Time to Net the Debt - OneWorld launches DebtChannel.org
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For immediate release 2 December 2000 Time to Net the Debt - OneWorld launches DebtChannel.org OneWorld has launched the global internet portal on international debt in partnership with over 70 leading aid agencies, human rights and campaign groups worldwide. DebtChannel.org (www.DebtChannel.org), goes live to coincide with the deadline of the Jubilee 2000 campaign calling for Third World debt to be cancelled by the end of the millennium. "We are at a point of renewal for the international movement," said Ann Pettifor Jubilee 2000 Co-founder and Director. "The launch of DebtChannel.org is a reflection of the growing worldwide support for the struggle against debt slavery." DebtChannel.org carries stories and information from around the world in the most comprehensive collection of material on debt on the entire web. The channel features include news, campaign actions, events listings, discussion forums, a beginnerıs guide to debt and the worldıs first dedicated search facility on debt issues. The site aims to be a single way-in to the issue and to bring together a global audience calling for world leaders to no longer fail the worldıs poor by not canceling the unpayable debts of the poorest countries of the world. Debt is undermining basic human rights and the ability of communities and countries to determine their own sustainable development. "DebtChannel.org uses the internet to help bring together global civil society to ensure that debt does not bring more human suffering and poverty," said Joe Chilaizya, DebtChannel.org editor. "We invite everyone with access to the web to join us online to help Drop the Debt." DebtChannel.org is edited at OneWorld Africa in Zambia - one of the countries with a devastating debt burden. - ends - For more information on DebtChannel.org and OneWorld contact: Glen Tarman, OneWorld Publicity Manager, t 020 7735 2100 e media@oneworld.net Notes for editors: OneWorld is a non-profit network that aims to harness the democratic potential of the internet for human rights and sustainable development. Its supersite, www.OneWorld.net, is the world's leading portal on global justice and a gateway to a community of over 750 NGOs worldwide. OneWorld partners in DebtChannel.org include: ATTAC, Bretton Woods Project, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Comic Relief, Eurodad, Friends of the Earth, InterAction, International Development Research Centre, Jubilee 2000, Jubilee 2000 Zambia, KEPA, Mother's Union, New Internationalist, Oxfam, Panos, People and Planet, Preamble Center, Save the Children, Sdebitarsi, South Centre, Tear Fund, Third World Network, Transparency International, UNICEF, Voluntary Service Overseas, World Development Movement, World Vision and many more. |
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