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United States Promotes Debt Relief for Poor Countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 100 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 471 - 472
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2006

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References

1 Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

2 Becker, Elizabeth & Richard, W. Stevenson, U.S. and Britain Agree on Debt Relief to Poor Countries, N.Y. Times, June 10, 2005, at A1 Google Scholar; Becker, Elizabeth, Odd Alliance Brings About Debt Relief, N.Y. Times, June 11, 2005, at B1 Google Scholar; Cowell, Alan, Finance Chiefs Cancel Debt of 18 Nations, N.Y. Times, June 12, 2005 at A12 Google Scholar; Blustein, Paul, Debt Cut Is Set for Poorest Nations, Wash. Post, June 12, 2005, at A1 Google Scholar; VandeHei, Jim & Blustein, Paul, African Aid Is Doubled by G-8, Wash. Post, July 9, 2005, at A1 Google Scholar.

3 See John, R. Crook, Contemporary Practice of the United States, 99 AJIL 500 (2005)Google Scholar.

4 40 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1394, 1397 (Sept. 14, 2005).

5 Blustein, Paul, Objections Emerge to G-8 Debt Relief ‘Plan, Wash. Post, Sept 13, 2005, at A14 Google Scholar; Blustein, Paul, Wolfowitz Wavers on Debt-Relief Plan, Wash. Post, Sept 23, 2005, at D5 Google Scholar; Edmund, L. Andrews, For Wolfowitz, Poverty Is the Newest War to Fight, N.Y. Times, Sept. 24, 2005, at B1 Google Scholar; Edmund, L. Andrews, Debt Deal for Poorest Nations Moves Ahead, N.Y. Times, Sept, 24, 2005, at B6 Google Scholar; Drop the Debt, Editorial, N.Y. Times, Sept. 24, 2005, at A26 Google Scholar; Blustein, Paul, IMF, World Bank Advance Debt-Relief Pact, Wash. Post, Sept. 25, 2005, at A11 Google Scholar; World Bank: Debt Relief Plan Approved, N.Y. Times, Sept. 26, 2005, at A9 Google Scholar.

6 Int’l Monetary Fund, Public Information Notice No. 05/164, IMF Board Agrees on Implementation Modalities for the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (Dec. 8, 2005), at <http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pn/2005/pn05164.htm>. A related IMF fact sheet is at <http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/mdri.htm>.