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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=578391120-26092008>REQUEST FOR
ENDORSEMENTS (<SPAN class=578391120-26092008>ENGLISH BELOW)
</SPAN> *** PEDIDO DE ADHESIONES</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>Estimados
Amigos:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>Muchos de
Ustedes están conscientes de que ahora la sociedad civil mundial tiene la más
importante oportunidad en la última década – y en un futuro previsible – de
abogar por cambios significativos en la política del Fondo Monetario
Internacional.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Por favor,
consideren firmar la carta a continuación y reenviarla a otras organizaciones
amigas alrededor del mundo que puedan estar interesadas en apoyar estos
esfuerzos.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>Las
reuniones de otoño del FMI y el Banco Mundial presentan una oportunidad
importante para que aprovechemos este momento histórico y mostrar un apoyo
general y global para que se le dé fin a las políticas perniciosas apoyadas por
el FMI, las cuales impiden que los países incrementen sus inversiones en la
educación y la salud.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><STRONG>Por
favor, envíe la firma de su organización <SPAN class=125151020-26092008>y
pais </SPAN>a Sarah Rimmington de Essential Action, </STRONG></FONT></FONT><A
href="javascript:top.opencompose('srimmington@essentialinformation.org','','','1')"><STRONG><FONT
size=2>srimmington@essentialinformation.org</FONT></STRONG></A><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2><STRONG>, antes del domingo, 5 de octubre,
2008.</STRONG><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>Hacemos
notar que organizaciones estadounidenses mandaron una carta similar al Congreso
de EE.UU. la última primavera.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Ahora nosotros estamos invitando a los mismos grupos, ADEMÁS de otros
grupos mundiales para unirse a este llamado por cambios drásticos en la política
del FMI hacia países en desarrollo.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Mandaremos un borrador revisado de la carta de abril a la Junta Ejecutiva
del FMI durante sus reuniones en octubre en Washington, D.C.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
size=2><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD">**</SPAN><SPAN
lang=ES-TRAD
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD">¿</SPAN><SPAN
lang=ES-TRAD style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD">Por qué una carta de firmantes
para la Junta Ejecutiva del FMI ahora?**<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><BR><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>El
pasado abril, la Junta Ejecutiva del FMI aprobó una propuesta para vender parte
de las reservas de oro que mantiene para crear un fondo de inversiones. Las
ganancias obtenidas a través de dicho fondo serán utilizadas para pagar los
gastos administrativos del FMI.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>El
FMI está tomando esta medida porque está enfrentado una crisis en su
presupuesto: países de mediano ingreso han estado pagando sus deudas al FMI pero
no están solicitando nuevos prestamos.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>En un giro inusitado de acontecimientos, el FMI<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>requiere la autorización del
Congreso<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>de Estados Unidos para
vender este oro, brindándole una oportunidad única a la sociedad civil para
poder forzar cambios en la política del FMI.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000000>La sociedad
civil estadounidense decidió aprovechar esta oportunidad de poder presionar a
nuestro Congreso para que condicione la aprobación de las ventas de oro con
cambios en la manera en que opera el FMI.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>El abril pasado, más de 100 grupos de la sociedad civil estadounidense
lanzaron un esfuerzo de presión a través del envío de cartas al Congreso para
hacer exactamente eso, instando a que las ventas de oro sean aprobadas solamente
si el Congreso logra obtener cambios en la política del FMI, de manera que la
institución:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><BR><SPAN style="COLOR: black">*Deje de
exigir que los países adopten la política de mantener metas de inflación y un
nivel restrictivo de déficit, que no favorece el crecimiento
económico.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="COLOR: red"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>*Que no
incluya el gasto en salud y educación cuando se apliquen límites a los
presupuestos fiscales de los gobiernos. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>*Detenga el
desvío de asistencia extranjera a pagos de deudas domésticas o a la acumulación
de reservas internacionales, en vez de ser utilizadas para sus propósitos
originales.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>*Separe las
condicionalidades económicas perniciosas de la condonación de deuda; y<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>*Mejore la
transparencia y realice consultas públicas significativas antes de llevar a cabo
acuerdos sobre políticas económicas con los países.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><BR><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>Como la
propuesta del FMI sobre la venta del oro le daría auto-financiamiento a la
agencia, es probable que esta importante oportunidad de presionar al Congreso
para aplicar presión sobre el Fondo no se presentará de nuevo en un futuro
inmediato.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hasta ahora,
algunos miembros importantes del Congreso han expresado su interés en
condicionar las ventas del oro del FMI a la asignación de una porción del dinero
para iniciativas designadas a la condonación de deuda.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sin embrago, a pesar de estar
preocupados por las condiciones que el FMI impone sobre los países en desarrollo
en términos de políticas económicas y la falta de transparencia en la
institución, estos congresistas están inseguros sobre si presionar por cambios
drásticos o no, a menos que vean un apoyo mundial amplio a favor de estos
cambios.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><BR><BR>Por eso, les
estamos pidiendo a Ustedes, nuestros compañeros alrededor del mundo, que apoyen
un llamado general a que se den cambios drásticos en el FMI.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><BR><BR>Por favor, revisen la
carta de firmantes a continuación y notifíquenle su decisión de apoyar esta
iniciativa (solamente organizaciones por favor) a Sarah Rimmington de Essential
Action, </FONT><A
href="javascript:top.opencompose('srimmington@essentialinformation.org','','','1')"><FONT
size=2>srimmington@essentialinformation.org</FONT></A><FONT color=#000000><FONT
size=2>, antes del domingo, 5 de octubre, 2008.<BR><BR><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>¡Muchas Gracias! <BR><BR>*** Carta
Mundial a la Junta Ejecutiva del FMI ***<BR><BR>xx de octubre,
2008<BR><BR>Estimado Director Ejecutivo ,<BR><BR>Asunto: Condicionando la venta
de oro a la reforma de las políticas del FMI en países en
desarrollo.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>Con muchos
países pagando sus deudas al FMI y no solicitando nuevas líneas de crédito, las
maneras tradicionales de generar ingreso de la institución están
disminuyendo.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Enfrentado con un
déficit de $400 millones en el presupuesto en 2010, la Junta Ejecutiva del FMI
en abril aprobó una propuesta para vender una porción de sus reservas de
oro.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>El ingreso será utilizado para
crear un fondo cuyas ganancias ayudarán con el financiamiento del presupuesto
administrativo de la institución.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Estamos escribiendo para pedir que la Junta Ejecutiva insista en poner en
