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Debt & Development Coalition Ireland - Request for urgent action TODAY
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Saturday June 28, 2003 11:31 by Anonymous - (on behalf of ) Debt & Development Coalition Ireland.
28th June 2003
URGENT ACTION NEEDED TODAY
Apologies for the short notice on this important action. This piece of news has just reached our office today, so please if you have a wee bit
of time do make it count.
Part of the programme for the Debt and Development Coalition, which is EU
supported for 2003/2005 is entitled "Democratising Global Decision Making
on Debt and Adjustment".
So here is an urgent action for all of us, in helping to progress that goal.
Sincerely
Anne Reilly
Education and Campaigns
Debt and Development Coalition Ireland
All Hallows, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra
Dublin 9 Ph/Fax: (01) 857 1828
email: ddc@connnect.ie
website: www.debtireland.org (Request is to send 2 quick e-mails, immediately, before 2 O'Clock this Monday 30th if possible - This request is located at the end of the below piece):-
Friday 27th June 2003.
Urgent Action Needed:
"US to try to Block Step Towards Democracy at the World Bank"
Proposals for modest reforms to make the World Bank more democratic are to be discussed next week at the World Bank, MONDAY, 30TH JUNE, including:-
• Increasing the share of votes held by developing countries - potentially from 39% to 44.3%
• Provide an additional Executive Director for African Countries. Currently 46 Sub Saharan African countries share 2 Directors while US, Japan , Germany, UK and France each have their own Director.
The US Executive Director to the Bank has circulated a statement trying to discourage support for the proposal from other countries.
While this is a modest proposal - far from the full democratisation of the World Bank we as a coalition are calling for - IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE US DOES NOT SUCCEED IN TORPEDOING YET ANOTHER INITIATIVE AT GLOBAL LEVEL. While the US holds a veto on some decisions at the World Bank, its veto will not apply to this discussion.
Please email the Executive Director who represents Ireland at the World Bank (Canadian Executive Director: Marcel Masse email: mmasse@worldbank.org ), and the Irish representative, (Irish Representative: Donal Cahalane: email: dcahalane@worldbank.org ),
as soon as possible making your views known e.g. something along the lines.
'I/we have heard that the US government may attempt to block progress on proposed reforms to increase democracy at the World Bank. While
we understand that the proposals on the table represent only a small step towards democratisation, achieving more equitable
representation at the World Bank are vital. We hope that you will resist any effort to water down the modest proposals on the table'.
REMEMBER THAT WASHINGTON IS ABOUT 5 HOURS BEFORE US, SO MONDAY MORNING, ACT NOW TO ENSURE OUR CONCERNS ARE HEARD.
Canadian Executive Director: Marcel Masse email: mmasse@worldbank.org
Irish Representative: Donal Cahalane: email: dcahalane@worldbank.org
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