DAY OF ACTION - 31 October

Ilisu Dam Campaign, 09/10/00

We are having a Mass Action on Tuesday, 31st October, 12.00-2.00 PM at Parliament Square, London. With a decision on whether to grant export Credit Guarantees likely to be made in the next three months, it is vital to show that we have a broad base of support so please try and attend, and spread the word It would be great to have home-made banners etc, as the media photographers will be covering the event.

Speakers include:

Felicity Arbuthnot-Journalist
Jean Lambert-MEP (Green Party)
Sarah Ludford-MEP, (Lib Dem)
Jenny Jones-GLA (Green Party)
Mark Thomas (Comedian/broadcaster)
Tony Juniper (Friends of the Earth)
Nick Hildyard (CornerHouse)
Robby Law (RMT Regional Organiser)
Janine Booth (Political Officer, RMT)
Onay Kasab (UNISON)
Dr. Kamal Rasul (Kurdistan National Congress)
Dr Malcolm Harper (United Nations Association)
Dr Mamoud Osman (Independent Kurdish politician)
Merul Ece-(Hackney Councillor (Lib Dem)
Simon Thomas MP (Plaid Cymru, Welsh Assembly)

Kurdish cultural displays will be provided by the singer Nawroz and the Kurdish Cultural Dance Group.

Public seminar on the Export Credits Guarantee Department in Parliament

Export credit for whom, for what?

Grand Committee Room
House of Commons, Westminster, SW1 at 6pm

Speakers include:

Tony Juniper (Policy Director, Friends of the Earth)
Kerim Yildiz (Kurdish Human Rights Project)
Barry Coates (World Development Movement)
Ann Feltham (CAAT)
Nick Hildyard (The Cornerhouse)

The meeting is hosted by Jenny Tonge MP and Alan Simpson MP

The Ilisu Dam Campaign works to stop British involvement in the dam and to highlight the wider policy implications for Britain's ethical foreign policy, sustainable development and for peace and security in the region.

The campaign exists to:

- Raise public awareness of the environmental and human rights issues raised by the proposed construction of the Ilisu Dam throughout the world;

- Conduct research into the implications of the proposed Ilisu Dam;

- Communicate with officials (including government officials and elected representatives) in Britain and abroad about the implications of the proposed Ilisu Dam;

- Expose any double standards on the part of companies involved in the

Ilisu Dam and press for them to act abroad as they would at home;

- Press for the UK Export Credit Guarantee Department, and other national export credit agencies, to adopt mandatory environmental and development standards - so that other "Ilisus" do not get public support in the future;

- Publicise the Ilisu Dam's potential to exacerbate existing tensions in Kurdish areas and the threat it poses to peace and security in the region.

For more information contact Ilisu Dam Campaign

Kate 01865 200 550
Ben 020 7250 1315