"From Monterrey to Johannesburg": DebtChannel.org Discussion Forum
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For immediate release 6 August 2002 "From Monterrey to Johannesburg": DebtChannel.org Discussion Forum OneWorld (www.oneworld.net) and Eurodad (www.eurodad.org) today launched a new DebtChannel.org www.debtchannel.org Discussion Forum: "From Monterrey to Johannesburg". This online event will discuss issues such as sustainable development strategies, aid and debt, and the way the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development Summit (WSSD) should tackle them. The WSSD (www.johannesburgsummit.org) (26 August to 4 September) is supposed to represent a concrete follow-up to the Financing for Development Summit (Monterrey, March 2002). Concerns, however, have been growing in recent weeks that the forthcoming Summit will represent another set of empty promises from governments yet to prove they can mean what they say about relieving poverty and achieving international development targets. "Against this background, we hope that this DebtChannel.org Discussion Forum can generate new suggestions on how to make sustainable development a reality," says Jonathan Wolsey, Eurodad forum moderator. "We also aim to help raise pressure on policy makers to take action in Johannesburg." DISCUSSION SCHEDULE until 9 Aug: Introduction: From Monterrey to Johannesburg, general expectations about WSSD. 12 Aug -24 Aug: Debt, aid, and sustainable development strategies: the current 'state of affairs'. What needs to happen at the WSSD? 27 Aug - 4 Sep: Coverage of the development agenda at WSSD (including comments from correspondents in Johannesburg) and responses from around the world. 5 Sep - 7 Sep: After Johannesburg - lessons from the Summit and follow-up. Active participation is open to anyone with Internet access and an interest in this issues. REGISTRATION: If you have not registered for a previous DebtChannel.org Discussion Forum, you can: 1. Go to http://forum.oneworld.net:8080/~debtchannel 2. Click on 'new user' 3. Enter your details (if you have any problems joining the discussion, please contact Jonathan Wolsey, DebtChannel.org Discussion Forum moderator mailto:jwolsey@eurodad.org) "From Monterrey to Johannesburg" OneWorld DebtChannel.org Discussion Forum follows 'The Road to Monterrey', a highly successful online event on debt reduction earlier this year, and 'From Genoa to the World Bank/IMF Autumn Meetings' in 2001. - ends - For more information contact: Henk Campher, OneWorld DebtChannel.org editor, t: +27 21 8867208 e: henk.campher@oneworld.net Jonathan Wolsey, Eurodad forum moderator, t: +32 2 543 9060 e: jwolsey@eurodad.org Notes: 1. OneWorld is a non-profit network that aims to harness the democratic potential of the Internet to promote sustainable development and human rights. Its website, www.oneworld.net, is the world's leading portal on social justice and a gateway to over 1, 250 partner non-governmental organisations (NGOs) worldwide. 2. Eurodad is a network of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in 16 European countries. It aims to coordinate the activities of NGOs working on the issues of Third World debt, structural adjustment, and financial markets in order to ensure that their views be brought to bear on decision-makers in Europe, the Bretton Woods Institutions and other relevant players. |
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