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APSNet for 20070802

Austral Peace and Security Network (APSNet)

Twice weekly report from the Nautilus Institute at RMIT, Australia.

Thursday 2 August 2007

  1. Open Your Gates to Migrants: Bank Chief
  2. Australia Signs Comprehensive Security and Economic Pact with ASEAN
  3. ASEAN Calls for Phased Pullout of Foreign Troops from Iraq
  4. 400 Killed by Terrorism in Philippines since 2000, Report Says
  5. Out of Sight: Endemic Abuse and Impunity in Papua’s Central Highlands

Briefing note: Climate Change, Security and Infectious Disease: Dengue Fever in Southeast Asia and the Pacific – Richard Tanter

  1. Open Your Gates to Migrants: Bank Chief, Peter Hartcher, SMH, 2007-08-02

    The new president of the World Bank, Bob Zoellick, has said it is “absolutely critical” that South Pacific nations be able to send guest workers to Australia. New Zealand has adopted such a scheme and the ALP is prepared to explore the idea, but the Prime Minister, John Howard, has ruled it out. “Labour mobility is absolutely critical to the long-term development of the South Pacific, Mr Zoellick said.

  2. Australia Signs Comprehensive Security and Economic Pact with ASEAN, Jakarta Post, 2007-09-02

    Southeast Asian countries signed an accord with Australia to bolster economic and security ties, which were once strained over Canberra’s aggressive anti-terror stance. The accord seeks closer cooperation in combating cross-border crimes, including terrorism – a mutual concern because both regions have been targeted by al-Qaida-linked militants.

  3. ASEAN Calls for Phased Pullout of Foreign Troops from Iraq, Jakarta Post, 2007-08-02

    Southeast Asian foreign ministers called for a phased withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq, saying they were deeply concerned about continued instability in the country. “We believe that the phased and calibrated withdrawal of foreign forces in Iraq, taking into account the conditions on the ground, will contribute toward bringing normalcy”.

  4. 400 Killed by Terrorism in Philippines since 2000, Report Says, Carlos H. Conde, IHT, 2007-07-30

    More than 400 civilians have been killed in bombings and other attacks by Islamic extremists in the Philippines since 2000, the highest death toll in Southeast Asia, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch.

  5. Out of Sight: Endemic Abuse and Impunity in Papua’s Central Highlands, Human Rights Watch Vol. 19 No. 10(C), July 2007

    While Indonesian security forces have improved their practices in some important respects in the provinces of Papua and West Papua, the situation remains of serious concern, particularly in the highlands.

  6. Briefing note: Climate Change, Security and Infectious Disease: Dengue Fever in Southeast Asia and the Pacific – Richard Tanter

    The incidence, severity and vectors of transmission of infectious disease are clearly influenced by climate change. Dengue fever, the most common viral illness world-wide causing 150,000 deaths annually, is one of the most pressing examples in this region. Already, according to the Australian Department of Health and Aging, “Dengue fever is hyperendemic in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific and these regions are the most seriously affected by the disease world-wide.” As John Aaskov, an ADF infectious diseases medical specialist puts it, “dengue is a disease of economic extremes. The poverty associated with the increased urbanisation of many cities in the tropics provides a perfect milieu for dengue virus transmission to occur. At the other economic extreme are the international travellers.” Dengue fever in Southeast Asia and the Pacific provides one of the clearest examples of the intersection of multiple global problems – in this case infectious disease, poverty, urbanization, the flows of globalisation, and climate change – generating genuine human security threats of increasing complexity and interdependence.

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