práctica reformas significativas a la política del FMI en favor del desarrollo y
poner condiciones sobre la manera en que el oro será vendido, antes de
implementar las ventas.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>En las
últimas tres décadas, las políticas del FMI han limitado el desarrollo y han
negado oportunidades y vidas dignas para cientos de millones de personas.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>El FMI ha utilizado su rol como guardián
de flujos internacionales de capital para insistir en que países pobres adopten
un conjunto restringido de políticas macroeconómicas.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Estas políticas han limitado la
posibilidades de más crecimiento económico y han prevenido que gobiernos de
países en desarrollo inviertan suficientes cantidades en la asistencia médica,
la educación y otras necesidades vitales.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000000>Como se ha
propuesto hasta ahora, la venta del oro del FMI sería un acontecimiento único y
las ganancias serían usadas solamente para financiar operaciones del FMI sin
cualquier garantía ni promesas de cambios en las políticas fracasadas y
perniciosas del FMI.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><BR><BR>Si la Junta Ejecutiva del FMI prosigue con sus ventas de oro,
debería aprobovechar la oportunidad de rectificar sus agravios históricos.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Las ganancias de las ventas de oro no
deben ser utilizadas exclusivamente para mantener al personal del FMI.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><BR>El oro en manos del FMI es, en
esencia, <SPAN style="COLOR: black">un bien público.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Si se va a implementar la venta del oro,
una porción significativa de las ganancias debería ser dedicada</SPAN> al bien
público de aliviar la pobreza mundial.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>La mejor manera de hacer esto sería de destinar una porción de las
ganancias hacia la condonación de deuda.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Esta porción de las ganancias podría depositarse en un fondo fiduciario
que podría ser utilizado para cubrir los atrasos prolongados de los países que
pronto serán elegibles para la condonación de sus deudas de acuerdo con los
programas de alivio de deuda del FMI/BM ya existentes, o para financiar la
condenación de deuda en el futuro para países empobrecidos.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><BR><BR>Las ventas de oro no deberían
ser autorizadas antes de que el FMI logre los siguientes cambios específicos y
demostrables en sus mandatos y prescripciones para países en desarrollo.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN style="COLOR: black">. El
FMI debe revocar el uso de la política de mantener metas de inflación y un nivel
restrictivo de déficit.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Estas metas
constrictivas les impide a los países en desarrollo aumentar su crecimiento
económico a través de la expansión de sus inversiones públicas a largo plazo a
través de gastos en sectores públicos claves, como las áreas esenciales de la
salud y la educación. El FMI no deben continuar estorbando los esfuerzos de los
funcionarios que en países endeudados están buscando y adoptando opciones de
políticas fiscales y monetarias mas expansivas.</SPAN> </FONT><SPAN
style="COLOR: red"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>. Un mayor
gasto en la educación y en la salud debe ser excluido de las políticas que
restringen innecesariamente los gastos del gobierno en general.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Los límites establecidos para los
presupuestos y masas salariales han minado la capacidad de países empobrecidos
de pagar salarios adecuados para los trabajadores en los sectores de salud y
educación, además de contratar a trabajadores adicionales y mejorar la calidad
de estos sectores.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>El FMI ha
mostrado ciertos avances en eliminar los limites sobre las masas salariales,
pero todavía mantiene los límites a los presupuestos, los cuales ponen
restricciones sobre los gastos y la flexibilidad de los gobiernos.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><BR><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000000>. A los
países en desarrollo se les debe permitir utilizar la ayuda internacional que
reciben para los fines originales de esos recursos.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>En vez de gastar esta ayuda en la salud,
HIV/SIDA, y la educación, grandes porcentajes han sido destinados al pago de
deuda doméstica y la acumulación de reservas internacionales debido a las
políticas del FMI que regulan políticas monetarias.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Aunque entendemos que el establecimiento
de un fuerte nivel de reservas puede ser una prioridad para un país, la decisión
de usar o no usar ayuda internacional para aumentar reservas debería
</FONT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">ser una decisión tomada por un gobierno
después de tener discusiones públicas acerca de las implicaciones con el
legislativo, la sociedad civil, y otras partes interesadas, y con un análisis
claro de los riesgos y los beneficios implicados.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><BR><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>. La
condonación de la deuda debe <SPAN style="COLOR: black">estar desvinculada
</SPAN>de las condiciones políticas económicas perniciosas, incluyendo las
restrictivas metas inflacionarias y presupuestarias, límites a los sueldos y
presupuestos que restringen los gastos en salud y educación; y políticas que
desvían la ayuda internacional de sus fines originales.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>. La
transparencia y el derecho a tener acceso a la información debe ser fortalecido
en el FMI.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>La publicación de los
borradores sobre los informes <SPAN style="COLOR: black">de políticas del FMI,
informes sobre asistencia técnica, y documentos de la Junta Ejecutiva – como por
ejemplo, las actas de las reuniones de la Junta – es de suma importancia para
facilitar la participación informada de las partes interesadas en la toma de
decisiones económicas nacionales y para asegurar que los ciudadanos tengan la
capacidad de exigir que</SPAN> sus gobiernos sean responsables.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><BR><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Las prácticas del FMI deben cambiar para
asegurar que la toma de decisiones sobre política se de a nivel nacional <SPAN
style="COLOR: black">y en forma democrática.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>El proceso operacional de los equipos de
las misiones del FMI en las que se visitan a los países y se revisan los
acuerdos de préstamos o se lleva a cabo la vigilancia anual (informes según el
Artículo IV) debe facilitar consultaciones informadas y abiertas con una amplia
gama de partes interesadas externas, no solamente con los Ministerios de
Finanzas y los Bancos Centrales.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Entre dichas partes interesadas se debería incluir a otros ministros
gubernamentales relevantes (incluso salud y educación), economistas
independientes y especialistas académicos, la sociedad nacional civil y
los</SPAN> sindicatos laborales.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Estas consultaciones generales y significativas deberían ocurrir antes de
que las políticas macroeconómicas de un país sean formuladas.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>Finalmente,
hacemos notar que el plan para la ventas de oro del FMI indica que no habrá
ventas similares posteriormente.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Dados los exorbitantes aumentos en los costos de alimentación y del
petróleo y los problemas financieros internacionales, reparar los problemas de
deuda de los países en desarrollo y alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo del
