Press releases
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Civil society groups mark Wolfowitz’s first day as World Bank president with denunciationby Soren Ambrose6 June 2005
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Africa Action Condemns G-7 Inaction on Debt Cancellationby Africa Action6 June 2005
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Sign-on Letter for Wolfowitz’s First Day as President of World Bankby Collective27 May 2005
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Initial considerations of the international fact-finding and solidarity mission to Haitiby Collective12 April 2005The International Fact-finding and Solidarity Mission to Haiti, headed by Argentine Nobel Peace Laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and Nora Cortiñas of the Mothers of the May Square-Founders’ Line and composed of 20 representatives of social, cultural, and political movements, networks, and (...)
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From Wolfensohn to Wolfowitz - The Imperial Wolf Shows its Teethby Jubilee South6 April 2005Other members of the G8 along with the so-called “donors” might pretend to be scandalized at the selection, but the real scandal are the policies and practices of the World Bank/ Washington Consensus of which they too form a part. Without a doubt the nomination of Wolfowitz is reprehensible, a (...)
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Press ReleaseInternational fact-finding and solidarity mission to Haïtiby Jubilee South4 April 2005Argentine Nobel Peace Laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and Nora Cortiñas of the Mothers of May Square-Founders’ Line, will head up an INTERNATIONAL FACT-FINDING AND SOLIDARITY MISSION TO HAITI, April 3 to 9. The Mission’s goal is to investigate the present situation of the Haitian people, in the (...)
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Immediate and unconditional debt cancellation for tsunami-affected countries and all South peoples!by Freedom from Debt Coalition4 April 2005Press Statement On the occasion of the 112th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) and the Jubilee South call on all delegates, their parliaments and governments to seriously take into account the grave situation of South countries and to put an end (...)
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Wolwofitz to World Bank?! - Critics amazedby The 50 Years Is Enough Network21 March 2005Maybe Worst Possible Choice; Global Opposition to Selection “The Ball is in the Europeans’ Court” Two hours ago, President Bush announced his nomination of Paul Wolfowitz, currently Assistant Secretary of Defense, to be the next President of the World Bank. The U.S., by tradition, nominates the (...)
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Statement in response to nomination of Paul Wolfowitz to head World Bankby Social Justice Committee21 March 2005Social Justice Committee asks Canadian government to oppose nomination of Paul Wolfowitz to presidency of World Bank Montreal -16 March 2005 - Following today’s announcement that US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is the Bush administration nominee to the presidency of the World Bank, (...)
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Statement in response to nomination of Paul Wolfowitz to head World Bankby Essential Action21 March 2005STATEMENT OF ROBERT WEISSMAN, DIRECTOR, ESSENTIAL ACTION, IN RESPONSE TO NOMINATION OF PAUL WOLFOWITZ TO HEAD WORLD BANK Unless the Bush administration’s intention is to speed up efforts to shut down and replace the World Bank altogether, it is hard to imagine a worse selection for World Bank (...)
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