Ms Jo Gaha President AASW PO Box 4956 Kingston ACT 2604 AUSTRALIA Sydney/ Hong Kong/ Berne, 16 October 2002 Dear Jo We write to you and all our colleagues in […]
Statement
Childrens right to education
Information Type: StatementTopic: ChildrenSTATEMENT of the INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS International non-governmental organization in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and social Council to the 58th Session of the COMMISSION ON HUMAN […]
Displacement, forced migration, and the effects of war
Information Type: StatementTopic: ConflictMessage to the 19th Social Work Day at the UN-New York 2002 Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the IFSW and your social work colleagues around the globe we extend to […]
Citizenship and Social Work Education in a Globalising World
Information Type: StatementTopic: EducationIASSW CONFERENCE 15-18 JULY 2002 MONTPELLIER GREETINGS FROM IFSW IMELDA DODDS PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS Distinguished Guests Dear Colleagues all, It is both an honor and a pleasure […]
IFSW appeal for support for the establishment of an independent and effective international criminal court
Information Type: StatementTopic: Human RightsSOCIAL WORK DAY UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK 15 April 2002 On the occasion of Social Work Day at the United Nations on April 15, 2002, the International Federation of Social […]
Bali
Information Type: StatementTopic: ConflictThis past weekend’s bombing of young tourists and Balinese civilians is a profound tragedy, which will affect the lives of so many for a long time to come. We share […]
Middle East
Information Type: StatementTopic: ConflictThe International Federation of Social Workers calls upon its member organisations to take up the call for an immediate cease-fire in the Middle East and a return to negotiations for […]
Terror hitting the USA
Information Type: StatementTopic: ConflictThe community of social workers around the world expresses its profound shock and horror at the events in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) […]
Letter to the British Association of Social Workers after the killings in Bali
Information Type: StatementTopic: ConflictMs. Liz Timms, Chair, BASW 16 Kent St Birmingham B5 6RD United Kingdom Sydney/ Berne, 18 October 2002 Dear Liz, We write to you and all our colleagues in BASW […]
Madrid – 11 May
Information Type: StatementTopic: ConflictIFSW statement to Spain (13 March 2004): Dear friends in Spain, What a brave and strong people you are!! Already the day after the terrible terrorist attacks on the trains […]
NGO Joint Statement on the war in Iraq to the UN Commission on Human Rights
Information Type: StatementTopic: Disaster, ConflictThe 59th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (Geneva, March 17 to April 25, 2003) NGO Joint Statement (Final version) Geneva, March 25, 2003 We, the undersigned Non-Governmental […]
Social Work Day at the UN, 7 April 2003
Information Type: StatementTopic: UN, Social WorkMessage to the 20th Social Work Day at the UN-New York 2003 Poverty, Health & Families – Global Concerns Dear Friends On this day we bring the special thoughts from […]
Ensure that the needs of the poorest are not forgotten in Cancun
Information Type: StatementTopic: Social ProtectionIFSW letter to the WTO and the G8 members in connection with the WTO-Meeting in Cancun, Mexico September 2003 We are writing to you as trade ministers from 146 countries […]
Letter of sympathy Sweden’s Foreign Minister Anna Lindh
Information Type: StatementTopic: IFSWWe cannot understand that a Swedish minister once more has been assassinated. The information yesterday evening that Anna Lindh had been stabbed at NK in Stockholm and the message this […]
Post War Iraq
Information Type: StatementTopic: ConflictDear Colleagues, We believe that it is important now that we focus on and turn world attention to what will occur once hostilities cease in Iraq. Many countries – and […]
Appeal to the UN Security Council on the Iraq Crisis
Information Type: StatementTopic: ConflictPresident and members United Nations Security Council Dear Sirs We write to you on behalf of the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) representing 450,000 social work practitioners in 78 […]
The Iraq Crisis – A Peaceful Approach is Brave, Forward-looking and Wise
Information Type: StatementTopic: ConflictDear Friends and Colleagues We need not tell you that the current world situation is very serious. The prospect of a war against Iraq moves closer by the day. The […]
Letters to Bush, Blair and Howard
Information Type: StatementTopic: ConflictOPEN LETTER TO President George W Bush The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington DC 20500 United States of America The Hon Tony Blair Prime Minister 10 Downing St […]