Milenio podría requerir nuevas fuentes de financiamiento en el futuro.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No hay razón para no comprometerse con
anterioridad a utilizar el bien público que es el oro del FMI para estos fines
en el futuro.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD">Atentamente,<BR><BR>[Lista en<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Formacion]<BR><BR
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color=#000000><FONT size=2>Action Aid International
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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color=#000000><FONT size=2>Africa Action, Washington, DC,
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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color=#000000><FONT size=2>American Medical Student
Association<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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color=#000000><FONT size=2>Association AIDES,
France<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Bank Information Center, Washington, DC,
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Centre for Civil Society Economic Justice Project,
University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban, South
Africa<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Centre for Human Rights and Development,
Mongolia<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Centre for Safety and Rational Use of Indian Systems
of Medicine Ibn Sina Academy of Medievel Medicine & Sciences Aligarh,
India<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>CODESEN (Coordination of Civil Society Organizations
for the Environmental Protection and the Development of the Senegal River
Basin), Dakar, Senegal<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>CRBM (Campaign to Reform the World Bank),
Italy<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Economic Justice and Development Organization (EJAD),
Pakistan<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>EMPOWER, India<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Essential Action, Washington, DC,
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG), Brussels,
Belgium<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Food and Water Watch,
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Forum for Biotechnology & Food Security, New
Delhi, India<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Gender Action, Washington, DC,
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health, Accra,
Ghana<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Ghana Trade and Livelihood Coalition (GTLC), Accra,
Ghana<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Global Action for Children, Washington, DC,
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Global AIDS Alliance, Washington,
DC<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Global Campaign for Education, Washington, DC
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Global Exchange, San Francisco, CA,
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>GrassRootsAfrica, Accra,
Ghana<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Health Alliance International, Seattle, WA,
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Health GAP (Global Access Project), Philadelphia, PA,
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Health and Human Rights programme, School of Public
Health and Family Medicine Health Sciences Faculty, University of Cape Town,
South Africa<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Holy Cross International Justice Office, Notre Dame,
IN, USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Initiative for Community Development ,
Nigeria<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti,
Joseph, OR<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>International Labor Rights Forum, Washington, DC,
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>International Presentation Association Justice
Network India<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>International Presentation Association of the Sisters
of the Presentation New York, NY, USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>The Irish Missionary
Union<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Jubilee San Diego<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Jubilee USA
Network<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium
(KANCO)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Kenya Debt Relief Network
(KENDRAN)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Labour,Health and Human Rights
Development<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Centre, lhahrdev, Lagos,
Nigeria<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Madhya Pradesh Vigyan Sabha (MPVS), Bhopal,
India<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns,
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Medical Mission Sisters, Sector North
America<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Notre Dame de namur Justice and Peace Network,
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Nyaya Health, Achham,
Nepal<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>The Oakland Institute, Oakland, CA,
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Plate-forme haïtienne de Plaidoyer pour un
Développement Alternatif (PAPDA) Port-au-Prince,
Haïti<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Partners In Health, Boston, MA,
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Physicians for Human Rights,
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Positive Malaysian Treatment Access & Advocacy
Group (MTAAG+).<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Presentation
Congregation<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Presentation Justice Network,
Ireland<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>RESULTS JAPAN<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>RESULTS UK<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>RESULTS USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Sisters of the Holy Cross, Congregation Justice
Committee, USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Social Development Network,
Kenya<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>TransAfrica Forum, Washington, DC,
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Treatment Action Group (TAG), New York, NY,
USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>United Belize Advocacy Movement
(UNIBAM)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>United Methodist Church, General Board of Church and
Society, Washington, DC, USA<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>World Development Movement, London,
UK<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Youth Development Forum (YODEFO), Kampala,
Uganda<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2>Youth In Action, Sierra
Leone<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">September 26,
2008<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Dear
Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">In
advance of the upcoming annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank, <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">two sign-on letters to the IMF’s executive board are
circulating</SPAN></I></SPAN></FONT></B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">You may already have
received one, or indeed both, of them. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><I><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">We
are requesting that you consider endorsing both letters, which are pasted below.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><I><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"> </SPAN></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Although their purposes
are similar, they are not identical. The deadline for both is Sunday October
5.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">One
letter was initiated by a coalition of U.S.-based groups, is addressed to the
IMF Board, but has an important secondary audience,
the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">U.S.
