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Tearfund hands in 10,000 postcards to UK Treasury Minister asking for strong Publish What You Pay rules in Europe
On Tuesday Tearfund, a Christian relief and development agency, handed in 10,000 postcards to the UK Chancellor from supporters calling for the UK Government to tackle corruption through Publish What You Pay legislation in the EU.
PWYP Europe members reassure and encourage US regulator on oil and mining transparency
PWYP members in Europe have written to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which regulates US stock exchanges, and notified the body that the European Commission is developing counterpart legislation in Europe. The need for extractive industry transparency rules in the EU has been backed by the British and French governments which have both publicly stated their support this year following the passing in the United States of the Dodd-Frank Act.
Ugandan Activists call on UK Prime Minister to End Resource Curse
Activists Deliver Letter to David Cameron from 200 Ugandans
Ugandan activists have delivered a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, calling on the UK Government to ‘end the resource curse’ by supporting greater transparency in the oil industry. The letter was organised by the Publish What You Pay Coalition and signed by over 200 civil society activists from Uganda.
New transparency laws could help millions, says Publish What You Pay
The Publish What You Pay coalition strongly welcomes the announcement by the UK Government that it will push for the implementation of oil, gas and mining transparency laws in the EU. If introduced, such laws would require that companies listed in the EU publish what they pay to governments for the extraction of minerals around the world. This will improve revenue transparency, helping to eradicate the corruption that has blighted some mineral rich states and improve the lives of millions of people in the developing world.
Sign a petition calling on the UK Chancellor to support transparency rules!
I am Chairperson of Publish What You Pay Uganda and work for an organisation called Global Rights Alert. In Uganda we are striving to ensure that the recently discovered oil in our country helps us fight poverty, disease and develop economically.
UK Parliamentarians discuss the importance of oil and mining transparency with George Soros
The campaign for PWYP stock exchange listing requirements is gathering pace in the UK. Last week the founder of the Open Society Foundations, George Soros, spoke to a senior gathering of UK MPs and Peers at a reception in the House of Commons about the importance of oil and mining transparency. Mr Soros has been a key supporter of the Publish What You Pay coalition since 2002.
PWYP UK letter to British Chancellor George Osborne (5 December 2011)
_On 5 December 2011 PWYP UK wrote to the British Chancellor George Osborne with comments and suggestions aimed to strengthen the EU proposals for amendments to the Transparency & Accounting Directive.
The European Commission's proposals on extractive sector transparency: a civil society view (UK brief)
_PWYP UK composed this brief in response to the European Commission’s proposals for amendments to the Transparency & Accounting Directives. These amendments would oblige all European listed, and large non-listed, extractive companies to publish what they pay in the countries where they operate.
UK refuses to sign up to oil, mining and gas transparency initiative
The UK Government has declined to follow the example of the USA, instead saying it would be “inappropriate” to participate in a two-way intitiative that would publicly reveal all domestic financial dealings with extraction companies
The US pledged yesterday to participate in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), becoming the second G8 country – behind Norway – to join.
President Obama said it would ensure that “taxpayers receive every dollar they are due from the extraction of natural resources.”
The US joins more than 35 countries, mainly from developing natio
Open letter from PWYP UK to Prime Minister David Cameron on OPG country action plan
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Dear Prime Minister,
Re: Opportunities to promote extractive industry transparency through the Open Government Partnership
Thank you for stating your support for EU regulations to require oil, gas and mining companies to publish key financial country- and project- specific information at your speech on aid, trade and democracy in Lagos last month.
