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El 26 de agosto de 2011 10:37, <iolanda.fresnillo en odg.cat> escribió:

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> *Date: *Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:19:49 -0400 (EDT)
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> *Subject: *[IllegitimateDebt-Campaign-News] Please support the call for a
> Debt-Free East Timor!
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>  Dear friends and colleagues -
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> Please find below a sign-on statement initiated by East Timor organizations
> and movements with support from international allies. It is addressed to the
> government of East Timor. We urge you to join the list of signatories.
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> Many thanks,
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> Lidy
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> For a Debt-Free East Timor!
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> We, the undersigned Timor-Leste and international organizations, urge the
> government of Timor-Leste to keep the nation debt-free and refrain from
> borrowing money from international lenders.
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> We do not take this position to hold Timor-Leste back, but to protect its
> future generations. Rather than repeat the mistakes of other developing
> countries that have struggled with debt during recent decades, Timor-Leste
> should learn from their experiences, which often inflicted great hardships
> on their people. This is especially important because of Timor-Leste’s high
> dependence on exporting non-renewable oil and gas wealth, a resource which
> will run out soon.
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> More than thirty years ago, lenders made loans to developing countries,
> creating unsustainable debt and causing the "debt crises" of the 1980s and
> 1990s. Today, creditors continue to drain scarce resources that could have
> been spent on essential services like health care, education, water and
> sanitation. International financial institutions - like the IMF and the
> World Bank - forced countries which owed them money to implement so-called
> austerity measures, demanding cuts in public services in order to repay
> debt. This has included the privatization of state services like water and
> electricity.
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> The poorest and most vulnerable members of society have been forced to pay
> more for essential services, and salaries of public servants have been
> lowered. Even when loans are made at concessional interest rates, borrowing
> countries are legally obligated to repay the principal before spending money
> on their people’s needs.
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> Some argue that revenue from Timor-Leste’s oil and gas wealth can provide a
> cushion against which to borrow. History proves such thinking is wrong. The
> more oil a country produces and the greater its dependence on petroleum
> exports, the more debt that country is likely to accumulate – and
> Timor-Leste today is the most petroleum-export-dependent country in the
> world, with oil and gas providing 95% of state revenues.
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> Oil prices and interest rates are very volatile and beyond Timor-Leste’s
> control, leaving it especially at risk, as petroleum revenues will decline
> and interest rates may rise while loans are still being paid back. When
> Timor-Leste's oil and gas run out in less than 15 years, and debts still
> must be repaid, Timor-Leste’s children and grandchildren will suffer the
> consequences.
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> In most developing countries with oil resources, worsening economic and
> development conditions with little long term benefit are the result,
> including increased conflict, impoverishment, and corruption. Timor-Leste
> should avoid such a tragedy by learning from other’s experiences, not
> repeating them.  The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste began life in 2002
> without owing money to anyone. For the sake of an equitable, prosperous, and
> environmentally sound future for today’s and tomorrow’s children,
> Timor-Leste should remain debt-free.
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> We urge Timor-Leste’s leaders and international institutions to use other
> ways to finance the country’s much-needed development.
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> East Timor
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>  La'o Hamutuk
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> Hasatil (Haburas Agrikultura Sustentavel Timor-Leste)
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> ETADEP (East Timor Development Action and Peace)
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> Haburas Foundation
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> Mata Dalan Institute (MDI)
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> Ponta-Leste Watch((PLW)
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> Community Development Interest (CDI)
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> Movimento Kontra Deve (KONDENA)
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> Fundasaun Mahein
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> Instituisaun Edukasaun Popular (IEP)
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> Front Mahasiswa Timor-Leste
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> Movimentu Estudantes Fakuldade  Ekonomia -Timor-Leste (MEFE-TL)
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> KNUA HABERAN COMUNIDADE (KHC)
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>  International and other Countries:
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>  East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN), USA
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> Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JSAPMDD)
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> Sustainable Energy & Economy Network/Institute for Policy Studies
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>  USAAidwatch, AustraliaProceso de Comunidades Negras (Palenke Alto Cauca)
> Colombia
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> Civil Society Forum for Climate Justice, Indonesia
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> JATAM (Jaringan Advokasi Tambang)/ Indonesia Mining Advocacy Network
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> JATAM/Friends of Earth (FoE) of East Java
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> Pantau Foundation, Indonesia
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> WALHI - Friends of The Earth Indonesia
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> Jamaa Resource Initiatives, Kenya
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> Foundation ProPapua, The Netherlands
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> Swedish East Timor Committee
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> Justice for Palestine Matters, Sydney, Australia
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> Jubilee USA Network
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> Jubilee NW, USA
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> Baltimore Nonviolence Center, USA
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> Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
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> Green Delaware , USA
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> EARTH (Ecological Alert and Recovery-Thailand)
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> --
> Lidy Nacpil
> Coordinator
> Jubilee South - Asia/Pacific Movement on Debt & Development (JSAPMDD)
> Telefax 632-9253036
> 34 Matiyaga Street, Central District, Quezon City, Philippines 1100
>
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