Economic Policy, Labour and National Resources in Stockholm
  Members of the SI Committee on Economic Policy, Labour and National Resources met in Stockholm on 11-12 June 2009 to examine the example of the Nordic experience...
  11-12 June 2009
  
  

• Committees

  Meeting of the SI Committee on Social Cohesion, Poverty and HIV/AIDS in Vienna
  Following its establishment at the last Socialist International Council meeting in Mexico, the SI Committee on Social Cohesion, Poverty and HIV/AIDS, held its first meeting in Vienna, in the Austrian Parliament.
  22 May 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  Statement on Guatemala
  The Socialist International, having learnt with grave concern the events which have shaken Guatemala these past days, declares its full support for the government of Guatemala, its political institutions and democracy in that country...
  19 May 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  Socialist International condemns latest measures against Aung San Suu Kyi
  The Socialist International condemns the baseless legal measures brought against Aung San Suu Kyi by the military regime in Burma, demands that all charges against her be dropped and that she be immediately and unconditionally released...
  15 May 2009
  
  

• SWS Commission

  SI discussions on sustainable development with China
  Under the heading ‘High-Level Talks on Sustainable Development’, members of the Socialist International Commission for a Sustainable World Society held discussions with the Chinese Communist Party...
  14-15 May 2009
  
  

• Committees

  Common Security through disarmament: Meeting of the SI Committee on Disarmament in Berlin, 21 April 2009
  The first meeting of the SI Committee on Disarmament took place in Berlin on 21 April 2009 hosted by the Social Democratic Party of Germany, titled ‘Common Security through Disarmament’...
  21 April 2009
  
  

• Committees

  Committee for the CIS, the Caucasus and the Black Sea meets at United Nations in Geneva
  The Socialist International Committee for the CIS, the Caucasus and the Black Sea held its first meeting on 16-17 April, following its establishment at the last SI Council meeting in Valllarta, Mexico...
  16-17 April 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  Socialist International Delegation to El Salvador
  
  16 April 2009
  
  

• Committees

  Advancing a global welfare statehood: SI Committee on Economic Policy, Labour and National Resources meeting in London
  The SI Committee on Economic Policy, Labour and National Resources met on Monday 6 April 2009, bringing together representatives of SI member parties from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America...
  06 April 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  Raúl Alfonsín
  It was with great sadness the Socialist International learnt of the passing of former Argentinean President Raúl Alfonsín, one of Latin America’s most respected leaders and a champion of democratic freedoms...
  01 April 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  For a Progressive Response to the Global Financial Crisis: SI Commission on Global Financial Issues meeting in New York
  The SI Commission on Global Financial Issues met in New York on 31 March in advance of the G-20 summit to be held in London to address the global financial crisis...
  
  Message to the London G-20 Summit from the Socialist International Commission on Global Financial Issues, New York 31 March 2009
  31 March 2009
  
  

• Committees

  Latin America and the Caribbean in the global financial crisis: Meeting of the SI Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean in Guatemala
  Meeting in La Antigua Guatemala (World Cultural Heritage site), Guatemala, on 23-24 March 2009, the Socialist International Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean held in-depth discussions on issues of major concern to the region...
  23-24 March 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  Socialist International delegation in El Salvador
  A delegation of the Socialist International visited El Salvador on the occasion of the elections held on March 15 to elect the President and Vice-President of this Central American country...
  16 March 2009
  
  

• SWS Commission

  Africa and climate change at top of agenda for SWS Commission
  Leaders and ministers from different governments led by Socialist International member parties in Africa were united in their message at the meeting of the SI Commission for a Sustainable World Society, held in Cape Town, South Africa, on Monday 2 March...
  02 March 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  Socialist International strongly condemns assassination of President Vieira in Guinea-Bissau
    The Socialist International strongly condemns the assassination of President Joao Bernardo Vieira by members of the army in Guinea-Bissau, as well as the killing of the armed forces chief of staff that preceded it, and calls for the restoration of constitutional order in the country.   The International has followed with great concern the recent political difficulties in Guinea-Bissau and reiterates its firm view that there never...
  02 March 2009
  
  

• Comment

  Opting for peace in the Middle East
  With shock and deep dismay the Socialist International has been following the abhorrent violence in Gaza into which the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has now descended, with the tragic and totally unacceptable loss of human life and the mounting humanitarian crisis.   The International has been closely involved in the Middle East region for many years, working side by side with both its Israeli and Palestinian members, not only in the...
  11 January 2009
  
  