Congress, which will be a key player in the IMF’s bid to secure funding to
continue operations now that it has acknowledged a
serious<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">financial
crisis of its own.</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> According to
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> law, congressional approval for
the IMF’s plan to sell some of its gold reserves for
this<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">purpose is required
before the IMF board plan can go into effect. The letter calls for an end to
harmful policies supported by the IMF that<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">prevent countries from
scaling up investments in health and education before implementing the gold
sale. Thus, this letter puts the IMF on<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">notice regarding civil
society’s agenda, and will be circulated widely among Members of Congress to
encourage them to condition approval<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">of gold sales on serious
reforms of the way the IMF does business, particularly in low-income countries.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Members of Congress have
indicated they want to see broad international support if they are to push for
bold reforms at the IMF—and this letter<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">is a significant means
to ensure that global civil society’s voices are resonating
together.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The Letter is pasted
below and is available online at
http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/editorsblog/uploads/GlobalLetterFINAL.oct08.doc<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Sign-Ons for this letter
should go to <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sarah Rimmington</SPAN></B>,
Essential Action, <A
href="mailto:srimmington@essentialinformation.org">srimmington@essentialinformation.org</A>
by <B><U><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sunday October 5,
2008</SPAN></U></B>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">~*~<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The
other letter was initiated and drafted by several organizations within the IMF
Campaign network and encourages Finance Ministers
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">and
the IMF Executive Board to shut down the Poverty Reduction & Growth Facility
(PRGF), the principle source of IMF loans to low-income countries.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The letter suggests that
the remaining funds be shifted to other more suitable agencies and institutions,
implying that there would be no reduction in funds <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">to low-income countries
eligible for the PRGF. This letter specifically targets the upcoming review of
IMF lending instruments, the first opportunity <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">in some time to get
high-level officials on the record about the IMF’s main remaining avenue to push
structural adjustment programs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">This letter is pasted
below and can be viewed online at
http://brettonwoodsproject.org/art.shtml?x=562405<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Sign-ons for this letter
should go to <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Peter Chowla</SPAN></B> at <A
href="mailto:info@brettonwoodsproject.org">info@brettonwoodsproject.org</A>
by <B><U><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sunday October
5</SPAN></U></B>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><I><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Thank
you for playing a part in these unique opportunities to change the
IMF.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">You can see both letters
below:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Letter
#1<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">--- DRAFT and
endorsements as of September 26, 2008 ---<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Dear
Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Re:
<U>Preconditioning Gold Sales on Reform of IMF Policy in
Developing<o:p></o:p></U></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Countries</SPAN></FONT></U></B><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">With many countries
repaying their loans to the International Monetary<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Fund and not seeking new
lines of credit, the institution’s traditional<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">means of generating
income is dwindling. Facing a budget shortfall of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">$400 million in 2010, in
April the IMF’s Executive Board approved a<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">proposal to sell some of
its gold reserves. The revenue will be used to<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">create an endowment
whose earnings will assist in financing the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">institution’s
administrative budget. We are writing to urge that
before<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">the Executive Board
implements gold sales, it insist on meaningful<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">pro-development reforms
in IMF policy in developing countries, and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">attach conditions to how
gold sales will occur.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Over the last three
decades, IMF policies have limited development, and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">denied opportunity and
decent livelihoods to hundreds of millions. The<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">IMF has leveraged its
role as gatekeeper to international capital flows<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">to insist that poor
countries adopt a narrow set of macroeconomic<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">policies. These policies
have limited possibilities for more<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">expansionary economic
growth and prevented developing country<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">governments from
investing sufficiently in healthcare, education and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">other vital
needs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">As proposed, sale of IMF
gold would be a one-time event, with the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">proceeds used solely to
fund IMF operations, and without any assurances<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">or even promises of
changes to long-standing failed and harmful IMF<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">policies.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">If the IMF Executive
Board is to proceed with gold sales, it should take<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">advantage of the
opportunity to remedy these historic wrongs. The<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">proceeds from gold sales
must not be used exclusively to maintain IMF staff.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The gold held by the IMF
is in essence a global public good. If gold<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">sales are to be
implemented, a significant portion of the proceeds<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">should be devoted to the
public good of alleviating global poverty. The<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">best way to do this
would be to allocate proceeds towards debt<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">cancellation. Proceeds
could be placed into a trust that could be used<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">to cover protracted
arrears of countries soon to be eligible for debt<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">cancellation under the
existing IMF/World Bank debt relief programs, or<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">to fund future debt
cancellation for additional impoverished countries.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Gold sales should not be
permitted before the IMF achieves the following<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">specific and
demonstrable changes in its policy mandates and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">prescriptions for
developing countries:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">* The IMF must rescind
the use of overly restrictive deficit-reduction<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">and inflation-reduction
targets. These contractionary targets prevent<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">developing countries
from boosting their economic growth by expanding<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">long-term public
investments through deficit spending in key public<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">sectors, such as the
critical areas of health and education. The IMF<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">must not continue to
stand in the way of policy makers in borrowing<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">countries exploring and
adopting more expansionary fiscal and monetary<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">policy
options.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">* Expanded health and
education spending must be exempt from policies<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">that unduly constrain
overall government spending. Budget and wage bill<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">ceilings have undermined
impoverished<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">countries’ ability to
provide adequate salaries for health and education<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">workers, hire additional
needed health workers and teachers, and scale<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">up and improve the
quality of the health and education sectors. The
IMF<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">has made some progress
toward eliminating wage bill ceilings, but it<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">still maintains budget
caps that limit overall government spending<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">flexibility.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">* Developing countries
must be permitted to spend foreign aid for its<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">intended purposes.
Instead of being spent on health, HIV/AIDS, and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">education, large
percentages of foreign aid have been allocated to<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">domestic debt payment
and international currency reserves because of IMF<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">policies regulating
monetary policies. While we understand that the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">establishment of strong
reserves can be a priority for a country, the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">decision of whether to
use foreign aid to build up reserves should be<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">the government’s, made
after public discussion of the implications with<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">the legislature, civil
society, and other stakeholders, with a clear<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">analysis of the
trade-offs involved.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">* Debt cancellation must
be de-linked from harmful economic policy<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">conditions, including
overly restrictive deficit-reduction and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">inflation-reduction
targets, wage and budget caps that limit spending
on<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">health and education;
and policies that lead to diversion of foreign aid<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">from its intended
purposes.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">* Transparency and the
right to access information must be strengthened<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">at the IMF. Disclosure
of IMF draft policy papers, technical assistance<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">reports, and Executive
Board documents—such as the minutes on Board<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">meetings—is imperative
to facilitating informed participation by<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">external stakeholders in
national economic decision-making and to<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">ensuring citizens’
ability to hold their governments accountable.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">* IMF practices must
change to ensure national, democratic<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">decision-making over
