Letters and Statements to Policy Makers
The following are recent letters and statements from Church World Service, faith-based institutions and civil society organization advocating just and peaceful public policies.
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Climate Change
- Letter to Speaker Pelosi supporting a reporting requirement of the New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act (11/14/07)
- Calling for Congressional action to address the impact of climate change on poor and vunerable people in developing countries. Letters went to House and Senate. (09/20/07)
Conflict Resolution
- Interfaith
statement on Sudan to U.S. elected officials (03/30/08)
- Urging
increased funding for rule-of-law and rural development programs in
Colombia (10/03/07)
- Expressing
concern that thefts of computers from the Bogota, Colombia offices
of human rights organizations were politically motivated and improperly
investigated. (06/20/07)
- Welcoming
Senate Resolution 224 which supports
a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (06/14/07)
- Urging
members of Congress to fund
the UN and its peace-keeping missions (03/12/07)
- Urging
President Bush to prioritize
Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking and the
resolution of the status of Jerusalem (01/23/07)
Economic Justice
- Urging
Senator Biden (and Sen. Dodd, in a similar letter) to introduce a Senate
bill to accompany the House's Jubilee Act (09/19/07)
- Urging
the IMF to end policies that divert resources from pressing human needs (10/01/07)
- Urging members of Congress to co-sponsor the Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation (09/06/07)
- Urging President Bush (and his counterparts in Mexico and Canada, in separate letters) not to intensify NAFTA (08/15/07)
- Urging House (and Senate, in a similar letter) members to oppose fast track trade legislation (03/27/07)
HIV/AIDS
- Letter urging UN AIDS to increase focus on the needs of children (03/25/08)
- Urging
the House (and Senate in a similar letter) to support
AIDS, TB and malaria programs (10/17/07)
- Requesting
G8 leaders to help scale up the response to HIV & AIDS (07/06/07)
- Urging
the House Appropriations Committee to meet the President's request
for increased
resources for international health and development programs (04/23/07)
- Urging
the World Bank
to revise its health, nutrition and population strategy (04/19/07)
- Expressing
concern over US intervention in the Thai
government's legal efforts to provide affordable AIDS treatment for
its citizens (12/21/06)
Hunger and Poverty
- Urging Congresswoman Lowey to support a greater U.S. contribution to the 2010-12 replenishment of IFAD resources (11/02/07)
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urging the Senate to pass a farm bill that provides hope, opportunity
and fairness for all (11/07)
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urging Senators to support a life-giving farm bill (11/07)
- Urging
Senator Harkin to support
provisions in the Farm Bill that stimulate the production of food around
the world (11/05/07)
- Urging
Senate support
for the Dorgan-Grassley amendment to the farm bill (11/02/07)
- Urging
Senate support for meaningful farm bill reform (10/17/07)
- A
religious statement on U.S. farm and food policy (08/03/07)
- Calling
on members of Congress to vote for real reform of U.S. farm policy (07/25/07)
- Criticizing
the House Agriculture Committee's touted reform of the Farm Bill (07/25/07)
- Urging
House leadership on Farm Bill reform (07/17/07)
- Expressing
concern to the House Agriculture Committee (and to the Senate Committee,
in another letter) about recurring food crises, and supporting
U.S. policies that can be mobilized to confront them. (06/04/07)
- Asking
the House Agriculture Committee to help
restore funding for children's nutrition. (06/18/07)
Water and Sanitation
- Thanking members of Congress for funding safe drinking water and sanitation in developing countries (09/11/07)
- A letter from the Religious Working Group on Water calling for U.S. Congressional and Administration action (08/13/07)
- Requesting funding and other support for water and sanitation (06/25/07)
- Urging House (and Senate, in a similar letter) to appropriate $500 million for water and sanitation worldwide. (02/27/07)
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