SIGN ON to the Campaign Statement!

WE BELIEVE in the right of every community and individual to have access to land and housing to ensure safe and secure living, and to be the main protagonist of the production and the management of habitat. For a society to fully function it depends upon involved and empowered communities – citizen groups, social movements, governments and businesses – sharing equally in its responsibilities and benefits. Unfortunately, today private interests and irresponsible governments seeking the accumulation of financial capital continuously strip away the rights and livelihood of the poor and underrepresented.

WE UPHOLD the dignity of every human being, especially women and children, and other vulnerable groups who increasingly bare the grunt of global neoliberalism. Everyone has right of access to land and housing. Our collective power to improve the lives of those most impacted by global problems can and does make a difference. Until a more just society exists we are here to stay.

WE WILL CONTINUE to FIGHT and BUILD a more sustainable model of society for an urban and rural life based on the principles of solidarity, freedom, equity and social justice

HIC Website

See Sample letter to International officials

Please, send your letters, emails, and/or faxes to the following list:

Ban ki-Moon
UN Secretary-General
UN Headquarters
UN Plaza

New York NY 10017, United States
E-mail: ecu@un.org, coi@un.org

H.E. Sir Emyr Jones Parry
President of the UN Security Council

Telephone : (1) 212 308 57 00
Fax : (1) 212 355 2763
E-mail : france-presse@un.int

Note: Do not forget to tell us what you did in support of the HIC

Mr. Joseph Schechla
Coordinator of Housing and Land Rights Network in Middle East and North Africa – Egypt
Habitat International Coalition – Netherlands

Manama, 3 July 2007

Kindest regards from Bahrain,

We would like to praise your work for protecting housing and land rights. You are the international authority responsible for providing appropriate housing for citizens and protecting lands of general property nature worldwide.

Mr. Schechla,
Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) is a member of Habitat International Coalition (HIC). The common message of HIC is “to perfectly protect the human dignity and development for respecting the right to adequate housing and land and to defend, promote and fulfill this right.”

Mr. Schechla,
Bahrain is suffering several problems. The most important are:

1. The lack of adequate housing for Bahraini citizens, and
2. Seizing the publicly owned lands for royal family members

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