Tag Archives: Paris Club

Odious Debt: definition, application and context

(October 30, 2006) The co-author of Advancing the Odious Debts Doctrine addresses how the doctrine can be applied and in which contexts. Continue reading

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Paris Club’s fiftieth anniversary and meeting with representatives of the private sector

(June 14, 2006) The first part of the meeting was devoted to a presentation by private sector representatives of the situation of emerging debt markets. The second part of the meeting was dedicated to country cases, Iraq and Argentina. Continue reading

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Civil Society Statement on the Paris Club at 50: illegitimate and unsustainable

(June 6, 2006) As it is today, the Paris Club does not have any legitimacy. Civil society organizations from the South and the North demand a radical change of the current state of affairs in international debt management. Continue reading

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On odious debts, the Paris Club, and reparations

(November 28, 2004) Following our first announcement released March 8, 2003 after the re-activation of our union, we demanded a development plan to help kick-start the Iraqi economy. At that time, our union confirmed that an essential prerequisite for such a plan to succeed was the cancellation of debt and reparation claims against the Iraqi people. Continue reading

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Statement to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade on the Review of the Export Development Act

(November 16, 1999) Patricia Adams’s Statement to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade Continue reading

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Letter to Pierre Pettigrew: PI objections to the Gowling review of EDC

(October 8, 1999) Probe International believes that the Gowlings report is biased in favour of those who wish to maintain EDC’s privileged status. Continue reading

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Submission to the Export Development Act Review, Part 2

(December 21, 1998) EDC Sinks Third World Citizens Debt Continue reading

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Submission to the Export Development Act Review

(December 21, 1998) Export Development Corporation is unnecessary, costly and unaccountable. Misleads the Canadian public is an environmental wrecker. Patronage agency should be shut down. By Patricia Adams. Continue reading

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