policy-making. The operational process of IMF<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Mission</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> Teams that visit
countries to review loan agreements or conduct<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">annual surveillance
(Article IV reports) must facilitate open and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">informed consultations
with a wide range of external stakeholders, not<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">just with the Ministry
of Finance and the Central Bank. Stakeholders<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">should include other
relevant government ministries (including health<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">and education),
independent economists and academic specialists,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">national civil society
and labor unions. These broad and meaningful<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">consultations should
occur before a country’s macroeconomic policies are<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">set.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Finally, we note that
the IMF’s gold sales plan indicates there will be<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">no subsequent sale of
gold. Given skyrocketing costs for food and oil<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">and the current global
financial turmoil, redressing developing country<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">debt problems and
meeting Millennium Development Goal (MDG)
objectives<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">may require new sources
of funding in the future. There is no reason to<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">preemptively commit to
not deploying the global public good of IMF gold<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">for this purpose in the
future.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">[List in
Progress]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Action Aid International
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Africa Action,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">American Medical Student
Association<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Association AIDES,
France<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Bank
Information Center</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">,
<st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State>, DC, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Centre for Civil Society
Economic Justice Project, University of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">KwaZulu-Natal</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:State><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Durban</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">South Africa</st1:country-region></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Centre for Human Rights
and Development, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Mongolia</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Centre for Safety and
Rational Use of Indian Systems of Medicine<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Ibn Sina Academy of
Medievel Medicine & Sciences<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Aligarh</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">CODESEN (Coordination of
Civil Society Organizations for the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Environmental Protection
and the Development of the <st1:place w:st="on">Senegal
River</st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Basin), <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Dakar</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Senegal</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">CRBM (Campaign to Reform
the World Bank), <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Italy</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Economic Justice and
Development Organization (EJAD), <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Pakistan</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">EMPOWER,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Essential Action,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">European AIDS Treatment
Group (EATG), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Brussels</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">Belgium</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Food and Water
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Watch</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Forum for Biotechnology
& Food Security, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">New
Delhi</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Gender Action,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:country-region w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Ghana</SPAN></FONT></st1:country-region><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> Coalition of NGOs in
Health, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Accra</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ghana</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:country-region w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Ghana</SPAN></FONT></st1:country-region><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> Trade and Livelihood
Coalition (GTLC), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Accra</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ghana</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Global Action for
Children, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Global AIDS <st1:City
w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Global Campaign for
Education, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State> <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Global Exchange,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">GrassRootsAfrica,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Accra</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ghana</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Health <st1:City
w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City> International, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Seattle</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">WA</st1:State>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Health GAP (Global
Access Project), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">PA</st1:State>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Health and Human Rights
programme, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Public Health</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and
Family<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Medicine<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Health Sciences Faculty,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of Cape Town</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">South
Africa</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Holy Cross International
Justice Office, Notre <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Dame</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">IN</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Initiative for Community
Development , <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Institute for Justice
& Democracy in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Haiti</st1:country-region>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Joseph</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">OR</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">International Labor
Rights Forum, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">International
Presentation Association Justice Network <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">International
Presentation Association of the Sisters of the
Presentation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">New
York</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <st1:State
w:st="on">NY</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The Irish Missionary
<st1:place w:st="on">Union</st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Jubilee <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San
Diego</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Jubilee
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>
Network<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Kenya</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> AIDS NGOs Consortium
(KANCO)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Kenya</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> Debt Relief Network
(KENDRAN)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Labour,Health and Human
Rights Development<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Centre, lhahrdev,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Lagos</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Madhya Pradesh Vigyan
Sabha (MPVS), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bhopal</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Maryknoll Office for
Global Concerns, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Medical Mission Sisters,
Sector <st1:place w:st="on">North
America</st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Notre Dame de <st1:City
w:st="on">namur</st1:City> Justice and Peace <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Network</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Nyaya Health, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Achham</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Nepal</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The Oakland Institute,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Oakland</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Plate-forme haïtienne de
Plaidoyer pour un Développement Alternatif (PAPDA)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Port-au-Prince</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">,
Haïti<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Partners In Health,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">MA</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Physicians for Human
Rights, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Positive Malaysian
Treatment Access & Advocacy Group (MTAAG+).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Presentation
Congregation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Presentation Justice
Network, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Ireland</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">RESULTS
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">JAPAN</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">RESULTS
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">RESULTS
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Sisters of the Holy
Cross, Congregation Justice Committee, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Social Development
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Network</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">TransAfrica
Forum</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <st1:City
w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Treatment Action Group
(TAG), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">New York</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">NY</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">United
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Belize</st1:place></st1:country-region> Advocacy Movement
(UNIBAM)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">United <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Methodist</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, General Board of Church and
Society,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Washington</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">World Development
Movement, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Youth Development Forum
(YODEFO), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Kampala</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">Uganda</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Youth In Action,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sierra
Leone</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Letter
# 2 from Bretton Woods Project and Partner Civil Society Organizations in the
IMF Campaign:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">30
September 2008<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Ministers
of Finance<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">IMF
Executive Directors<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Re:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> <B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">IMF Review of Lending Instruments, Facilities, and
Policies<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">It is time to seriously
re-think the role that the IMF should be playing<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">in low-income countries.
