16th World Congress Resolutions - 2010

The Sixteenth World Congress of the Fourth International, having heard the Sri Lankan delegation, adopted a statement on the situation. - read article...

The Sixteenth World Congress of the Fourth International adopted a motion of solidarity with the peoples of the Peruvian forest in the challenge to the government. - read article...

Following its long and rich debate on the resolution "Climate change and our tasks", the Sixteenth World Congress adopted a motion outlining its orientation to the Cochabamba summit on climate. - read article...

The World Congress of the Fourth International adopted a statement of solidarity with the Mexican Electrical Workers’ Union (SME) and the National Mine, Metal and Allied Workers’ Union (SNTMMSRM), engaged in a significant battle of the class struggle in Mexico. - read article...

The 16th World Congress unanimously adopted this statement condemning the militarization and all its consequences on human rights in Mexico. - read article...

The Sixteenth World Congress unanimously adopted this resolution. - read article...

The Sixteenth World Congress of the Fourth International took place at the end of February in Belgium. International Viewpoint will publish reports, resolutions and statement from the congress. We start with an article makng a first balance sheet. - read article...

In opening the Congress, Penelope Duggan briefly reviewed the activities and achievements of the last few years and evoked the memory of comrades who had died since the previous congress. - read article...

The Sixteenth World Congress adopted a statement of solidarity with the people of Iran affirming "Our support goes to women, workers, youth and all those defying the Islamic Republic. The coming together of democratic aspirations with the social demands of workers will be the decisive factor." - read article...

Following the enormous catastrophe that hit Haiti, this country, the poorest in the Americas, desperately needs solidarity, not military occupation. The Sixteenth World Congress adopted the following statement of solidarity. - read article...

The Sixteenth World Congress of the Fourth International adopted this resolution on Capitalist Climate Change and 0ur Tasks with 97% of the delegates in favour and 3% abstaining. The adoption of this resolution followed discussion of a lengthy report on climate change approved in February 2009 by the International Committee, and the adoption at the previous World Congress in 2003 of a resolution on Ecology and socalism. - read article...

This resolution on the Role and Tasks of the Fourth International was adopted at the Sixteenth World Congress by 91% of the delegate votes, 8% against and 1% abstaining. An accompanying motion on organising seminars to continue the discussion was adopted by 99% of the votes, 1% abstaining. - read article...

The resolution on Climate change and our tasks adopted by the Suxteenth World Congress by 97% of the votes was presented to the delegates by reports from Daniel Tanuro from Belgium and Esther Vivas from the Spanish state. We publish their two reports in this issue. - read article...

The resolution on Climate change and our tasks adopted by the Sixteenth World Congress was presented to the delegates by reports from Daniel Tanuro from Belgium and Esther Vivas from the Spanish state. We publish their two reports here. - read article...

This resolution on the Israeli offensive against Gaza and in solidarity with the Palestinian people was adopted unanimously by the World Congress. - read article...

The report on the international situation was adopted by 96% of the delegates’ votes, 2% abstaining et 2% not taking part in the vote. - read article...

The resolutions, reports and motions adopted are published in the March 2010 issue of International Viewpoint Online magazine. - read article...

Our articles on the floods in Pakistan have given details of how to send financial aid to the Labour Relief Fund. If it is more convenient for you, you can also send funds through the Europe Solidaire Sans Frontieres account. - read article...

Pakistan is facing worst ever floods of its history. Torrential rains have unleashed flash floods in different parts of the country since last three weeks. Water levies broke leaving the people exposed to flood water. More than 12 million people have suffered due to these floods. More than 650,000 houses have collapsed, mainly in villages. Thousands of acres of crops have been destroyed due to flood water. Houses, live-stock such as cattle’s and goats, household goods, clothes, shoes and other items have been destroyed. Residents of villages are currently without drinkable water, food, shelter and in need of clothes. In particular, the situation is dire for children and women and they are in desperate need of food and clothing. Disease is spreading fast in the areas affected due to lack of drinkable water. In particular, flu, fever, diarrhea, cholera have been noted and are spreading. - read article...

An unexpected, unthinkable, yet - concerning current circumstances - quite expectable and natural thing has occurred yesterday night. Three public social activists that have always expressed a consistent antifascist attitude and shunned civil indifference have been detained. - read article...

We, the participants at the Istanbul ESF, affirming that we have a strong engagement aganist all war and occupation and that we are for a politial resolution of the Kurdish issue, have made the following resolution : - read article...

Under the impulse of the World Bank and international capitalist institutions, the Moroccan regime started a privatization process of the universities and attacks against the right to studiy. The announcement of the “Emergency plan” to the university at beginning of the academic year, i.e. of the brutal aggravation of these attacks, put a spark to the powder. The class-struggle trade unionists of fight, organised within the UNEM, are at the forefront of the mobilization against the “Emergency plan”. - read article...