Press & Media
Welcome to our press area. Here you will find a lot of our press releases, press statements and open letters that are available in English language. For a complete list of press releases and open letters please visit the German language page. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. You are welcome to contact us by e-mail or telephone:
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Press Releases & Open Letters
Lisbon summit 'betraying Africa'
Representatives of civil society from Africa and Europe meeting alongside the EU-Africa Summit in Lisbon, Portugal have released the following statement:
Arbitrary Expropriation Begins at Contested Ilisu Dam Site
A press release by WEED, Berne Declaration, Eca-Watch Austria, Kurdish Human Rights Project, FERN, Amis de la Terre, BankTrack.
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Start of Summit Press Conference with WEED and other European NGOs
Europe’s corporate trade agenda for Hong Kong: Opening Press Conference, TUESDAY 13 December (1 p.m.), Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, NGO centre, room 409
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Call for the reform of export credit and investment insurance agencies
The lack of minimal standards of transparency, and of coherent environmental and social policies for publicly supported export credit and investment insurance agencies has resulted in an international double standard whereby these agencies are supporting projects and investments that would be unacceptable to publicly financed multilateral development banks and bilateral aid agencies
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