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Subject: [AfricaMatters] FW: ACTION ALERT FOR DEBT RELIEF



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From: regional desk2 [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 2:36 PM
To: regional desk2
Subject: ACTION ALERT FOR DEBT RELIEF

June 7, 2000
Dear State Chairs, Delegates and other Friends of Africa,
 The National Summit on Africa is part of a large coalition of
nongovernmental organizations, such as Bread for the World and Jubilee
2000, and faith-based organizations advocating on behalf of debt relief
in the Congress.  We need your help urgently to ensure that this vital
campaign on behalf of the world's poorest countries is successful.
 On Tuesday, June 13, the House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to
consider President Clinton's request to finance debt relief programs.
If we do not act swiftly to signal our support of debt relief for
impoverished countries throughout the world, then the level of funding
appropriated by the Congress will fall significantly below what is
needed.
Granting debt relief to impoverished countries will afford many of these
nations an opportunity to break the cycle of poverty which has crippled
their economies and caused enormous suffering among their citizens.  As
advocates of Africa, you know that many of the poorest, heavily indebted
nations in the world are on the continent.  We can give those countries
an economic boost, while at the same time, help them to eradicate
poverty, conflict and disease by supporting debt relief financing.
 Your support of this vital issue is appreciated, not only by members of
this coalition, but also by the millions of people who stand to benefit
from debt relief in the future.
 Below find two sample letters to Members of Congress. The second sample
letter and contact information have been provided by Jubilee 2000.

June XX, 2000
House Appropriations Committee
United States House of Representatives
xxx
Washington, DC 20510-4302
Dear Representative XX:
We write to urge you to act promptly to appropriate critically needed
funding for debt relief for impoverished countries. Last fall it was
announced that as many as I I countries would receive debt relief by as
soon as this April through the debt initiative agreed to by the G-7 in
Cologne. To date, only five countries have benefited. Debt relief must
not be further delayed. According to United Nations statistics, over
17,600 children under the age of five die a day in these highly indebted
and impoverished countries.
Congress must appropriate the $810 million for bilateral and
multilateral debt relief, requested to fulfill the US commitment to the
Cologne debt initiative. This funding is intended to allow as many as 33
heavily indebted poor countries to receive substantial debt relief by
2003. To fulfill this commitment, $435 million is needed by the end of
fiscal year 2001, with the remainder provided in FY2002- 2003. Your
decisive action for full funding will send a strong message to Senate
appropriators who have only allocated a paltry $75 million thus far.
Additionally, Congress must not delay debt relief by tying it to
additional conditions.
It is crucial to the international debt relief effort that the U.S.
Congress fully support the President's request. This contribution will
cost little and leverage much. Every $1 contributed by the US will be
matched by over $27 from other creditors. The total package is intended
to cancel $90 billion in debts owed by these countries. Congress should
also act to permit the remainder of the IMF re-evaluated gold reserves
designated for debt relief to be used for that purpose and that purpose
only.
Sincerely,
=========================
NAME
House Appropriations Committee
United States House of Representatives
XXX
Washington, DC 20510-4302
Dear Representative XX:
We write to urge you to act promptly to appropriate critically needed
funding for debt relief for impoverished countries. Last fall it was
announced that as many as 11 countries would receive debt relief by as
soon as this April through the debt initiative agreed to by the G-7 in
Cologne. To date, only five countries have benefited. Debt relief must
not be further delayed. According to United Nations statistics, over
17,600 children under the age of five die a day in these highly indebted
and impoverished countries.
Congress must appropriate the $810 million for bilateral and
multilateral debt relief, requested to fulfill the US commitment to the
Cologne debt initiative. This funding is intended to allow as many as 33
heavily indebted poor countries to receive substantial debt relief by
2003. To fulfill this commitment, $435 million is needed by the end of
fiscal year 2001, with the remainder provided in FY2002-2003. Your
decisive action for full funding will send a strong message to Senate
appropriators who have only allocated a paltry $75 million thus far.
Additionally, Congress must not delay debt relief by tying it to
additional conditions.
It is crucial to the international debt relief effort that the U.S.
Congress fully support the President's request. This contribution will
cost little and leverage much. Every $1 contributed by the US will be
matched by over $27 from other creditors. The total package is intended
to cancel $90 billion in debts owed by these countries. Congress should
also act to permit the remainder of the IMF re-evaluated gold reserves
designated for debt relief to be used for that purpose and that purpose
only.
Sincerely,
Addresses of members of the House Appropriations Committee:
The Honorable Robert Aderholt
U.S. House of Representatives
1007 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-0104

The Honorable Henry Bonilla
U.S. House of Representatives
1427 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-4323

