Oblates join Civil Society Groups calling for Democratic Reform of the International Financial System

November 3rd, 2008

Members of the G-20 will be meeting in Washington DC on November 15 to discuss the global financial crisis – in what some are calling Bretton Woods II – after the site of the conference that led to the founding of the World Bank and IMF just after WWII. This time, groups around the world are demanding a more democratic, equitable and just process.

The Oblate JPIC Office has joined over 1,700 people and organizations in a statement on the proposed “Global Summit” to reform the international financial system. The statement demands a truly global response to the global crisis and lays out a set of principles for doing so.

Download full text of the statement (PDF)

Statement available in Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese

More information on the Bretton Woods II Conference…

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