EU-India FTA Global Week of Action: Updates
India: Sign-on Letter to European Commission handed over
10 February 2012, New Delhi: As part of the Global Week of Action on the EU-India FTA, activists in India today intervened at a public lecture by Mr Van Rompuy, the European Council President, and handed over the sign-on letter to the European Commission signed by several international and national civil society organisations and individuals. The letter highlights the deleterious impact of EU-India FTA on access to medicines and calls upon the European Commission to demonstrate that its commitments to human rights are not mere protestations. The public lecture on 'The European Union in a Changing World' was jointly organised by India International Centre and the Delegation of the European Union to India. During the Q and A session, Anandi Yuvaraj, from the International Community of Women living with HIV/AIDS - Asia Pacific (ICW Asia-Pacific), made an intervention and handed over the letter to the European Council President. You can read a detailed description of the intervention and Anandi's statement here.
Updates from other countries
Several letters were also sent to the Government of India and the European Commission as part of the Global Week of Action. Some of these letters are available below.
Argentina
- Letter dated 8 February 2012 from Red Argentina de Personas Positivas to Indian Ambassador
- Letter dated 8 February 2012 from RAMVIHS to Indian Ambassador
- Letter dated 9 February 2012 from CASA Manu to Prime Minister of India
Chile
- Letter dated 8 February 2012 from Agrupación HAIN to Indian ambassador
Guatemala
- Letter dated 8 February 2012 from AMUGEN to Indian ambassador
- Letter dated 8 February 2012 from ITPC-LATCA to Indian ambassador