The Executive Board’s plan to review all the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Fund’s lending
instruments and facilities over the next few months<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">presents an opportunity
to do so.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The IMF has come under
serious criticism both internally and externally<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">about its focus and role
in low income countries. The Malan Committee<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">highlighted the
inappropriate role the Fund is playing in
low-income<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">countries, overstepping
its traditional role of addressing short term<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">balance of payment
crises to act as a development financier, even
though<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">it is not a development
institution. The report concluded that “the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Fund’s financing in
low-income countries is an area where it has moved<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">beyond its core
responsibilities.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The Independent
Evaluation Office (IEO) of the IMF has highlighted<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">problems with both the
structural and macroeconomic conditions in PRGF<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">countries. The IEO
report released in January 2008 highlighted the
lack<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">of progress on reducing
conditionality. Despite this, the first annual<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">report on structural
conditionality shows that it has increased rather<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">than decreased. The 2007
IEO report demonstrated that PRGF programs<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">largely replicate the
conditions attached to the "structural adjustment"<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">lending which has been
so heavily criticized.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">While the Fund may have
a role to play in addressing short-term balance<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">of payments problems, it
is clearly not equipped to act as a long-term<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">development lender in
low-income countries. Conditionality included in<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">PRGF programs constrains
the domestic policy space needed by countries<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">to develop innovative
economic policies best suited to create growth and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">reduce poverty in their
specific country contexts. It also undermines<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">the accountability of
borrowing governments, who blame IMF conditions<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">for the lack of
investment in their social sectors.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The IMF Board should
take the necessary steps to insure that the planned<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">review of the PRGF is
rigorous and broad. We believe that any<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">comprehensive
examination is likely to echo past recommendations for
a<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">sharp curtailment or
closure, given the IMF's lack of development<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">expertise and apparent
inability or disinclination to limit the use of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">conditionality. We call
on you to close the PRGF to new requests. The<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">funds remaining in the
PRGF Trust should be shifted to other<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">institutions and other
forms of development assistance, implying no net<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">decrease in resources
available to low-income countries.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">With new resources
available to low-income countries from debt relief<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">and scaled-up aid, now
is the time to make sure that the international<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">financial architecture
meets the serious challenges faced by low-income<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">countries. That calls
for new thinking about the IMF’s role. The<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">undersigned
organisations (and individuals) urge you to use the
IMF’s<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">facility review to do
just that.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Signed (as of 11
September 2008):<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Organisations<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">1. African Network on
Debt and Development (AFRODAD)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">2. Bretton Woods
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Project</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">3. <st1:City
w:st="on">Halifax</st1:City> Initiative, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">4. CRBM,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Italy</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">5. Treatment Action
Group, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">6. Social Justice
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Committee</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">7. <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:country-region> coalition on Debt and Development,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">8. Ecumenical Support
Services, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">9. People's <st1:City
w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City> for Debt Cancellation (GARPU), <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Indonesia</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">10. Jubilee Debt
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Campaign</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">11. IRPAD/Afrique,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Mali</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">12. Jubilee
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Scotland</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">13. Jubilee
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">14. <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region> Debt Relief <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Network</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">15. <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Christian Aid</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">16. ActionAid
International<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">17. Jubilee
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Zambia</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">18. Africa 2000 Network
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Foundation</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">19. <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Center of Concern</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">20. Global <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Exchange</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">21. Maryknoll Office for
Global Concerns, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">22. A SEED Europe,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">23. <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:place></st1:country-region>
Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">24. Plan <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">B</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">25. MWENGO,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Individuals<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">1. Oscar
Ugarteche<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">2. Dennis
Brutus<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Bhumika<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">September 26,
2008<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Dear
Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">In
advance of the upcoming annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank, <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">two sign-on letters to the IMF’s executive board are
circulating</SPAN></I></SPAN></FONT></B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">You may already have
received one, or indeed both, of them. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><I><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">We
are requesting that you consider endorsing both letters, which are pasted below.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><I><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"> </SPAN></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Although their purposes
are similar, they are not identical. The deadline for both is Sunday October
5.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">One
letter was initiated by a coalition of U.S.-based groups, is addressed to the
IMF Board, but has an important secondary audience,
the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">U.S.
Congress, which will be a key player in the IMF’s bid to secure funding to
continue operations now that it has acknowledged a
serious<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">financial
crisis of its own.</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> According to
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> law, congressional approval for
the IMF’s plan to sell some of its gold reserves for
this<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">purpose is required
before the IMF board plan can go into effect. The letter calls for an end to
harmful policies supported by the IMF that<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">prevent countries from
scaling up investments in health and education before implementing the gold
sale. Thus, this letter puts the IMF on<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">notice regarding civil
society’s agenda, and will be circulated widely among Members of Congress to
encourage them to condition approval<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">of gold sales on serious
reforms of the way the IMF does business, particularly in low-income countries.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Members of Congress have
indicated they want to see broad international support if they are to push for
bold reforms at the IMF—and this letter<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">is a significant means
to ensure that global civil society’s voices are resonating
together.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The Letter is pasted
below and is available online at
http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/editorsblog/uploads/GlobalLetterFINAL.oct08.doc<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Sign-Ons for this letter
should go to <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sarah Rimmington</SPAN></B>,
Essential Action, <A
href="mailto:srimmington@essentialinformation.org">srimmington@essentialinformation.org</A>
by <B><U><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sunday October 5,
2008</SPAN></U></B>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">~*~<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The
other letter was initiated and drafted by several organizations within the IMF
Campaign network and encourages Finance Ministers
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">and
the IMF Executive Board to shut down the Poverty Reduction & Growth Facility
(PRGF), the principle source of IMF loans to low-income countries.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The letter suggests that
the remaining funds be shifted to other more suitable agencies and institutions,
implying that there would be no reduction in funds <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">to low-income countries
eligible for the PRGF. This letter specifically targets the upcoming review of
IMF lending instruments, the first opportunity <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">in some time to get
high-level officials on the record about the IMF’s main remaining avenue to push
structural adjustment programs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">This letter is pasted
below and can be viewed online at
http://brettonwoodsproject.org/art.shtml?x=562405<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Sign-ons for this letter
should go to <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Peter Chowla</SPAN></B> at <A
href="mailto:info@brettonwoodsproject.org">info@brettonwoodsproject.org</A>
by <B><U><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sunday October
5</SPAN></U></B>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><I><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Thank
you for playing a part in these unique opportunities to change the
IMF.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">You can see both letters
below:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Letter
#1<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">--- DRAFT and
endorsements as of September 26, 2008 ---<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Dear
Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Re:
<U>Preconditioning Gold Sales on Reform of IMF Policy in
Developing<o:p></o:p></U></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Countries</SPAN></FONT></U></B><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">With many countries
repaying their loans to the International Monetary<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Fund and not seeking new
lines of credit, the institution’s traditional<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">means of generating
income is dwindling. Facing a budget shortfall of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">$400 million in 2010, in
April the IMF’s Executive Board approved a<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">proposal to sell some of
its gold reserves. The revenue will be used to<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">create an endowment
whose earnings will assist in financing the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">institution’s
administrative budget. We are writing to urge that
before<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">the Executive Board
implements gold sales, it insist on meaningful<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">pro-development reforms
