Der linke Senator und frühere Präsidentschaftskandidat der US-Demokraten Bernie Sanders steht gemeinsam mit der Demokratin Ilhan Omar (für Minnesota im Repräsentantenhaus) an der Spitze einer Gruppe von Politiker*innen und Abgeordneten aus zwei Dutzend Staaten, die den Internationalen Währungsfonds und die Weltbank auffordern, die Schulden der ärmsten Länder der Welt zu erlassen und die Unterstützung dieser Staatengruppe zu verstärken. Die im April angekündigte Aussetzung der Schuldenzahlung werde nicht ausreichen, um die Länder in die Lage zu versetzen, mit der Krise umzugehen, teilten die Unterzeichner, zu denen auch der frühere britische Labour-Vorsitzende Jeremy Corbyn und Abgeordnete des Europäischen Parlaments, darunter Helmut Scholz, gehören, in einem Brief am Mittwoch veröffentlichten Brief mit. Die Politiker*innen und Abgeordneten forderte den IWF außerdem auf, Reserven in Billionenhöhe (Sonderziehungsrechte) zu bilden. Dies wird jedoch von US-Präsident Donald Trum abgelehnt. Die Schritte seien "das Mindeste, was die Finanzinstitute tun sollten, um eine unvorstellbare Zunahme von Armut, Hunger und Krankheit zu verhindern, die Hunderte Millionen Menschen bedroht", sagte Sanders in einer Erklärung. Die Unterzeichner forderten den IWF und die Weltbank auf, innerhalb von 15 Tagen zu antworten.
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-omar-lead-300-global-lawmakers-in-call-to-protect-developing-countries-from-economic-ruin
Der Text des Briefes:
May 13, 2020
David Malpass Kristalina Georgieva
The World Bank Group The International Monetary Fund
1818 H Street, N.W. 700 19th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20433 Washington, D.C. 20431
Dear President Malpass and Managing Director Georgieva:
Members of Parliaments across the world are writing to request extensive debt forgiveness for International Development Association (IDA) countries by all major international financial institutions (IFIs) during this global COVID-19 crisis.
We are pleased to see that the World Bank Group (WBG) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have already taken steps to implement debt relief and suspension for the world’s poorest countries. The recent IMF announcement of temporary debt relief funding for 25 member countries is an encouraging development but much more widespread and long term support is still needed.
That is why we call on all G-20 leaders through these IFIs to support the cancellation of debt obligations held by all IDA countries during this unprecedented pandemic. The temporary suspension and deferment of debt will not be sufficient to help these countries fully prioritize the prompt and sustainable management of the crisis at hand. The vulnerable communities that lack the resources and privileges to adopt adequate public health measures will ultimately face the disproportionate burden of coronavirus. Such harm means that global supply chains, financial markets, and other interconnected exchanges will continue to be disrupted and destabilized.
We also urge you to support a major issuance of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) in order to provide developing countries with urgent financial support. The pandemic-triggered economic crisis is expected to be far more devastating than the global financial crisis of 2009, when SDRs were last deployed. We concur with Managing Director Georgieva’s “lower-end” estimate of $2.5 trillion for the current financial needs of developing countries. An issuance of SDRs on the order of trillions of dollars will be required to avert major increases in poverty, hunger and disease.
Therefore, not only do we have a humanitarian duty to aid our petitioning countries in dire need, but we also have a common, vested interest to support comprehensive relief for effective recovery and resiliency. As a collaborative international community, we can only begin to move past this pandemic once this pandemic ends for everyone.
For those reasons, we urge the WBG and IMG to take strong leadership to provide extensive debt relief and financial assistance for all impoverished nations most at risk of the devastating human costs and the long-lasting economic injuries of COVID-19. We ask that you work with relevant bilateral and multilateral partners to provide a response no more than 15 days after receipt of this letter.
It is in our shared public health, security, and economic interests that we come together and act boldly to assist the most vulnerable nations among us. We stand ready to work with you and support immediate and long-term solutions to ensure fragile, destitute countries receive the flexibility and guidance they need in order to prevent humanitarian crises, protect public health, and promote global stability during this crisis and well after it is over for affluent nations.
