[Peace-discuss] Fwd: A win for Haiti

[Karen Medina]

[ Haiti and debt cancellation -- news from ONE.org (a group that works on
poverty issues. Mostly they try to change things at the national policy
level, but their other task is to rally people around issues so that they
can contact Congress or other governmental bodies) -kem ]



*Breaking news: The United States Treasury Department has just announced
U.S. government support for complete debt cancellation for Haiti* and will
work with our international partners to ensure that new assistance comes in
the form of grants, not debt-incurring loans. It's exactly what more than
200,000 ONE members have been calling for. And this weekend, the U.S. will
take this message to G7 finance ministers’ summit, creating strong momentum
to get a global deal and guarantee debt cancellation for Haiti.

*This big win for our campaign* comes just a few days after Haiti’s
ambassador to the United States, Raymond Joseph, recorded a video message to
thank ONE members.

I hope you’ll read more about this landmark announcement, watch the video,
and then share Ambassador Joseph’s message with people you know who care
about Haiti’s future:

*http://www.one.org/r?r=301&id=1443-328769-I3Thxux&t=1*
 <http://www.one.org/r?r=301&id=1443-328769-I3Thxux&t=2>

But even as we celebrate this huge step forward, we will continue to make
sure the U.S. takes concrete steps to meet this exciting new commitment and
that other countries follow its lead.

In fact, ONE will be there when U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and
his counterparts in the G7—the very people who sit on the governing boards
of the international lending institutions that hold Haiti’s $1 billion
debt—meet in the far-north Canadian town of Iqaluit this weekend for a G7
finance ministers’ summit. Among *Iqaluit’s* 7,000 residents is ONE member
Michèle Bertol, and she has graciously agreed to deliver our petition to the
host of the summit, Canadian Finance Minister James Flaherty.

Your voices and support for Haiti are the reason we're celebrating a victory
on debt relief today. This important news from the U.S. government, combined
with the grassroots presence Michèle will lend to the *Iqaluit* meeting,
makes me optimistic that we’ll be hearing more good news on debt relief for
Haiti soon, as its people look to rebuild and live out their motto *L'union
fait la force (Unity is strength.)*

*http://www.one.org/r?r=301&id=1443-328769-I3Thxux&t=3*

Thank you,

Sheila Nix
U.S. Executive Director, ONE


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