in IMF policy in developing countries, and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">attach conditions to how
gold sales will occur.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Over the last three
decades, IMF policies have limited development, and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">denied opportunity and
decent livelihoods to hundreds of millions. The<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">IMF has leveraged its
role as gatekeeper to international capital flows<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">to insist that poor
countries adopt a narrow set of macroeconomic<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">policies. These policies
have limited possibilities for more<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">expansionary economic
growth and prevented developing country<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">governments from
investing sufficiently in healthcare, education and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">other vital
needs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">As proposed, sale of IMF
gold would be a one-time event, with the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">proceeds used solely to
fund IMF operations, and without any assurances<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">or even promises of
changes to long-standing failed and harmful IMF<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">policies.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">If the IMF Executive
Board is to proceed with gold sales, it should take<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">advantage of the
opportunity to remedy these historic wrongs. The<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">proceeds from gold sales
must not be used exclusively to maintain IMF staff.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The gold held by the IMF
is in essence a global public good. If gold<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">sales are to be
implemented, a significant portion of the proceeds<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">should be devoted to the
public good of alleviating global poverty. The<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">best way to do this
would be to allocate proceeds towards debt<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">cancellation. Proceeds
could be placed into a trust that could be used<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">to cover protracted
arrears of countries soon to be eligible for debt<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">cancellation under the
existing IMF/World Bank debt relief programs, or<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">to fund future debt
cancellation for additional impoverished countries.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Gold sales should not be
permitted before the IMF achieves the following<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">specific and
demonstrable changes in its policy mandates and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">prescriptions for
developing countries:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">* The IMF must rescind
the use of overly restrictive deficit-reduction<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">and inflation-reduction
targets. These contractionary targets prevent<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">developing countries
from boosting their economic growth by expanding<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">long-term public
investments through deficit spending in key public<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">sectors, such as the
critical areas of health and education. The IMF<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">must not continue to
stand in the way of policy makers in borrowing<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">countries exploring and
adopting more expansionary fiscal and monetary<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">policy
options.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">* Expanded health and
education spending must be exempt from policies<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">that unduly constrain
overall government spending. Budget and wage bill<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">ceilings have undermined
impoverished<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">countries’ ability to
provide adequate salaries for health and education<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">workers, hire additional
needed health workers and teachers, and scale<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">up and improve the
quality of the health and education sectors. The
IMF<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">has made some progress
toward eliminating wage bill ceilings, but it<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">still maintains budget
caps that limit overall government spending<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">flexibility.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">* Developing countries
must be permitted to spend foreign aid for its<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">intended purposes.
Instead of being spent on health, HIV/AIDS, and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">education, large
percentages of foreign aid have been allocated to<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">domestic debt payment
and international currency reserves because of IMF<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">policies regulating
monetary policies. While we understand that the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">establishment of strong
reserves can be a priority for a country, the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">decision of whether to
use foreign aid to build up reserves should be<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">the government’s, made
after public discussion of the implications with<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">the legislature, civil
society, and other stakeholders, with a clear<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">analysis of the
trade-offs involved.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">* Debt cancellation must
be de-linked from harmful economic policy<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">conditions, including
overly restrictive deficit-reduction and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">inflation-reduction
targets, wage and budget caps that limit spending
on<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">health and education;
and policies that lead to diversion of foreign aid<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">from its intended
purposes.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">* Transparency and the
right to access information must be strengthened<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">at the IMF. Disclosure
of IMF draft policy papers, technical assistance<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">reports, and Executive
Board documents—such as the minutes on Board<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">meetings—is imperative
to facilitating informed participation by<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">external stakeholders in
national economic decision-making and to<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">ensuring citizens’
ability to hold their governments accountable.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">* IMF practices must
change to ensure national, democratic<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">decision-making over
policy-making. The operational process of IMF<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Mission</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> Teams that visit
countries to review loan agreements or conduct<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">annual surveillance
(Article IV reports) must facilitate open and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">informed consultations
with a wide range of external stakeholders, not<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">just with the Ministry
of Finance and the Central Bank. Stakeholders<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">should include other
relevant government ministries (including health<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">and education),
independent economists and academic specialists,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">national civil society
and labor unions. These broad and meaningful<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">consultations should
occur before a country’s macroeconomic policies are<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">set.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Finally, we note that
the IMF’s gold sales plan indicates there will be<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">no subsequent sale of
gold. Given skyrocketing costs for food and oil<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">and the current global
financial turmoil, redressing developing country<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">debt problems and
meeting Millennium Development Goal (MDG)
objectives<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">may require new sources
of funding in the future. There is no reason to<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">preemptively commit to
not deploying the global public good of IMF gold<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">for this purpose in the
future.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">[List in
Progress]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Action Aid International
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Africa Action,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">American Medical Student
Association<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Association AIDES,
France<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Bank
Information Center</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">,
<st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State>, DC, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Centre for Civil Society
Economic Justice Project, University of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">KwaZulu-Natal</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:State><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Durban</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">South Africa</st1:country-region></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Centre for Human Rights
and Development, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Mongolia</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Centre for Safety and
Rational Use of Indian Systems of Medicine<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Ibn Sina Academy of
Medievel Medicine & Sciences<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Aligarh</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">CODESEN (Coordination of
Civil Society Organizations for the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Environmental Protection
and the Development of the <st1:place w:st="on">Senegal
River</st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Basin), <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Dakar</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Senegal</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">CRBM (Campaign to Reform
the World Bank), <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Italy</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Economic Justice and
Development Organization (EJAD), <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Pakistan</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">EMPOWER,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Essential Action,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">European AIDS Treatment
Group (EATG), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Brussels</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">Belgium</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Food and Water
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Watch</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Forum for Biotechnology
& Food Security, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">New
Delhi</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Gender Action,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:country-region w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Ghana</SPAN></FONT></st1:country-region><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> Coalition of NGOs in
Health, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Accra</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ghana</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:country-region w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Ghana</SPAN></FONT></st1:country-region><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> Trade and Livelihood
Coalition (GTLC), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Accra</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ghana</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Global Action for
Children, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Global AIDS <st1:City
w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Global Campaign for
Education, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State> <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Global Exchange,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">GrassRootsAfrica,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Accra</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ghana</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Health <st1:City
w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City> International, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Seattle</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">WA</st1:State>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Health GAP (Global
Access Project), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">PA</st1:State>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Health and Human Rights
programme, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Public Health</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and
Family<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Medicine<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Health Sciences Faculty,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of Cape Town</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">South
Africa</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Holy Cross International