The Honorable F. Allen Boyd
U.S. House of Representatives
107 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-0902
The Honorable Sonny Callahan
U.S. House of Representatives
2466 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-0101
The Honorable Bud Cramer
U.S. House of Representatives
2350 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-0105

The Honorable Randy Cunningham
U.S. House of Representatives
2238 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-0551

The Honorable Rosa DeLauro
U.S. House of Representatives
436 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-0703

The Honorable Tom DeLay
U.S. House of Representatives
341 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-4322

The Honorable Jay Dickey
U.S. House of Representatives
2453 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-0404

The Honorable Norman D. Dicks
U.S. House of Representatives
2467 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-4706

The Honorable Julian C. Dixon
U.S. House of Representatives
2252 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-0532

The Honorable Chet Edwards
U.S. House of Representatives
2459 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-4311

The Honorable Jo Ann H. Emerson
U.S. House of Representatives
132 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-2508

The Honorable Sam Farr
U.S. House of Representatives
1221 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-0517

The Honorable Michael P. Forbes
U.S. House of Representatives
125 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-3201

The Honorable Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
U.S. House of Representatives
228 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-3011

The Honorable Virgil H. Goode
U.S. House of Representatives
1520 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-4605

The Honorable Kay Granger
U.S. House of Representatives
435 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-4312

The Honorable Maurice Hinchey
U.S. House of Representatives
2431 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-3226

The Honorable David L. Hobson
U.S. House of Representatives
1514 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-3507

The Honorable Steny H. Hoyer
U.S. House of Representatives
1705 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-2005

The Honorable Ernest Istook
U.S. House of Representatives
2404 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-3605

The Honorable Jesse Jackson
U.S. House of Representatives
313 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-1302

The Honorable Marcy Kaptur
U.S. House of Representatives
2366 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-3509

The Honorable Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
U.S. House of Representatives
503 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-2215

The Honorable Jack Kingston
U.S. House of Representatives
1034 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-1001

The Honorable Joseph Knollenberg
U.S. House of Representatives
2349 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-2211

The Honorable Jim Kolbe
U.S. House of Representatives
2266 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-0305

The Honorable Tom Latham
U.S. House of Representatives
324 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-1505

The Honorable Jerry Lewis
U.S. House of Representatives
2112 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-0540

The Honorable Nita M. Lowey
U.S. House of Representatives
2421 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-3218

The Honorable Carrie Meek
U.S. House of Representatives
401 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-0917

The Honorable Dan Miller
U.S. House of Representatives
102 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-0913

The Honorable Alan B. Mollohan
U.S. House of Representatives
2346 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-4801

The Honorable James P. Moran
U.S. House of Representatives
2239 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-4608

The Honorable John P. Murtha
U.S. House of Representatives
2423 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-3812

The Honorable George R. Nethercutt
U.S. House of Representatives
1527 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-4705

The Honorable Anne Meagher Northup
U.S. House of Representatives
1004 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-1703

The Honorable David R. Obey
U.S. House of Representatives
2314 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-4907

The Honorable John Olver
U.S. House of Representatives
1027 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-2101

The Honorable Ron Packard
U.S. House of Representatives
2372 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-0548

The Honorable Ed Pastor
U.S. House of Representatives
2465 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-0302

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
U.S. House of Representatives
2457 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-0508

The Honorable John E. Peterson
U.S. House of Representatives
307 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-3805

The Honorable John Edward Porter
U.S. House of Representatives
2373 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-1310

The Honorable David E. Price
U.S. House of Representatives
2162 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-3304

The Honorable Ralph Regula
U.S. House of Representatives
2309 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-3516

The Honorable Harold Rogers
U.S. House of Representatives
2470 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-1705

The Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard
U.S. House of Representatives
2435 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-0533

The Honorable Martin Olav Sabo
U.S. House of Representatives
2336 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-2305

The Honorable Jose Serrano
U.S. House of Representatives
2342 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-3216

The Honorable Joe Skeen
U.S. House of Representatives
2302 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-3102

The Honorable John E. Sununu
U.S. House of Representatives
316 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-2901

The Honorable Charles H. Taylor
U.S. House of Representatives
231 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-3311

The Honorable Todd Tiahrt
U.S. House of Representatives
428 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-1604

The Honorable Peter J. Visclosky
U.S. House of Representatives
2313 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-1401

The Honorable James T. Walsh
U.S. House of Representatives
2351 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-3225

The Honorable Zachary P. Wamp
U.S. House of Representatives
423 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-4203

The Honorable Roger F. Wicker
U.S. House of Representatives
206 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-2401

The Honorable Frank R. Wolf
U.S. House of Representatives
241 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515-4610

Will Cusack
Legislative Advocacy and National Outreach
National Summit on Africa
1819 H Street, NW, Suite 810
Washington, DC  20006
(800) 934-3418 phone
(202) 861-8645 fax
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