«Il n‘y a pas un monde développé et un monde sous-développé, mais un seul monde mal développé»
Oil exploitation, logging, drilling, toxic waste. The irresponsibility of multinationals is devastating the planet and its inhabitants.
For more than 50 years, CETIM has denounced the destruction of our environment. It supports the struggles of indigenous peoples and peasants to (re)assert their sovereignty over
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 5th session 11 June – 18 June 2007 Read the CETIM’s written statement The “ethanol partnership”, launched with great pomp and ceremony by the United States and Brazil on 9 March 2007, marks a new phase in the energy strategies of the great powers, just as does the decision by the European […] Mr. Chairman, The Woman peasant has a long tradition of harvesting, selecting and propagating varieties of seed for both nutritional and medical purposes. They are the principle guardians of the world’s genetic resources and biodiversity. The traditional knowledge should be honored and respected and the skills passed on to new generations. The future of the […] HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 58th session 18 March – 26 April 2002 [Excerpt from the statement] Firstly, the constitutional reform on indigenous rights and culture, adopted by Congress a year ago, is a total denial of the rights of Mexico’s indigenous peoples. It profoundly alters the COCOPA bill, failing to recognise indigenous peoples as subjects of […] HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 57th session 19 March – 21 April 2001 Read the CETIM written statement 1. The Colombia Plan Presented as a fight against drug trafficking and officially dubbed “a plan for peace, prosperity and the strengthening of the state”, the Colombia Plan is in reality a military operation whose objectives are the opposite […] The above-listed non-governmental organizations are deeply concerned by the degradation of the economic, social and sanitary conditions in Iraq as a result of the embargo, and by the effects the contamination caused by the use of depleted uranium weaponry has on the population and the environment in Iraq. For these reasons, they organized a conference […]
Ethanol fuels are not a green energy and compete directly with the food needs of people!
Woman peasant: guardians of the world’s genetic resources and biodiversity
Situation of indigenous peoples in Mexico and criticism of the ‘Puebla-Panama Plan’
The Participation of Transnational Corporations in the Development and Implementation of Colombia Plan
Use of Depleted Uranium Weaponry
