[Qui-deu-a-qui] NORUEGA CANCEL·LA DEUTES IL·LEGÍTIMS!!!

[dani]

JA TENIM EL PRIMER PRECEDENT!!! 

A VEURE SI HO ACONSEGUIM TAMBÉ A L'ESTAT ESPANYOL... PER QUÈ NO AMB LA 
LLEI DEL DEUTE?

Ahir, 2 d'octubre 2006, el govern noruec va anunciar que anul·la el 
deute amb origen il·legím dels anys setanta. Noruega anul·la el deute, 
SENSE CONDICIONS, amb Equador, Egipte, Jamaica, Perú i Sierra Leone.

 

Per tenir més informació:
http://www.odin.dep.no/ud/english/news/news/032171-070886/dok-bn.html

Aquí teniu la nota de prensa en anglès:

 

*Press release from The Norwegian Campaign for Debt Cancellation 
(Jubilee Norway/SLUG)*

*/Date: 02.10.06/*

*Norway cancels illegitimate debt and takes co-responsibility for failed 
development policy*

 

*- A historic victory for the debt movement*

 

Norway's Minister of International Development Erik Solheim 
announced today that Norway is unilaterally and without conditions 
cancelling US$80 million in illegitimate debts owed by 5 countries: 
Egypt, Ecuador, Peru, Jamaica and Sierra Leone.

 

"Norway now cancelling illegitimate debt and admitting co-responsibility 
for a failed development initiative is simply historic", says Kjetil G. 
Abildsnes, Chair of Jubilee Norway. "Solheim shows political courage 
that won't go unnoticed", he said.

 

Norway will then have settled an ugly chapter in Norwegian aid history - 
the Ship Export Campaign (1976-80). This unfortunate episode in 
Norway's aid history had the effect of cranking up debts in 21 countries.

 

"This is clearly a case of illegitimate debt. Norway broke its own rules 
by not assessing the development needs of the countries we were 
exporting our ships to", says Abildsnes.

 

"But Solheim is now cancelling all of this debt. This is a historic 
victory for us", says Abildsnes. "It's the end of an embarrassing story 
for Norway. We applaud Solheim for this bold step".

 

Burma and Sudan who also have loans to Norway after the Ship Export 
Campaign will not receive any cancellation until the situation in the 
two countries change. We expect these countries to also get their debts 
cancelled when there is a change in their situation.

 

The reason given by Norway for this unprecedented unilateral 
cancellation is a failed development policy lacking proper needs 
assessment and a proper risk analysis.

 

"This campaign represented a development policy failure. As a creditor 
country Norway has a shared responsibility for the debts that followed. 
In cancelling these claims Norway takes the responsibility for allowing 
these five countries to terminate their remaining repayments on these 
debts", said Minister of International Development, Erik Solheim 
today. "Cancelling these debts will have consequences for how we think 
about responsible lending in the future", he continues.

 

The debt movement has long said that debt incurred by dictators, for 
failed projects, or where money have disappeared in corruption is 
illegitimate and not the responsibility of the people. By cancelling 
these claims Norway is taking another step towards defining the concept 
of illegitimate debt.

 

"That Norway takes co-responsibility in this way is unique in the world. 
Norway has now become the first country which by action confirms lender 
responsibility by cancelling illegitimate debt", says Abildsnes.

 

Norway has now broken the unspoken rule of creditor solidarity. 
Creditors have until now banded together to insist that poor countries 
repay their debts and have refused to admit that they share some 
responsibility for having extended loans irresponsibly, often for 
geopolitical strategic purposes. This has been at the expense of poor 
countries. Norway is setting an example and creates a precedence that 
other countries surely must follow. Norway is now in a position to 
demand action from other countries and international institutions on 
this issue. 

 

"By cancelling these debts we want to give raise to an international 
debate on lender responsibility", says Solheim.

 

"The debt crisis is not over. We will make sure that Norway continues to 
push for a just international monetary system where debts are legitimate 
and responsible lending the norm, not the exception", says Abildsnes

 

/Kjetil Abildsnes, SLUG (Norwegian Jubilee Campaign)/

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