RE : Inquiétudes au sujet du projet proposé « Regional and Domestic Power Markets Development Project » (ID P097201)

Lisez un lettre à la Banque Mondiale des ONGs Congolais

M. Gerald Doucet [via email]

Secrétaire Général, Conseil Mondial de l'Energie

Chèr M. Gerald Doucet,

On the 5th anniversary of the World Commission on Dams, Global Village Cameroon wrote the following open letter to the Prime Minister of Cameroon and the Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection reminding them of what is expected in the development of the Lom Pangar Dam. The letter is based on the World Commission on Dams report and the Cameroon law guiding environmental impact assessments were used.

Mr. Achim Steiner

Director General
IUCN International
Rue Mauverney, 28
Gland, CH1196 Switzerland

 

Dear Mr. Steiner,

To:

Mr. Paul Noupa
UICN, Bureau Régional pour l’Afrique Centrale
BP. 5506 Yaoundé, Cameroun
paul.noupa [at] iucn [dot] org

Cc:

To: Editor, Foreign Policy
RE: Response to Mallaby’s "NGOs Fighting Poverty Hurting the Poor"
From: Jim MacNeill

[NOTE: Jim MacNeill was the Chairman of the World Bank’s Inspection Panel from March 1, 1999– December 31, 2001]

Given Foreign Policy’s reputation, I was surprised to see Sebastian Mallaby’s "NGOs: Fighting Poverty, Hurting the Poor" in your October 2004 edition. I am not averse to reading an obviously one–sided polemic; if well done, it can be entertaining. However, the growing role of civil society in international affairs presents us with a novel set of fascinating issues and I would have expected Foreign Policy to provide us with a rigorous fact–based analysis of them. It didn’t, at least not on this occasion.

Sebastian Mallaby
c/o The Washington Post
1150 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20071

Dear Mr. Mallaby,

I was quite surprised to see that my very brief phone conversation with you received such prominence in your recent article in Foreign Policy. My recollection of the call differs from yours. I remember that you were vague about identifying yourself and your professional affiliations, were aggressive in your line of questioning, and that I responded with caution. Given International Rivers’s history of helping journalists with stories on Bujagali¹, you can rest assured that had you clearly said "This is Sebastian Mallaby of Foreign Policy (or the Washington Post or the whoever)," I would not have felt it necessary to use as much caution as I did.

On September 27, 2004, the community resettled for the proposed Bujagali Dam submitted the following letter of grievance, signed by thirty–three members of the community.

Dr. Henning Northdurft, President
Lahmeyer Int. Gmbh
Friedberger St. 173
61118 Bad Vilbel
Germany

Dear Dr. Northdurft,

Petition against Lahmeyer involvement in Hamadab Dam Project / Sudan

Attached please find a petition signed by different individuals and organizations from around the world against Lahmeyer involvement in Hamadab dam project in Northern Sudan.