| Cork Training Days on the Injustice of Debt in the Global South |
Cork Training Days on the Injustice of Debt in the Global South
When?
- Wednesday May 14th, 7pm to 9pm
- Wednesday May 21st, 7pm to 9pm
Where?
- Cois Tine, St Mary’s, Pope’s Quay, Cork [access via St Mary’s Church]
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| Galway Training Days on the Injustice of Debt in the Global South |
Galway Training Days on the Injustice of Debt in the Global South
When? & Where?
- Saturday May 10th, 10.30am to 1pm (lunch provided)
Harbour Hotel, New Docks Road, Galway City.
- Tuesday May 20th, 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Galway One World Centre, Bridge Mills, Dominick St., Galway City.
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| Dublin Learning Evening on the Injustice of Debt in the Global South |
Dublin Learning Evening on the Injustice of Debt in the Global South
When?
Where?
- Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1
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Take Action Cancel All Illegitmate Debts
NOW! |
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Cancel
All Illegitimate Debts Now!
The Problem: Impoverished countries
owe $2 trillion ($2,000,000,000,000)
in foreign debts.
The Injustice: A large amount
of the money owed is either;
Unpayable
Payments causing unacceptable suffering
and deprivation especially in areas
of health and education
- or -
Illegitimate
The money was lent irresponsibly
for useless projects or given on unfair
terms with damaging conditions attached.
Remember Debt Cancellation works!
Because of debt cancellation:
- Uganda - 5million more
children are in Primary School
- Malawi - 3,600 new teachers
in schools per year
- Tanzania - 32,000 new
classrooms built
- Mozambique - free childhood
immunisation available
Action Alert
- Debt and Development Coalition
are calling on you to support Developing
countries in their fight to eliminate
poverty and improve their peoples quality
of life
How - by writing to your local TDs
and asking them:
- Will they support your call on the
World Bank and International Monetary
Fund (IMF) to hold a public inquiry
into WB/IMF loans?
- Will they recognise the existence
of illegitimate debts and call for
the
cancellation of all illegitimate debts
in the new government?
- Will they sign the parliamentarians
declaration on illegitimate debt?
* Download Parliamentarian Declaration
and get your local TD to sign
Click Here
* You can find more information on illegitimate
Debt Click
Here
Like slavery
and apartheid, poverty is not natural.
It is man-made, and can be overcome
by the actions of human beings.
-Nelson Mandela, 2005
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| Illegitimate
Debt Claims of the G7 |
If the Group of Seven (G7) nations are
serious about cleaning up corruption and
promoting good governance and transparency,
they should look to the past.
A damning new NGO report presenting case
studies of past loans made by the Group
of Seven nations (Canada, France, Germany,
Japan, Italy, the U.K. and the U.S.),
reveals that some loans are not legitimate
and that the lenders are at fault.
click here "Skeletons in the Cupboard:
Illegitimate Debt Claims of the G7"
PDF  (0.92mb) |
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| PARLIAMENTARIAN
DECLARATION |
Parliamentarian Declaration- ask your
TDs and MEPs To Lift the Lid on Illegitimate
debts
How? By getting them to sign up
and support the INTERNATIONAL call for more
just financial relationships between rich
and poor countries.
What is the parliamentarian's declaration
for shared responsibility about?
| "To prevent repeated rounds of
unsustainable and irresponsible lending
and borrowing, the participation
of parliaments is fundamental. This
will help to ensure that loan agreements
really do reflect the aspirations of
the citizens of developing countries
around the world" |
Read More & Take Action  |
| E-campaign Alert |
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Mid-term evaluation on MDGs?
Did you know that July 2007 marks
the midway point towards the completion
of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)?
So are the MDGs being achieved?
We need to know what real progress has been
made since the year 2000 and whether we
are on track towards delivering on our commitment
to impoverished countries by 2015.
Join us in calling on the Irish Government
to carry our a Mid-term evaluation on MDGs.
Read More
& Take Action
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| ACTION ALERT |
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Irish Debt Campaigners call on Minister
Cowen to 'walk the talk'
The current managing director of the IMF,
Mr Rodrigo De Rato, has just
resigned from his job. This presents campaigners
with a big opportunity to fight for an end
to the undemocratic leadership selection
process at the IMF.
Read More
& Take Action
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| Historic
breakthrough on debt crisis. |
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Ecuador Launches Historic Debt Audit
Commission - 2007-07-27
On 23 July, in Guayaquil Ecuador, the Ecuadorian
Ministry of Economy and Finance launched
the world's first debt audit commission
to have the full support and involvement
of the government.
Read more
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| Vulture's
wings clipped by judgment |
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The vulture fund targeting Zambia has been
told it will get around $15.5 million -
far short of the $55 million it was claiming,
but still a huge sum for a country where
80% of people live on less than $1 a day.
Read
more
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| Make
good on the MDG's promise |
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UK Prime Minister Gordan Brown in a speech
at the UN (31'07'07 on global poverty said
the Millennium Development Goals were "a
million miles" from being met. "To
address the worst of poverty, we need to
summon up the best of humanity, and I want
to summon into existence a great coalition
of conscience in pursuit of the greatest
of causes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk
Action Alert: Campaigners calls on
the Irish government to make good on the
Millennium Development Goals promise
Get involved
here
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| DDCI
- Press Release - 18/05/07 |
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WOLFOWITZ LATE RESIGNATION MERELY SRATCHES
SURFACE OF NEED FOR REFORM
Irish anti-poverty campaigners, alongside
campaigners from around the world, have
said the forthcoming resignation of World
Bank president, Paul Wolfowitz, is inadequate
and that the Bank is in far deeper need
of reform.
Read
more
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| DDCI
- Press Release - 17/05/07 |
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IRISH CAMPAIGNERS DISMAYED AT IRELAND'S
ROLE IN WOLFOWITZ CRISIS
Irish campaigners have expressed dismay
that the Canadian chair of the group in
which Ireland is represented at the World
Bank appears to be supporting Paul Wolfowitz
in the current crisis surrounding his leadership
role at the World Bank.
Read
more
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Skeletons in the Cupboard:
Illegitimate Debt Claims of the G7
Joint NGO Report - February 2007
This report looks at the illegitimate debt
clames of the G7 countries.
Down in PDF format
Here
(0.92 MB)
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Read the Article in the MDG section