• Comment

  Inauguration Speech By President Professor John Evans Atta Mills
    Madam Speaker,   Vice-President John Dramani Mahama, Her Ladyship Chief Justice, Hon. Members of Parliament, Our Chiefs and Queen Mothers, My fellow Ghanaians.   I wish to begin by acknowledging the presence of my two predecessors; former President Jerry John Rawlings and former President John Agyekum Kufuor.   On behalf of our nation I salute you, Your Excellencies.   I recognize your invaluable experience and...
  07 January 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  Socialist International congratulates Mills on presidential victory, praises Ghana’s democracy
  The Socialist International congratulates John Atta Mills on his victory in the run-off presidential election in Ghana and commends all the participants and the people of Ghana as a whole for successfully carrying out the voting in an orderly, peaceful and democratic manner. Ghana has again provided, through the diligent work of its institutions and the general spirit of tolerance among its citizens and political leaders, an excellent...
  05 January 2009
  
  

• Press Releases

  Socialist International condemns terrorist attacks in Mumbai
    The Socialist International strongly condemns the terrorist attacks carried out in Mumbai and calls upon the world community to stand strongly with the people of India and their government in this time of tragedy and sorrow.   No political or social cause can justify such horrible attacks, particularly the targeting of civilians and the appalling loss of innocent lives as has been seen in Mumbai.   The International...
  27 November 2008
  
  

• Councils

  MEXICO COUNCIL - A Global Social Democratic Response to the World Financial Crisis
  Members of the Socialist International Council from all continents convened in Mexico on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 November, hosted by the organisation’s two member parties in that country...
  17-18 November 2008
  
  

• Press Releases

  Socialist International welcomes Obama victory
  The Socialist International welcomes the victory of Barack Obama in the U.S. elections and sees in it the hope for a world community based more on cooperation, mutual understanding and respect rather than antagonism and discord. The International recognises that in many ways the choice of Obama by the American people is also a victory for diversity not only in the United States but throughout the world, as it provides tremendous inspiration...
  05 November 2008
  
  

• Press Releases

  Tackling the global financial crisis: For a new relationship between government and the market
  The SI Commission on Global Financial Issues met in Vienna on 3 November, for the first of a series of meetings, and in advance of the Socialist International Council in Mexico on 17-18 November where tackling the global financial crisis will be at the top of the agenda...
  03 November 2008
  
  

• Press Releases

  Socialist International deeply concerned about situation in eastern Congo
  The Socialist International is deeply concerned about the situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and calls for immediate and enhanced efforts by the world community to end the violence and address the mounting humanitarian crisis before it becomes an even greater catastrophe. Despite the peace accord signed in January of this year, armed conflict between insurgents, militias and DRC government forces has...
  01 November 2008
  
  

• Press Releases

  Socialist International leaders address global financial crisis in meeting at United Nations
  

  Tackling the global financial crisis was the central concern at the Socialist International Presidium meeting, which counted with the participation of a number of Heads of State and Government and Heads of United Nations agencies, held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on 26 September on the occasion of the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly...

  STATEMENT ON THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS The financial crisis deeply affecting the world today...

  
  26 September 2008
  
  

• Press Releases

  SI congratulates Asif Ali Zardari on presidential election result
  The Socialist International warmly congratulates Asif Ali Zardari on his victory in Presidential elections held today in Pakistan, with an overwhelming majority of votes in the country’s federal and provincial assemblies. This successful election marks another important step in the consolidation of democracy in Pakistan, which the SI-member Pakistan Peoples’ Party, PPP, and its former leader, the late Benazir Bhutto, fought so...
  06 September 2008
  
  

• SWS Commission

  Commission sets sights on Poznan Conference, Copenhagen and beyond
  

  Members of the Commission for a Sustainable World Society gathering in Stockholm on 5-6 September warned that the worldwide economic downturn could not be allowed to slow down the pace...
  05-06 September 2008
  
  

• Press Releases

  Socialist International calls for immediate ceasefire in South Ossetia
  The Socialist International expresses its deepest concern at the outbreak of hostilities in South Ossetia and calls for an urgent ceasefire, respect for the civilian population affected by the conflict and respect for international and humanitarian law.   The International urges all parties involved to undertake dialogue and to avoid an expansion of the conflict and its escalation into a full scale war.   The Socialist...
  09 August 2008
  
  

