South Africa and others are pressing hard to have the
Japanese include African debt on the G8 Agenda.
Meanwhile, I am urging my colleagues here to contact
their respective capitals and send in their views. The
e-mail addresses you've provided will certainly help
in our efforts to register our concerns. Thanks. sidi
sanneh

--- Ylva Hernlund <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 08:53:48 EST
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc: [log in to unmask],
> [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [AfricaMatters] G8 Agenda
>
> I recently recieved a copy of this e-mail from a
> friend and thought of
> sharing it with you all for your information and
> action.
>
> Desmond Alufohai
> -------------------------------
>
> Dear Friends,
> Greetings from Geneva and the World Council of
> Churches!
>
> We have just heard some worrying news from Japan
> about the agenda of the =
> July G8 summit.  The Japanese Prime Minister has
> indicated the likely =
> areas of discussion at the summit - information
> technology, development, =
> health, culture, trans-border crimes, ageing
> societies and conflict =
> prevention...
>
> ... BUT NOT DEBT!!!
>
> Given the worldwide level of concern about debt in
> this millennium year, =
> it would be a scandal if it was not even discussed
> by the G8!  The deal =
> announced by the G8 last year at Cologne was good,
> but more debt cancellati=
> on is needed, and more countries need to be included
> in the deal.
>
> We need to make our views known about this now.
> While the Japanese, as =
> hosts, have the most significant influence on the
> agenda, all the G8 =
> leaders should be announcing their support for a
> substantial discussion on =
> debt at the July summit.
>
> PLEASE SEND AS MANY E-MAILS AS YOU CAN TO THE G8
> LEADERS (addresses =
> below).
>
> Points to make:
> - you have heard that poor countries' debt is not
> yet on the agenda for =
> discussion at the G8 summit in Okinawa, Japan in
> July.
>
> - cancellation of poor countries' debts should be
> their top priority in =
> this millennium year  - it is their last chance to
> respond to the Jubilee =
> 2000 campaign which is supported by millions of
> people worldwide.
>
> - ask them to make a statement indicating their
> support for a new debt =
> cancellation deal to be discussed at Okinawa.
>
> - and ... (for the non-Japanese) ask them to contact
> Mr Obuchi and tell =
> him to put debt onto the agenda.
> ... (for Japan) ask him to make sure debt is the
> leading agenda item for =
> discussion in Okinawa.
>
> The sooner you can send your e-mails the better.
> They should definitely =
> be sent before the end of April.  And how about
> forwarding this message to =
> everyone in your e-mail address book (especially
> contacts in other G8 =
> countries)?
>
> UK - Prime Minister Tony Blair does not have an
> e-mail address, but we =
> suggest you contact Chancellor Gordon Brown at the
> Treasury e-mail =
> [log in to unmask]  You could also
> post a copy of your =
> email to Tony Blair at 10, Downing Street, London
> SW1A 2AA.
>
> Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi: visit
> <www.iijnet.or.jp/sorifu/kantei/=
> foreign/comment.html> to send your message.
>
> Canada - Prime Minister Jean Chretien e-mail
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
> France - President Jacques Chirac: visit
> <www.elysee.fr/mel/mel_.htm> to =
> send your message.
>
> Germany - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder: visit
> <www.bundesregierung.de/inlan=
> d/.bin/pbamaild?10> to send your message
>
> USA - President Bill Clinton e-mail:
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Russia - President Vladimir Putin e-mail:
> <[log in to unmask]>=20
>
> Unfortunately we haven't got e-mail addresses for
> Italy.
>
> We received this information from Christian Aid in
> England and are happy =
> to pass it on to all of you encouraging you to
> respond and to forward it =
> to your networks.
>
> If you do not want to receive messages like this in
> the future please let =
> me know and you e-mail address will be deleted from
> our address list.
>
> With best regards,
>
> Freddy Knutsen
> Executive Secretary
> WCC Youth
>
>
>
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