(December 4, 2003) In a blunt message to African leaders, [Canadian] Prime Minister Jean Chrétien said they must tackle corruption and government mismanagement to attract foreign investment.
Canadian-backed dam could be delayed
(December 3, 2003) A dam in Belize backed by a Canadian company is fundamental to the country’s economic development, Belize’s attorney general said Wednesday as he warned of dire consequences if the project is delayed by Britain’s Privy Council.
Saudis withhold money for Iraq
(December 3, 2003) Saudi Arabia will withhold the $1 billion (£582 million) in loans and credits that it pledged last month for Iraq’s reconstruction until the security situation is stabilised and a sovereign government takes office.
Canadian-backed dam in Belize faces legal challenge
(December 3, 2003) The British Privy Council begins a hearing that will determine the future of a Canadian-backed dam in Belize, which its opponents say will damage the country’s sensitive environment and destroy Mayan archeological sites.
Campaigners fight Belize dam
(December 3, 2003) The UK’s historic Privy Council is to hear a challenge to the construction of a dam in Belize, in central America.
Belize PM stands by controversial dam project
(December 3, 2003) Belize’s prime minister on Wednesday defended a dam-building scheme
that environmentalists say would destroy one of the largest undisturbed
wildernesses in Central America.
Pay the debt owed to the Iraqi people
(December 2, 2003) In a discussion paper published on its Web site, debt campaigner Jubilee South called for an investigation and audit of the alleged Iraqi debt. According to Jubilee South, the people of Iraq are not demanding handouts and debt relief but, rather, sovereignty and reparations.
Historic challenge to proposed dam in Belize
(December 2, 2003) UK Privy Council hears a challenge by Belizean environmentalists to their government’s environmental approval of the project.
Canada under fire over dam
(December 2, 2003) Ottawa agency complicit in Belize plan that will endanger local people and environment, writes Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Iraq urges quick debt rescheduling
(November 30, 2003) Iraq’s US-installed Governing Council has appealed to the international community to speed up the rescheduling of the towering debt accumulated by Saddam Hussein’s ousted regime.
Fur will fly when Privy meets!
(November 28, 2003) BACONGO charges reckless endangerment.
McPherson addresses Iraq
(November 27, 2003) MSU president Peter McPherson after five months’ leave as the financial coordinator of ORHA/CPA in Iraq says, "We can’t have Iraqis paying for Saddam 25 years from now. To postpone the debt would be a geopolitical mistake."
Millions risked on BAE contract
(November 27, 2003) Taxpayers’ money used to underwrite massive arms deal with shaky Saudi government.
Iraqi sovereign debt cancellation
(November 26, 2003) At the new session of the UK Parliament this week, Labour MP Barry Gardiner tabled an Early Day Motion on Iraqi debt. The text for the motion reads: "This House . . . concludes that Iraq’s debt is unsustainable; [and] further welcomes and supports Jubilee Iraq’s proposals for debt cancellation."
Spie Batignolles next in line for Lesotho prosecution
(November 25, 2003) The prosecution of multinational companies on charges of corruption relating to the Lesotho Highlands Water Project is quietly continuing.
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