It's drawing towards the end of December, the date by which The Jubilee 2000 Campaign had hoped to secure a brighter future for so-called 'third world' debtors. The Jubilee Campaign derived its name from the Biblical principle of the year of jubilee, the year of cancelling outstanding debts. For those who have signed up to Jubilee, and various other debt reduction campaigns believing that their signature is punching holes in third world debt, there is a whole other side to debt reduction that is not generally understood at point of signing. Despite Jubilee’s widely publicised campaign, this other side to debt relief has quite wrongfully we believe, not formed any part of the Jubilee 2000 public information programme. Unfortunately though, this is not for want oftrying. The following information is not found anywhere on the Jubilee site. Nor is it found anywhere on the petitions. Judge for yourself whether you, the signatories should know about this.

We need to realise the fact that debt reduction has an in-built sting in the tail, and that any philanthropic debt-reduction announcements by the superpowers have nothing whatsoever to do with compassion for the poor, despite Chancellor Gordon Brown’s December 2nd, 'The World Will Never Be the Same Again.' syrupy rhetoric.

"I say to you, when the need is so great, and the need is so urgent, that it's time to ensure that the richest countries who have so much should not receive from now any further benefits from the debts of these countries who have so little. So I can say to you, and to all 41 of the HIPC’s [heavily indebted poor countries] and on behalf of the British Government that Clare Short and I will, from today and in the spirit of Jubilee 2000, renounce our right to receive any benefit from these historic debts owed by the 41 countries.".

Glowing stuff. Behind this charade though, reduction or cancellation of debt is being granted only on condition that those HIPC’s reach whatis termed‘a decision point’.A very sparse Jubilee explanation of affairs continues "By December 2000 12 countries had reached decision point and the World Bank and IMF are hoping to have at least 20 countries at this point by the end of 2000. The new initiative applies to countries which have not already reached decision point in the HIPC initiative. For these countries, which do not have poverty reduction strategies in place, (emphasis ours) any payments made to Britain after December 1st 2000 on existing debt will be kept in a trust fund and returned to the country when it can be shown that the money will be used for poverty reduction."

So what is ‘decision point’? And what strategies have to be in place? And exactly what is poverty reduction? The 'decision' actually facing these countries is that they need to conform to the World Bank/IMF ‘structural adjustment programme’. For debt to be restructured or reduced, that country has to agree to sink enormous amounts of money into what is glowingly termed ‘poverty reduction’. And when even the slightest homework is done into these matters, we discover that the major focus of ‘poverty reduction’ is a concisely targetted programme of inhumane population control measures.

Poverty reduction measures focus mainly on the mass supply of condoms, sterilisation programs (with or without consent) and sexual advice from the West (as if we have anything moral to teach them!) And providing these conditions are being worked towards being fulfilled, then token plans such as certain schooling benefits, the promise of clean water supplies and road improvements and funding for the odd head of cattle are included in the deal. It isn't strange to discover though, thatwhen it comes to supplying that country with the suggested population control methods, delivery is always express. But when it comes to the supply of what's really needed, the postman is usually late. Sometimes, he doesn't come at all.

A spokesperson for Jubilee stated that as far as they were concerned, population control was not in any way linked to debt relief. "I think you’ll find you are wrong, as a visit to the Worldbank or IMF sites will confirm. I’ve discussed this with our research department, and we can’t see any link between poverty reduction and population control anywhere. It isn’t mentioned." And the Jubilee research officer himself informed us that the mass supply of condoms was "stopping the dreadful spread of AIDS", and that "we wouldn’t want to put any information on our site such as you are suggesting. This might well jeopardise people’s health."

And it is right here that we see how a major organisation such as Jubilee has so fully swallowed the beguiling lie. Yes, Jubilee are not afraid to openly criticise IMF/World Bank when it comes to their financial dealings, as the following link demonstrates. http://www.jubilee2000uk.org/reports/shadow0900.html#2 an excerpt is included here. "While they continue to make positive noises and promises to do more on debt, the G7 hide in the shadow of the IMF and World Bank, using these institutions to promote their own interests, at the expense of the lives of the poorest people in the world." But then, hook line and sinker, they follow the temptress unquestioningly into 'the bed of cinnamon and aloes'. (Pr 7.v 21-23) The Book from which Jubilee and fellow Church organisations draw their wisdom in dealing with political situations, warns quite clearly about being on guard against deception.But they have fallen for the lie."AIDS as terrible virus, and needing only powerful pharmaceuticals" is leading these organisations "like a bird, darting into the snare, little knowing it will cost him his life."as the following condensed Jubilee report so clearly demonstrates. http://www.jubilee2000uk.org/features/aids.htmlAgain a snippet is included here. "the worst hit region is sub-Saharan Africa, where 70 per cent of all new infections and 80 per cent of deaths occur. UNAIDS estimates that there are 22.5 million people with HIV/AIDS in the region.. Ann Pettifor, Director of Jubilee 2000 Coalition, said, "Continuing to demand debt payments above healthcare is a scandal - even more so in the context of this appalling AIDS epidemic. Creditors in the west must recognise that every dollar they take in debt service is another dollar that could be spent dealing with AIDS deadly toll."

