[stop-imf] Support Debt Cancellation for Poor Nations

[Robert Weissman]

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                                     Tell the U.S. Treasury to Drop the Deb=
t

Debt cancellation is desperately needed=F3this year alone, 3 million people=
 in
Africa will die due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Yet countries on the African
continent will send an estimated $15 billion in debt service to the IMF,
World Bank, and wealthy creditor nations this year.Today, July 14, please
send a free fax to US Treasury calling on the Bush administration to suppor=
t
100% multilateral debt cancellation for impoverished nations.

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TAKE ACTION

So the Treasury feels the urgency of the issues, today ? July 14 ? is the
only day you can send a fax using the web-based fax system. You can continu=
e
to use the system to send email after July 14.This fax-in day is the first
action of Jubilee USA Network=EDs three-month countdown to freedom from deb=
t
campaign and July 14 marks 80 days until debt decision day.

At the June G-8 summit, the Bush administration considered but failed to ac=
t
on a proposal that would provide 100% cancellation of multilateral debts to
impoverished nations.

Please send a fax today calling on the administration to announce support f=
or
full debt cancellation in time for the upcoming October 1 meeting of rich
country finance ministers in Washington.

TAKE ACTION

Check Jubilee USA Network=EDs Countdown to Freedom from Debt campaign site =
for
all the ways you can get involved at http://www.jubileeusa.org/! If you wan=
t
to send your own personalized fax to the US Treasury, you may fax
202-622-6415.

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