TPP investment chapter will further threaten God’s Earth and vulnerable people
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns released this statement on March 31, 2015 after the release of the previously classified investment chapter of the proposed TransPacific Partnership trade agreement.
Resources for March-April 2015 NewsNotes
Resources on International Women's Day, World Water Day, Earth Day, the crisis at the border, and more ...
UN: CSocD holds 53rd session
In early February, civil society held a preliminary panel before the Commission for Social Development's 53rd session (CSocD53), “Rethinking and strengthening social development in the contemporary world.
Trade: TPP threatens access to medicines
With the current Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, the U.S. again looks to tighten control over patents for medicines.
Trade: Pacts undermine financial reforms
Leaks from three major trade negotiations show that the U.S. and the European Union are pushing for rules that would undermine the ability of governments to create laws to protect public safety, health and the environment.
Recommendations from drones conference
The Coalition for Peace Action (CfPA) hosted an Interfaith Conference on Drone Warfare at Princeton Theological Seminary from January 23-25, 2015.
Holy See advances nuclear disarmament
The following piece appeared in the March-April 2015 NewsNotes.
Philippines: Mamasapano clash threatens peace
The following update, published in the March-April 2015 NewsNotes, was prepared by Fred Goddard, a former Maryknoll lay missioner who served for several years as the executive coordinator of the Maryknoll Affiliates
Haiti: Challenges of reconstruction
The following article was prepared by Chris Smith, a Maryknoll Affiliate who is volunteering with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, and was published in the March-April 2015 NewsNotes.
Central America: Biden Plan is more of the same
The following article was written by Marek Cabrera, the Central America intern for the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, and was published in the March-April 2015 NewsNotes.
Peru: Trade policies fuel violence
The following article was prepared by Alfonso Buzzo, who is an intern with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns’ Faith-Economy-Ecology project, and was published in the March-April 2015 NewsNotes.
Global Catholic Climate Movement
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns endorses the newly formed Global Catholic Climate Movement, a coalition of laity, religious, and clergy, theologians, scientists, and activists from around the world.