So Jubilee 2000, along with other well-meaning agencies will passionately plea for the drugs. The pharmaceutical industries will privately agree that things are going according to plan. They will then convene a number of outwardly philanthropic meetings. The press will be invited. Historic announcements will be made. Highly toxic drugs will be made available. The gullible will applaud. And their clapping will serve only to drown out the cries of the dying.

Africa does not need AIDS drugs to live. We are in touch with growing numbers of people across Africa, who are well aware of the population control agenda. Some of themlive in areas that have been named as the the 'epicentre' of the suppposed AIDS epidemic. These peoplefall into the category of 'just waiting to die from the dreadful AIDS'. As a result of discerning and correctly informed outside agencies, these people are supported in the provision of clean water, nutitious food, basic medicines, and above all the truth about this wholesituation. As a result of this inexpensive, non-profit driven system of basic healthcare, these 'written off' people are alive and healthy. It is not for no reason that a consistent strap line in our newsletters is "My people die through lack of knowledge".

Despite the protestations by Jubilee 2000 that dropping the debt has nothing to do with population control, a visit to the World Bank and IMF web sites only too quickly reveals otherwise. The following IMF statement, one of so many, hidden deep in difficult-to-convert, PDF format files, states: "The pro-poor implementation of cost-recovery will require the successful identification of targeting mechanisms, perhaps geographically based. AIDS and population growth raise cross-cutting issues." In actual fact, most of the less savoury documents such as those explaining the strategy behind poverty reduction are in PDF format. They don't simply drop down before your eyes, with the title "Here are our plans to cull the human herd. Please read on..." If further proof was needed that population control and World Bank ‘poverty reduction’ go hand in hand, a revealing page, and not in PDF can be found at http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/HDNet/HDdocs.nsf/3c40f1b1e55c7e4b852566f70006e922/7ace844ee168affe852567230072b20a?OpenDocument Here you will find a whole wealth of information on World Bank plans to outwardly help, and at the same time reduce the population of the planet. Over-population is actually a complete myth, and will be covered in a future issue.

Another myth which is played on so heavily by WHO, World Bank and the IMF is 'the threat of widespread third world maternal death'. Yes, there is a higher death rate than in the west. And that is of course unfortunate. But it is not in any way the dire situation promoted by these agencies.Here in the west, immediate access to caesarean section and other emergency measures has helped save many lives. But compared to the number of births, theseinterventions are infrequent. By their promotion of the false idea that thousands of women in third world countries are dying in child-birth, these agencies by default, promote another false idea that these women need western ‘help’. This then opens the door for another World Bank cohort, UNFPA to play a 'supporting' role in poverty reduction. The supporting role offered by the United Nations Fund for Population comprises education on sterilisation, coercion into sterilisation, abortions on demand, the mass supply of condoms, and little else. A good link to begin exploring the 'women are dying in their thousands' distortion can be found at http://www.pop.org/reports/unicef.txt You may also want to pay a visit to www.africa2000.com Liz Liagin has written a concise summary of western population control methods entitled "Excessive Force, Power, Politics and Population Control." Her fly jacket begins "How would the American [or British] people react if their government told them exactly how many children they should or should not have?And what would be their response if these orders came not from their own leaders, but from a foreign power intent on maximising its access to your national resources, maintaining political domination and imposing its culture by force?....What will surprise many is the extent of involvement of many of the so-called secret agencies of government, and the lengths to which policy makers in wealthy countries will go, to prevent births among persons of colour." Suffice to say at this stage that protection of life is not a major feature on the World Bank, IMF, UNFPA agenda.

Jubilee 2000 management has been in receipt of all of our newsletters. We have also made requests to Jubilee, that clearer information be made available at point of signing, thereby giving people the opportunity to protest at these other measures. Jubilee have not contacted us for further information. We fully support the need for a just means of debt reduction and cancellation, and under a transparent and fair process. We believe though, that for this to begin to happen, the full truth about these inhumane organisations and their equally inhumane measures must be made public knowledge.This we have endeavoured to accomplish through the frontline channel - Jubilee, but without success.

After careful consideration by Credence Publications, which at all times has only sought tactfully to inform Jubilee and supporting agencies of the wider spectrum, we believe that drawing attention to organisational reticence where it occurs will hopefully save lives. That lives might be saved as a result, far outweighs the risk we run of being accused of being divisive. Our book ‘World Without AIDS’ at www.credence.org gives the reader the bigger picture on these UN organisations, and their links to the major financial institutions and their shared ideology of population control.