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Letter to Canadian ED to the World Bank Re: Health, Nutrition and Population policy - April 20, 2007
April 20, 2007
Samy Watson
Canadian Executive Director
MC-12-175, 1818 H St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20433, USA
Facsimile: (202) 477-4155
Email: swatson1@worldbank.org
Dear Mr. Watson:
We are writing to express our deep concern that the World Bank’s new Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Strategy, due to be discussed by the World Bank Board of Directors on April 24th, has a number of weaknesses including effectively omitting all commitments to Bank funding for family planning. We encourage you to address these major shortcomings and push for stronger family planning, and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
February 29, 2008
The Honorable Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary General
United Nations
New York, NY
Dear Secretary General:
At the end of this year, governments of the world will meet in Doha, Qatar to evaluate progress in implementing the Monterrey Consensus. One of the critical elements of this consensus is the issue of external debt and its role in financing for development.
April 8, 2005
2005FIN153718
Mr. John Mihevc and co-signatories
Chair
Halifax initiative Coalition
104-153 Chapel Street
Ottawa, ON KIN 1H5
Dear Mr. Mihevc and co-signatories:
Thank you for your correspondence of January 28, 2005 regarding debt relief, additional financing and other development issues. I apologize for the delay of my reply.
December 15, 2005
The Honourable Ralph Goodale
Minister of Finance
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON,
K1A 0H5
Dear Minister Goodale,
The IMF is proposing to delay debt cancellation for 6 of the 18 countries that have already reached HIPC Completion Point. The IMF Board will decide to accept or reject the staff recommendation to further require 6 countries to undertake structural reforms next Wednesday.
We applauded your efforts in July and again in September to ensure that countries at, or upon reaching World Bank and International Monetary Fund "Completion Point" would receive immediate full cancellation of debts owed to the IMF, International Development Association and African Development Fund. The IMF is now proposing that at least 6 of the 18 have to wait to receive immediate debt cancellation until they further restructure their economies as per IMF advice.
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The Hon. David Emerson
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON K1A OG2
October 10, 2008
Re.: Canadian priorities leading up to the Doha Financing for Development Review.
Dear Minister Emerson:
Excerpts from a letter sent to the IMF & WB (July 1999)
Excerpts from a letter sent to: Tom Bernes, Executive Director for Canada, International Monetary Fund
Terrie O'Leary, Executive Director for Canada, World Bank
13 July, 1999
Dear Ms. O’Leary and Mr. Bernes,
I am writing, belatedly, on behalf of the Halifax Initiative, and the NGOs who joined us, to thank you both for meeting with us while we were in Washington for the Spring meetings. The meeting on April 26th, as well as the related meeting with Minister Martin on the 28th, was useful in learning more about the unfolding debt and financial architecture discussions as well as current Canadian positions in these areas. We also appreciated the opportunity to question you about the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF) process and to briefly discuss the Structural Adjustment Participatory Review Initiative (SAPRI).
Joint Letter to the PM Re: Eradicating debt at UN summit/WB-IMF Annual meetings - September 12, 2005
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September 12, 2005
The Right Honourable Paul Martin
Prime Minister of Canada
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A2
RE: Canadian NGOs Call on Canada to Demonstrate Leadership at Upcoming Meetings to Push International Community to take Action to Eradicate Poverty
Dear Prime Minister,
As you know this September is a critical month for the World's poor. Two major events, the UN World Summit and the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and IMF, offer the opportunity for the world community and Canada to demonstrate its commitment to eradicate poverty.
