20 NGOs collect million signatures to cancel Yemen debts [Archives:2005/855/Local News]

SANA'A – About 20 NGOs submitted a message to the British embassy containing a million signatures, to hand over to the Group eight summit, which will convene in Scotland. These NGOs are demanding the cancellation of all Yemen foreign debts. They also demanded the increase of unconditioned aids to Yemen. The summit will start their meeting next July, on the occasion of poverty eradication

Two weeks ago the NGOs have adopted the collection of a million signatures to urge authorities to cancel Yemen's foreign debts. The NGOs have called themselves (The Alliance of Poverty Eradication). In case these debts are canceled, this alliance aims to turn their outcome, which Yemen would have to pay, to finance the developmental, and infrastructure projects, so as to enhance economy.
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