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- These included Gordon Brown and Alastair Darling in the Treasury, and Robin Cook as Foreign Secretary, all of whom would support the initiative. Jubilee 2000 Scottish Coalition attracted widespread support from Trade Unions, charities and different church denominations working together, and held events across Scotland.
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Jubilee 2000 Scottish Coalition attracted widespread support from Trade Unions, charities and different church denominations working together, and held events across Scotland. A feature of the campaign was that local groups were active in letter-writing, advocacy and education on international debt issues across the whole of the UK.
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The Jubilee 2000 coalition was launched in the Jubilee Room of the House of Commons on Monday, 13 October 1997. We were determined to break with much NGO practice and inject a democratic dimension into the coalition, so an electoral college was designed for the annual election of a board.
Nov 30, 2020 · Jubilee 2000 was a movement to write off the debt of the world’s poorest countries. Saddled with heavy loan burdens, these countries—in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East—were trapped in a ruinous cycle of requiring more loans to repay previous loans.
Jubilee Scotland is a coalition of organisations across Scotland that describes its goal as "campaigning to end global debt slavery". Membership of the coalition is broad, and includes faith groups, unions, cooperatives, campaigning groups and local councils.
Jubilee 2000 was a global campaign that led ultimately, to the cancellation of more than $100 billion of debt owed by 35 of the poorest countries. Ann Pettifor’s role: Strategic leadership, design of campaign, public advocacy and mobilisation across 62 countries.
The campaign garnered support from celebrities, politicians, church leaders, and everyday citizens. Most participants were first-time activists, and J2000 leveraged its “big tent” for enhanced credibility and exposure.
Jubilee Scotland was founded by a broad movement of campaigners, faith groups and civil society organisations to continue the work of the Jubilee 2000 coalition in Scotland in calling for the cancellation of unjust and unpayable global debt.
