29 December 2006
Many messages, postcards and letters from the public about the Sakhalin II
phase 2 oil and gas project have been sent to the EBRD. Since the beginning of
2004, we have received 19,956 postcards, emails, letters and petitions from
NGOs and individuals.
Letter
from Sakhalin II Campaign NGOs (5 Sep 06)
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Bank’s
response (12 Oct 06)
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Letter
from Sakhalin II Campaign NGOs (18 Sept 06)
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Bank’s
response (12 Oct 06)
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In November and December 2006, the President received 41 messages from
individuals
Text of
the message
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In April and May 2006, the President received 323 emails from individuals.
Text
of the email
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We received 63 emails from Japanese individuals.
Text
of the email
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Since March 2006 we received 151 letters from members of the German NGO, The
Society for Threatened Peoples, based in Leipzig.
Letter
from The Society for Threatened Peoples (Mar 06)
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Wild Salmon Center correspondence
The President has received a letter from the US-based Wild Salmon Center.
Letter
from the Wild Salmon Center (Dec 05)
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President's
response (Jan 06)
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Letter from Russian Member of Parliament
The President and Board of Directors received a letter from Mr Ivan Zhdakayev,
Deputy Chair of the Committee on Energy, Transportation and Communication at
the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
Letter
from Mr Zhdakayev (Nov 05)
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President's
response (Jan 06)
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Standard letter from supporters of the Sakhalin NGO Campaign
We have received over 100 letters and emails with the same core message
regarding EBRD's involvement in the Sakhalin project and the President has
individually written to all those who requested a response.
Standard
letter (Nov 05)
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President's
response (Dec 05)
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Invitation from the residents of Sakhalin Island
The President received an invitation, signed by 283 residents, to visit the
Island of Sakhalin.
Letter
of invitation (Oct 05)
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President's
response (Dec 05)
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Postcards from supporters of Friends of the Earth
The President has received 7,501 postcards from supporters of Friends of the
Earth, each with the same message.
Text of
the postcard
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Letters from individuals
The President has also received 174 letters from individuals, the majority of
them from the United States. Most of the letters had the same text with 4
bullet points of recommendations addressed to Philip Merrill (Chairman,
Export-Import Bank of the US) and cc. to the EBRD’s President Jean Lemierre:
(i) alter its off-shore platform; (ii) build elevated bridges; (iii) build
onshore pipelines; (iv) accept full financial liability.
Emails from NGOs and individuals
The President has received 702 emails from NGOs and individuals, mainly from
the UK and the Russian Federation.
Text of
the email
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Petition (appeal) from residents of Sakhalin Island (29 Apr 06)
The appeal, signed by 10,530 people, was sent to the Board Directors of the
Bank and copied to President Lemierre. The residents of Sakhalin expressed
concerns related to the negative environmental and social impacts of the
project. In addition the petition also mentions violations of environmental
legislation and EBRD policy. They call on EBRD's Board of Directors to refuse
funding for the project.
Petition (appeal) from residents of Korsakov city in Sakhalin (28 Jan 06)
The appeal, signed by 108 people, was sent to the Board Directors of the Bank
and copied to President Lemierre. The Korsakov residents expressed concerns
about the negative environmental and social impact of the project on the
island and demanded that the EBRD Board of Directors deny approval of funding
for the Sakhalin II project
Petition (appeal) to President Lemierre by students from Sakhalin Region
(24 Aug 05)
The students’ appeal, signed by 259 people, expressed serious concerns about
the dredging and the dumping of soil in the Aniva Bay during the construction
of berths in the context of Sakhalin II project.