In service,
Ilhan Omar Bernard Sanders
Member of Congress Senator
United States United States
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Diane Abbott, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom
Marcela Aguiñaga, Member of National Assembly, Ecuador
Omar Paul Aguilar Condo, Senator, Bolivia
Mertxe Aizpurua, Member of Congress of Deputies, Spain
Alvina Alamestä, Member of European Parliament, Finland
Monica Aleman, Member of National Assembly, Ecuador
François Alfonsi, Member of European Parliament, France
Daniel Almeida, Member of Congress, Brazil
Perpétua Almeida, Member of Congress, Brazil
Ana Claudia Almirón, Senator, Argentina
José Luis Ancalle Gutiérrez, Member of Congress, Peru
Rasmus Andresen, Member of European Parliament, Germany
Óscar Arellano Pizarro, Member of Chamber of Deputies, Bolivia
Wilson Arias, Senator, Colombia
Carola Arraya Borges, Senator, Bolivia
Jaber Asaqla, Member of Knesset, Israel
Miquel Aubà i Fleix, Senator, Spain
Manon Aubry, Member of European Parliament, France
Aida Avella, Senator, Colombia
Yuriri Ayala, Member of Local Congress, Mexico City
Sara Bailac Ardanuy, Senator, Spain
Adam Bandt, Member of Parliament, Australia
Paula Barker, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom
Pernando Barrena, Member of European Parliament, Spain
Monte Bassa i Coll Marta, Member of Congress of Deputies, Spain
Fernando Bazán Villanueva, Member of Congress, Peru
Apsana Begum, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom
Marian Beitialarrangoitia, Member of Congress of Deputies, Spain
Brando Benifei, Member of European Parliament, Italy
Alejandro Bernales Maldonado, Member of Honorable Chamber of Deputies, Chile
Benoît Biteau, Member of European Parliament, France
Inés Blas, Senator, Argentina
Malin Björk, Member of European Parliament, Sweden
Gustavo Bolivar, Senator, Colombia
Manuel Bompard, Member of European Parliament, France
Gabriel Boric Font, Member of Honorable Chamber of Deputies, Chile
Marc Botenga, Member of European Parliament, Belgium
Maria Wendy Briceño Zuloaga, Member of Federal Congress, Mexico
Jorge Brito Hasbún, Member of Honorable Chamber of Deputies, Chile
Sonia Brito Sandoval, Member of Chamber of Deputies, Bolivia
Richard Burgon, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom
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Daniel Caggiani Gómez, Member of Parliament, Uruguay
Renildo Calheiros, Member of Congress, Brazil
Miquel Caminal Cerdà, Senator, Spain
Ignacio Benjamín Campos Equihua, Member of Federal Congress, Mexico
Rego Candamil, Member of Congress of Deputies, Spain
Miriam Elizabeth Cano Núñez, Member of Local Congress, Baja California, Mexico
Joan Capdevila i Esteve, Member of Congress of Deputies, Spain
Damien Carême, Member of European Parliament, France
Giovani Alfonsin Carlo Ayllon, Senator, Bolivia
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Ofer Cassif, Member of Knesset, Israel
Laura Castel i Fort, Senator, Spain
Xavier Castellana i Gamisans, Senator, Spain
Carlos Castillo, Member of Local Congress, Mexico City
Natalia Castillo Muñoz, Member of Honorable Chamber of Deputies, Chile
Anna Cavazzini, Member of European Parliament, Germany
Ivan Cépeda, Senator, Colombia
José Chala, Member of National Assembly, Ecuador
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Katalin Cseh, Member of European Parliament, Hungary
Joan Collins, Member of Parliament, Ireland
Jeremy Corbyn, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom
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Mirella Cortès i Gès, Senator, Spain
Humberto Costa, Senator, Brazil
Miguel Crispi Serrano, Member of Honorable Chamber of Deputies, Chile
Esther Cuesta, Member of National Assembly, Ecuador
Clare Daly, Member of European Parliament, Ireland
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Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Member of European Parliament, France
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Bettiana Díaz Rey, Member of Parliament, Uruguay
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Xavier Eritja Ciuró, Member of Congress of Deputies, Spain
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Adelina Escandell Grases, Senator, Spain
Carlos Mauricio Espínola, Senator, Argentina
Brenda Espinoza Lopez, Member of Federal Congress, Mexico
Leticia Estrada, Member of Local Congress, Mexico City
Sabelio Estrada Soliz, Member of Chamber of Deputies, Bolivia
Federico Fagioli, Member of Honorable Chamber of Deputies, Argentina
Mehreen Faruqi, Senator, Australia
Jandira Feghali, Member of Chamber of Deputies, Brazil
Janeth Mercy Felipez Ríos, Senator, Bolivia
Maya Fernández Allende, Member of Honorable Chamber of Deputies, Chile
Enrique Fernández Chacón, Member of Congress, Peru
Anabel Fernández Sagasti, Senator, Argentina
Carlos Filizzola, Senator, Paraguay
Marcivania Flecha, Member of Congress, Brazil
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Marcelo Freixo, Member of Chamber of Deputies, Brazil
Ricardo Fuentes, Member of Local Congress, Mexico City
Lilian Gálan, Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay
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Pilar Garrido, Member of Congress of Deputies, Spain
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María Teresa González, Senator, Argentina
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Sandra Paola González Castañeda, Member of Federal Congress, Mexico
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Vlado Mirosevic Verdugo, Member of Honorable Chamber of Deputies, Chile
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