Massdemonstration - En mänsklig kedja för skuldavskrivning

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organiserad av den globala kampanjen Jubilee 2000. Många aktiviteter organiseras på alla kontinenter för att öka trycket mot regeringarna inför G8 mötet i Köln.Från Norden planeras tågresor till massmanifestationen. För mer information se http://www.jubilee2000uk.org/main.html eller i Norden:

Danmark

Kirkernes u-Landsoplysning, Dag Hammarskjølds Alle 17/3, DK 2100, Kobenhavn, Denmark. Tel: 45 3543 2943 Fax: 45 35 43 2944 Email: [email protected]

Status: Kirkernes u-Landsoplysning ( the Churches Third World Information Network) has brought together organisations including IBIS in a Jubilee 2000 Coalition. They launched in May 1998 at the time of the G8 Summit.

Finland

Helsinki, World Village Free Festival with Jubilee 2000 theme. Last year attended by 60,000 people. May 29-30th 1999 (Mr. Harri Laitinen - tel +358 -9- 726 11 42 Fax +358 - 9 - 726 13 78 Email: [email protected] )

Kehitysyhteistyön Palvelukeskus -Kepa/Servicecenter för Biståndssamverkan/Service Center for Development Co-operation, Eerikinkatu 11 C 00100 Helsinki, FINLAND Tel-358-(0)9-612 3811 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.kepa.fi

Status: Kepa is an umbrella organisation for Third World solidarity organisations (180 member org) in Finland. They launched the finnish Jubilee 2000 campaign in May. The interest among organisations and activists for Jubilee has been strong and enthusiastic. Besides Kepa, the finnish churchaid and some other religious organisations and the solidarity foundation of one the biggest trade unions in Finland haveall be involved in promoting the campaign. In Mid-October, they made a major breakthrough when the Finnish Government became the first government to back the Jubilee 2000 campaign.

Norge

The Norwegian Campaign for Cancellation of Third World Debt, Aksjon Slett U-landsgjelda, Storgt. 33a, N-0184 OSLO Telephone: +47-22209870 Telefax: +47-22203780 Email: [email protected] http://www.uit.no/semut/slug

Status: Jubilee campaign involves network of 40 groups called Norwegian Campaign for Debt Cancellation &endash; includes churches, student groups, YMCA, Norwegian Church Aid. Has already collected 27,000 petition signatures and is putting pressure on the new Norwegian Government which focused around a debate on debt in May 1998. This succeeded in pressurising the Government to agree to unilateral debt relief in addition to the current HIPC debt initiative.

Sverige

Jubel 2000, Svartbäcksgatan 1 B, 4tr 751 20 Uppsala Tel: +46-18-15 3450 Fax: 46 18 148505 E-post: [email protected]

The Coalition for "Jubilee 2000. A debt-free start for a billion people" was formed in Stockholm with 23 participating organisations. including the churches, the Trade Union Association TCO, solidarity movements, aid organisations like Save the Children, Christian Peace Movement, Islamic Centre in Malmö and World Conference on Religion and Peace in Lund-Malmö, youth movements.

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