• Press Releases

  Socialist International condemns coup in Mauritania and calls for the restoration of democratic rule
  The Socialist International condemns the coup carried out by the military in Mauritania against the first democratically elected government in that country since it gained independence in 1960, and calls for the immediate restoration of democratic rule and for the full respect of all political rights and civil liberties.   The free and fair elections held last year underscored the desire and commitment of the people of Mauritania to...
  07 August 2008
  
  

• SWS Commission

  St Petersburg Climate Change Seminar of the SI Commission for a Sustainable World Society
  A seminar of the Socialist International Commission for a Sustainable World Society was held in St Petersburg on 14-15 July, gathering together members of the Commission and party representatives with Russian scientists and experts for discussions focused on climate change issues...
  14-15 July 2008
  
  

• Press Releases

  Socialist International deplores violence following elections in Mongolia
  The Socialist International deplores the shocking violence that took place in Ulaanbaatar following the parliamentary elections held in Mongolia on 29 June 2008 leading to a declaration of a four-day state of emergency in the country for the first time in its democratic history. This unjustifiable violence, which we unequivocally condemn, caused the death of five people, more than three hundred injured and considerable destruction,...
  08 July 2008
  
  

• SWS Commission

  Adopted at the XXIII Congress of the Socialist International, Athens, Greece
  Global Solidarity: The courage to make a difference THEME I ACTING NOW ON CLIMATE CHANGE To Achieve a Sustainable World Society     The XXIII Congress of the Socialist International, following on the continuing work of the SI Commission for a Sustainable World Society, reaffirms the commitment of our movement to advancing a common sustainability in a global and ever more interdependent world. Paramount in our effort is...
  30 June-02 July 2008
  
  

• Congresses

  XXIII Congress of the Socialist International, Athens
  Global Solidarity: The courage to make a difference
  

  Close to 700 participants from 150 political parties and organisations from 120 countries attended the XXIII Congress of the Socialist International when it met in Athens, Greece, from 30 June to 2 July...

  
  30 June-02 July 2008
  
  

• Press Releases

  Socialist International denounces government sponsored violence in Zimbabwe
  The Socialist International has followed with grave concern the rapidly deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe. In the current climate of fear and intimidation, no free, fair or transparent elections could possibly be held. The International vigorously denounces the government sponsored violence that has resulted in the death of dozens of members of the political opposition, as well as the torture and beatings of numerous others, as they have tried...
  24 June 2008
  
  

• Committees

  The SI Africa Committee meets in Abidjan
  Representatives of close to 30 parties and organisations took part in the meeting of the Socialist International Africa Committee held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on 14-15 June 2008 to discuss...
  14-15 June 2008
  
  

• Press Releases

  Statement on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
  In line with its ongoing commitment in favour of the holding of free and fair elections, the Socialist International has learnt with concern of the decision by administrative authorities of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, without any due process or sentencing, to deny over 400 citizens the right to stand as candidates in the forthcoming regional and local elections on 23 November this year.   This decision has caused great disquiet...
  10 June 2008
  
  

• Committees

  SI Economic Committee met in London
  Meeting in London on Friday 6 June, the SI Committee on the Economy, Social Cohesion and the Environment held its final discussion in advance of the XXIII Congress of the Socialist International. Members of the Committee considered the report to be presented to the Congress under the theme “Setting the global economy on a new path: to bring growth and opportunities for all”. The document follows the series of meetings held during...
  06 June 2008
  
  

• Committees

  Reform, Integration, Rights – key issues addressed by the SI Migrations Committee in Los Angeles
  Convening in Los Angeles on 2-3 June 2008 for its final session before the XXIII SI Congress, the Socialist International Migrations Committee rounded up its series of regional discussions...
  02-03 June 2008
  
  

• Committees

  Pakistan Peoples’ Party, leading the democratic agenda at home, hosts Socialist International meeting in Islamabad
  Only two months after assuming the leadership of the coalition in government, the Pakistan Peoples’ Party was the host of the meeting of the Socialist International Asia-Pacific Committee which took...
  30 May 2008
  
  

• Press Releases

  Equatorial Guinea: Socialist International calls for real multiparty democracy
  In the recent parliamentary and local elections held on 4 May in Equatorial Guinea, the Convergence for Social Democracy, CPDS, the main opposition force and a member of the Socialist International, was yet again forced to compete in an electoral process marred by the use of public funds and state media for the campaign of the ruling party, the Democratic Party for Equatorial Guinea, PDGE; the denial of international press access; the fostering...
  13 May 2008
  
  

• Committees

  SI Mediterranean Committee meeting in LEBANON
  The Socialist International Mediterranean Committee met in Beirut on 25-26 April hosted by Lebanese SI-member, the Progressive Socialist Party, PSP. Addressing the Committee in the opening session were...
  25-26 April 2008
  
