Jabou,
This is a start since questions are raised as to the morality of the debt
owed by the third world countries. And whether the cancellation should have
any conditions attached to it or shall i say strings attached to it. I hope
this will be another way of
addressing the extreme poverty and mismagement in the Thirdworld and Africa
in particular.
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Date: 30 September 1999 02:15
Subject: Re: Fw: Unchaining Slaves of National Deb
>Ndey,
>
>In a speech l heard broadcast on National Public Radio today, President
>Clinton stated that the U.S will forgive the debt owed to them by any of
>these countries, if the monies will be used towards the fight against
>poverty and improvement of education, or something to that effect.
However,
>he said the particular country has to be able to prove it.
>
>Jabou Joh
>
>
>In a message dated 9/29/99 5:30:06 PM Central Daylight Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
><< On May 16, 1998, representatives of the eight wealthiest nations in the
> >world -- known as the Group of 8, or G8 -- held their annual summit
> >meeting in Birmingham, England. An astounding throng of 70,000 people
from
> >all over the United Kingdom was assembled there by the Jubilee 2000
> >Campaign, to create a human chain seven miles long around the conference
> >center and to raise the chant of "Break the chains of debt," calling for
> >cancellation of the crushing debt of impoverished countries by the year
> >2000.
> >
> >It was the first audible cry of a roar for justice that is beginning to
be
> >heard in every corner of the world, and that calls for echoing action in
> >the churches of the United States.
> >
> >The Jubilee 2000 -- or J2K -- Campaign is a coalition of unprecedented
> >international breadth and vitality that has grown dramatically around the
> >world in the past two years. The campaign has its roots in communities of
> >faith, but it includes secular groups of every political stripe, all
> >sharing a moral commitment to a debt-free fresh start for the world's
> >poorest nations.
> >
> >It draws inspiration from the Year of Jubilee every 50 years described in
> >Leviticus 25. But you don't have to be a believing Jew or Christian to
> >rise to the vision of liberation projected in this remarkable movement.
> >
> >An English political economist at the University of Keele named Martin
> >Dent first had the idea of linking the debt crisis to the concept of
> >Jubilee and the millennium. In 1990,
>
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