(January 26, 2003) The French seem perfectly satisfied that the money they pay Saddam for oil goes toward WMD programs and supporting the military. Iraq owes France over $8 Billion in oil IOU’s and France has huge oil development contracts with Saddam.
Corruption busting
(January 24, 2003) The multibillion-rand Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), which transfers huge quantities of water from the rugged peaks of the Mountain Kingdom to the industrial heartland of South Africa, has always fitted the current stereotype of large dams – that they are massive, expensive and, environmental campaigners would say, destructive.
France motivated by its own oil argument
(January 22, 2003) Where Saddam rules, oil money goes to palaces and weapons. The French know this. […] It’s a brainless slander to say America wants a war for oil. It is a plain fact that France wants "peace" for oil.
World Conservation Union position on Fortis dam
(January 20, 2003) IUCN applauds Belize Supreme court decision to hold public hearings on
Fortis’ dam project prior to any final decision.
Public hearing equals public farce
(January 20, 2003) The public hearing on Chalillo, ordered by the Supreme Court, which was held in Cayo late last week, was supposed to give the Belizean public a forum to air their views and concerns about the controversial Macal River Dam. It did not do so.
Winning the Peace: Managing a Successful Transition in Iraq
(January 1, 2003) This report recommends to focus on creating viable power-sharing arrangements, protecting the Iraqi economy and oil interests, and maintaining regional stability. Generous debt and reparations relief arrangements are considered as necessary.
Government to launch new debt relief plan
(January 1, 2003) The Norwegian government is launching its new Plan of Action for Debt Relief for Development, which is a follow-up to the Norwegian Debt Relief Strategy of 1998.
A Wiser Peace: An Action Strategy For A Post-Conflict Iraq
(January 1, 2003) To call for a debt restructuring conference and push the United Nations Security Council to begin a review of past war-related claims against Iraq is one of ten key actions recommended by this paper.
Draft UN Convention against Corruption
(December 23, 2002) Proposal for concerted lobbying actions by interested National Chapters and TI-S to ensure an effective and comprehensive international legal instrument against corruption.
Lesotho in bid to stamp-out corruption
(December 19, 2002) The Lesotho government has set-up an anti-corruption department to root-out corruption in that country.
Congress approves anti-corruption bill
(December 19, 2002) Phillipines legislature approved yesterday a bicameral report on a landmark anticorruption measure which rewrote the rules for major contracts and hopes to put in place transparency and integrity in government transactions.
Peru hopes to enhance anti-corruption cooperation with
(December 18, 2002) Peruvian Prime Minister Luis Solari on Tuesday expressed the hope that the two countries could enhance exchanges and cooperation in the fight against corruption, drug trafficking and other crimes.
Kenya election payments row
(December 18, 2002) The presidential candidate of the leading opposing grouping in next week’s general elections in Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, has accused the government of making suspicious payments to some contractors.
Bribery case: Application dismissed
(December 18, 2002) The Lesotho High Court dismissed three applications on Wednesday brought by the former head of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority challenging his conviction for multi-million rand bribery and fraud.
A Flood of Disappointment
(December 16, 2002) Despite mountains of scientific studies and millions of dollars invested in high-profile rural development programs, the LHWP has made beggars of displaced Highlands people like Mamolupe Tsalong.
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