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410:. At the Birmingham meeting, which, among other things, focused on achieving sustainable economic growth in the context of environmental protection and good governance, between 50,000 and 70,000 demonstrators participated in a peaceful protest in an effort to put debt relief on the agenda of Western governments. The protestors made headlines around the world for their activities aimed at increasing awareness, such as forming a human chain around Birmingham City Centre, passing out petitions, and holding workshops. 66: 168: 25: 531:
Although it did not meet all of its stated goals—which were hugely ambitious—the campaign did receive very positive assessments for its grassroots involvement, vision, and measurable impacts on policy and poverty. Jonathan Glennie called it "one of the most important global movements for justice of
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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. A feature of the campaign was that local groups were active
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are freed, lands lost because of debt are returned, and community torn by inequality is restored. It aimed to wipe out $ 90 billion of debt owed by the world's poorest nations, reducing the total to about $ 37 billion.
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is the UK's campaigning successor to Jubilee 2000, comprising much of the UK's original Jubilee 2000 membership, while Jubilee Scotland campaigns north of the border. The campaign calls for
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to make good on this promise. Congress responded to the growing pressure to address debt relief issues in 2000 by committing $ 769 million to bilateral and multilateral debt relief.
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From early 2001, Jubilee 2000 split into an array of organisations around the world; Jubilee South (encompassing many former Jubilee campaigns in Africa, Asia and Latin America);
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The activities were initially directed through church channels, and youth groups, in particular, became heavily involved. Campaigns were launched via a secretariat in the
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Scholars have described the campaign as contributing to "a wider context of international demands for global justice" going on around the same time (for example, at the
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in 1999 to cancel 100% of the debt that qualifying countries owed the US was attributed in part to the influence of the campaign. Jubilee later lobbied the
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Several of the UK ministers in charge of the relevant government departments after Labour came to power in 1997 were Scots. These included
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Perhaps the best known part of the movement was the global campaign created to engage the music and entertainment industries called
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wrote "Many events in the past few years have shown how powerful and influential NGOs can be ... We saw it with the
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Carter I. (2018) A Taste of Heaven: First Steps for Jubilee 2000. Exeter, Onwards and Upwards, (p. 160).
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in letter-writing, advocacy and education on international debt issues across the whole of the UK.
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with Dent and Peters, and also made Jubilee 2000 the subject of his New Year’s Day address on
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was an international coalition movement in over 40 countries that called for cancellation of
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demand that many of us were making at that particular point in time."
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underlies the significance of the movement in influencing UK policy.
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programme and founded the Jubilee 2000 campaign in the early 1990s.
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International movement to cancel third world debt by the year 2000
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described it as "perhaps the churches' finest hour in dethroning
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The concept derived from the biblical idea of the year of
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billion of debt owed by 35 of the poorest countries."
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Former Jubilee 2000 UK staff founded the short-lived
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