  

• Member Party News

  Fernando Lugo elected President of Paraguay
  Fernando Lugo at his first press conference as President-elect on the evening of Sunday 20 April, accompanied by Vice-President elect, Federico Franco, and SI Secretary General, Luis Ayala...
  20 April 2008
  
  

• Committees

  José Francisco Peña Gómez – TEN YEARS ON
  Democratic Socialism in Latin America and the Caribbean
  A Socialist International Conference held on 17-18 April in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, commemorated the contribution to the social democratic movement and legacy of the prominent Dominican and Latin American political leader...
  17-18 April 2008
  
  

• Comment

  Zimbabwe in the balance
  The concerns are many in Zimbabwe nearly two weeks after the 29 March elections. Official results of the presidential vote have still not been released and fears have been mounting that the government of President Robert Mugabe was resorting to political violence to retain power. The results of the parliamentary elections were released within days of the voting and showed Mugabe’s ruling party, the ZANU-PF, losing control of the...
  10 April 2008
  
  

• Committees

  Socialist International delegation observes elections in Nepal
  A delegation of the Socialist International was present in Nepal from 7 to 12 April to observe the elections for a Constituent Assembly which took place on April 10...
  07-12 April 2008
  
  

• Comment

  Alpha Condé, President of the Guinean People's Assembly, RPG, on the way forward for GUINEA
  There are moments in a country’s history when we must collectively question the efficacy of the solutions we have proposed, the means we have deployed and the results we have been getting.  Such a time has now come.  Guinea can no longer continue to operate as it has for too long. Poverty is on the rise, public health is virtually inexistent, unemployment has reached intolerable levels and the gap between rich and poor widens...
  27 March 2008
  
  

• SWS Commission

  Advancing common sustainability in a global and interdependent world society: Santiago meeting of the Commission
  The Socialist International Commission for a Sustainable World Society met on Monday 24 March, in Santiago, Chile, in the midst of great media interest, with the participation of H.E. Michelle Bachelet, President of the Republic of Chile, and chaired by Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile and a Special Envoy for the United Nations Secretary-General on Climate Change...
  24 March 2008
  
  

• SWS Commission

  Members of the Commission travel to ANTARCTICA
  In connection with the Commission meeting in Chile, a group of the participants visited Antarctica and Patagonia in the days prior to the discussions in Santiago, from Friday 21 March to Sunday 23, to gain a greater understanding at firsthand of the effects of climate change in that part of the world. The journey started with a flight to the very South of Chile, to the Patagonian town of Punta Arenas, where the group was able to learn of the...
  21-23 March 2008
  
  

• Press Releases

  SI condemns escalation of violence in southern Israel and in Gaza
  The Socialist International strongly deplores the deaths of more than a hundred Palestinians, many of them civilians including children, and condemns the excessive use of force by Israel in Gaza...
  03 March 2008
  
  

• Library

  Hans Janitschek, Secretary General of the Socialist International (1969-1976) passes away
  On 21 February 2008, the eventful life of Hans Janitschek came to an end at one of the many places of his activities, the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York. Since his early adolescence, remaining both loyal and critical towards the Austrian social democracy, he found his first sphere of activity in journalism, where he was inspired by such figures as Hugo Portisch. The young editor of ‚Sozialistische Korrespondenz‘,...
  21 February 2008
  
  

• Comment

  Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples by Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd
  On 13 February, the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, of the Australian Labor Party, presented a historic motion for a formal apology by the Australian Parliament to the Indigenous Peoples of Australia. This constituted the first official business of the new parliament under his premiership, and was unanimously adopted. The full text of the motion follows below:   —I move: That today we honour the Indigenous peoples of...
  13 February 2008
  
  

• Press Releases

  Socialist International denounces assassination attempts in Timor-Leste
  The Socialist International
  strongly condemns the assassination attempts against President Ramos-Horta, who suffered life-threatening injuries, and Prime Minister Gusmao of Timor-Leste, and calls for...
  12 February 2008
  
  

• Member Party News

  Guatemala's new president, Alvaro Colom, takes office
  Assuming the presidency on 14 January, Alvaro Colom highlighted the call for national unity in his inauguration speech and reiterated the need for dialogue and trust in Guatemala. Reaffirming his campaign promises, the President emphasised that the new administration would be based on social democracy and would have rural development and national security as its cornerstone. Becoming the sixth democratically elected head of state of...
  14 January 2008