The People’s Agenda for ASEM Parliamentarians expresses the visions and demands of hundreds of progressive peoples’ movements, non-governmental organisations, campaign networks and individuals, that are confronting, researching, collating popular knowledge for alternatives, campaigning for policies against poverty and inequality and working for social, economic and climate justice, so contributing to a more Just, Equal and Inclusive Asia and Europe.
We are linked and brought together through the Asia Europe People’s Forum.
We are committed to working in constructive ways, promoting, consolidating and strengthening engagement with ASEM governments’ leaders, parliamentarians and related regional bodies to develop and implement people-centred responses to the current crises in an effective and responsible manner.
We believe that priority must be given to poor, excluded and marginalised people and more participatory, inclusive, democratic and accountable institutions must be in place to assure that processes and measures will lead to a just, equal, inclusive and sustainable Asia and Europe based on respect for gender equality and the promotion and protection of human, economic and social and cultural rights, environmental security and the protection of our Commons.
We are sincerely presenting the People’s Agenda for ASEM Parliamentarians to you, our elected and appointed representatives at local, national and regional levels. You, and the governments that you are part of, have the responsibility to ensure that we can all live in peace, security and dignity.
Our Call
Every person on this planet shares a common humanity. We all want our children to grow up healthy, to have a good education, have decent work, drink clean water, breathe clean air and live in peace.
Our governments’ have deflected progressive calls to protect the planet and protect the people. We all need urgent and people centred collective and national responses for our common futures.
We expect urgent and people centred collective and national responses for framing our futures.
We call on our Governments to work with citizens, including poor, excluded and marginalised women and men, to develop and implement policies that will lead to a just, equal, inclusive and sustainable Asia and Europe, and more accountable and democratic institutions – based on respect for gender equality, our environment and fundamental human rights.
To do this, as citizens, we call upon Parliamentarians and ASEM Governments to develop legislation and mobilise the resources to take forward the vital policies, programmes and initiatives that are brought together in People’s Agenda for ASEM Parliamentarians.