Justice Office, Notre <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Dame</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">IN</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Initiative for Community
Development , <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Institute for Justice
& Democracy in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Haiti</st1:country-region>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Joseph</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">OR</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">International Labor
Rights Forum, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">International
Presentation Association Justice Network <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">International
Presentation Association of the Sisters of the
Presentation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">New
York</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <st1:State
w:st="on">NY</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The Irish Missionary
<st1:place w:st="on">Union</st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Jubilee <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San
Diego</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Jubilee
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>
Network<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Kenya</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> AIDS NGOs Consortium
(KANCO)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Kenya</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> Debt Relief Network
(KENDRAN)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Labour,Health and Human
Rights Development<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Centre, lhahrdev,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Lagos</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Madhya Pradesh Vigyan
Sabha (MPVS), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bhopal</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Maryknoll Office for
Global Concerns, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Medical Mission Sisters,
Sector <st1:place w:st="on">North
America</st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Notre Dame de <st1:City
w:st="on">namur</st1:City> Justice and Peace <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Network</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Nyaya Health, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Achham</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Nepal</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The Oakland Institute,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Oakland</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Plate-forme haïtienne de
Plaidoyer pour un Développement Alternatif (PAPDA)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Port-au-Prince</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">,
Haïti<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Partners In Health,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">MA</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Physicians for Human
Rights, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Positive Malaysian
Treatment Access & Advocacy Group (MTAAG+).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Presentation
Congregation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Presentation Justice
Network, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Ireland</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">RESULTS
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">JAPAN</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">RESULTS
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">RESULTS
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Sisters of the Holy
Cross, Congregation Justice Committee, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Social Development
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Network</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">TransAfrica
Forum</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <st1:City
w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Treatment Action Group
(TAG), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">New York</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">NY</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">United
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Belize</st1:place></st1:country-region> Advocacy Movement
(UNIBAM)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">United <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Methodist</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, General Board of Church and
Society,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Washington</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">World Development
Movement, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Youth Development Forum
(YODEFO), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Kampala</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">Uganda</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Youth In Action,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sierra
Leone</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Letter
# 2 from Bretton Woods Project and Partner Civil Society Organizations in the
IMF Campaign:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">30
September 2008<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Ministers
of Finance<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">IMF
Executive Directors<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Re:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> <B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">IMF Review of Lending Instruments, Facilities, and
Policies<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">It is time to seriously
re-think the role that the IMF should be playing<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">in low-income countries.
The Executive Board’s plan to review all the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Fund’s lending
instruments and facilities over the next few months<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">presents an opportunity
to do so.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The IMF has come under
serious criticism both internally and externally<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">about its focus and role
in low income countries. The Malan Committee<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">highlighted the
inappropriate role the Fund is playing in
low-income<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">countries, overstepping
its traditional role of addressing short term<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">balance of payment
crises to act as a development financier, even
though<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">it is not a development
institution. The report concluded that “the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Fund’s financing in
low-income countries is an area where it has moved<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">beyond its core
responsibilities.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The Independent
Evaluation Office (IEO) of the IMF has highlighted<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">problems with both the
structural and macroeconomic conditions in PRGF<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">countries. The IEO
report released in January 2008 highlighted the
lack<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">of progress on reducing
conditionality. Despite this, the first annual<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">report on structural
conditionality shows that it has increased rather<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">than decreased. The 2007
IEO report demonstrated that PRGF programs<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">largely replicate the
conditions attached to the "structural adjustment"<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">lending which has been
so heavily criticized.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">While the Fund may have
a role to play in addressing short-term balance<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">of payments problems, it
is clearly not equipped to act as a long-term<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">development lender in
low-income countries. Conditionality included in<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">PRGF programs constrains
the domestic policy space needed by countries<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">to develop innovative
economic policies best suited to create growth and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">reduce poverty in their
specific country contexts. It also undermines<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">the accountability of
borrowing governments, who blame IMF conditions<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">for the lack of
investment in their social sectors.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The IMF Board should
take the necessary steps to insure that the planned<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">review of the PRGF is
rigorous and broad. We believe that any<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">comprehensive
examination is likely to echo past recommendations for
a<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">sharp curtailment or
closure, given the IMF's lack of development<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">expertise and apparent
inability or disinclination to limit the use of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">conditionality. We call
on you to close the PRGF to new requests. The<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">funds remaining in the
PRGF Trust should be shifted to other<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">institutions and other
forms of development assistance, implying no net<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">decrease in resources
available to low-income countries.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">With new resources
available to low-income countries from debt relief<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">and scaled-up aid, now
is the time to make sure that the international<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">financial architecture
meets the serious challenges faced by low-income<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">countries. That calls
for new thinking about the IMF’s role. The<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">undersigned
organisations (and individuals) urge you to use the
IMF’s<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">facility review to do
just that.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Signed (as of 11
September 2008):<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Organisations<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">1. African Network on
Debt and Development (AFRODAD)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">2. Bretton Woods
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Project</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">3. <st1:City
w:st="on">Halifax</st1:City> Initiative, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">4. CRBM,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Italy</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">5. Treatment Action
Group, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">6. Social Justice
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Committee</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">7. <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:country-region> coalition on Debt and Development,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">8. Ecumenical Support
Services, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">9. People's <st1:City
w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City> for Debt Cancellation (GARPU), <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Indonesia</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">10. Jubilee Debt
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Campaign</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">11. IRPAD/Afrique,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Mali</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">12. Jubilee
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Scotland</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">13. Jubilee
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">14. <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region> Debt Relief <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Network</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">15. <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Christian Aid</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">16. ActionAid
International<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">17. Jubilee
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Zambia</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">18. Africa 2000 Network
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Foundation</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">19. <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Center of Concern</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">20. Global <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Exchange</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">21. Maryknoll Office for
Global Concerns, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">22. A SEED Europe,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">23. <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:place></st1:country-region>
Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">24. Plan <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">B</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">25. MWENGO,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Zimbabwe</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Individuals<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">1. Oscar
Ugarteche<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">2. Dennis
Brutus<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></o:p></SPAN></FONT><BR></SPAN><BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>--
<BR>Deborah James<BR>Directora de Programas Internacionales<BR></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>Centro de Investigación de Economía y
Política<BR><I>(</I></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Center for Economic
and Policy Research)<BR>1611 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC
20009 <BR>202 293 5380 x111<BR>202 588 1356 fax<BR>202 441 6917
móvil<BR>http://www.cepr.net/espanol.html<BR><BR>djames@cepr.net<BR>deborahjames1
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