(March 11, 2000) The HIPC Initiative has been generally criticized for providing too little for too few countries, over too long a time period. Derek MacCuish explains what the criticisms have been focused on and introduces a new program of debt relief.
China completes dam of world’s largest hydroelectric project
(March 10, 2000) ‘Many people have known something is wrong with the project, but few have dared to speak up,’ high-profile dam opponent Dai Qing wrote on Three Gorges Probe.
NSS harass Leuta for attending Dam-Affected Peoples Conference
(March 8, 2000) Three agents of Lesotho’s National Security Service (NSS) have repeatedly harassed Mr. Benedict Leuta in recent months. Leuta is a resident of the Lesotho Highlands who lost land to the recently constructed Katse Dam.
Three Cambodians drown, farms submerged, after Vietnam dam opened
(March 4, 2000) At least three people drowned and hundreds of farms were sumberged in northeastern Cambodia after a dam in neighboring Vietnam was opened accidentally, reports said Saturday.
Three Gorges petition
(March 3, 2000) Urgent appeal that the Three Gorges project should be operated at the initial retained water level of 156 metres in line with the National People’s Congress’s resolution in order to evaluate silt deposit and to reduce resettlement pressure
VN seeks to learn from others’ dam mistakes
(March 1, 2000) The World Commission on Dams (WCD) last weekend reaped a rich harvest of ideas, facts and arguments to help its deliberations on large dams and their alternatives at its regional consultation for East and Southeast Asia in Haø Noäi.
Three Gorges dam finished
(February 28, 2000) After 10 years in the making, the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River has been finished. That’s almost ten months ahead of schedule. The last cubic meter of concrete was poured into the 185 meter-high main wall on Sunday afternoon. Our reporter Guo Liying was there… All across the nation, people’s heart and soul stays with these workers as they started here almost ten years ago to erect the world’s highest dam.
Peddling yesterday’s technology: Aid for large hydro dams must be stopped
Speech to the World Commission on Dams presented by Probe International’s Grainne Ryder
Control of our lives
(February 26, 2000) In the international arena, third world debt is not expected to be repaid by those who borrowed it (ex. military dictators and their cronies) but by the populations whom they oppressed.
Summary on ‘Developing Dams in Lower Mekong River Basin and Japanese Money’
(February 25, 2000) The following is the summary paper which was submitted to the regional consultation meeting of the World Commission on Dams in Vietnam but was not adopted by the WCD for the official presentation in Vietnam.
Cambodia’s inland fisheries and the dams of the Mekong Basin
(February 25, 2000) The paper attempts to show the importance of fisheries in Cambodia. It then discusses the possible effects dams and other water regulatory works may have on them. Finally, it presents a brief overview of other fisheries management issues.
World Bank says no backing for Laos Dam until reforms in place
(February 22, 2000) The World Bank said yesterday it would not give its endorsement to a billion-dollar dam in Laos until the government commits itself to significant political and economic reforms, reports AFP.
Chinese officials caught embezzling Three Gorges resettlement funds
(February 21, 2000) China’s State Auditing Administration has revealed that local officials have embezzled about $57.7 million (all figures in U.S. dollars) in Three Gorges resettlement funds.
Radioactive waste spill pinpointed
(February 19, 2000) In the country’s first-ever case of nuclear waste leak, five people have been hospitalised for radiation sickness, but health and nuclear officials are still struggling to determine the ramifications of the radioactive nightmare.
Letter to World Bank President from Indonesian Activists
(February 18, 2000) JAKARTA (JP): We feel we have met you, know you and dream the same things as you and many of us have faith in you. We have waited for your coming. We have sent letters to you but the response has been that you are too busy. We have wanted to meet you to discuss our problems and explain what you can do for us, but we are confronted by a wall. Every minute of your time has been organized for you and there is no space left for us.
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