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Hold Governments Accountable for Natural Resource Corruption

Target: U.S. Senate
Sponsored by: Oxfam America

Natural resources shouldn't be a burden on the poor. Yet in many countries around the world, revenues from natural resources are propping up dictators, fueling conflict, and deepening poverty.

But you can help change that today. There's a bill in the Senate that would help poor communities hold their governments accountable.

The Extractive Industries Transparency Disclosure (EITD) Act would require payments made between oil, gas, and mining companies and their host governments to be publicized. Too often profits from natural resources are secretly diverted to accounts of corrupt leaders or used to fund conflict and repression.

More than 60 percent of the world's poorest people live in countries rich in natural resources, but they rarely share in that wealth. Natural resources should help lift people out of poverty, but for many developing countries that window is closing fast. Ask your Senators to co-sponsor the EITD Act.

deadline: 9-16-2009
goal: 10,000

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Dear Senator,

Natural resources shouldn't be a burden on the poor. Yet in many countries around the world, revenues from natural resources are propping up dictators, fueling conflict, and deepening poverty.

Please co-sponsor the Extractive Industries Transparency Disclosure (EITD) Act to help direct natural resource profits to those who need them most.

Instead of allowing payments from oil, gas, and mining companies to their host governments to be made in secret, the EITD Act would require both American and foreign companies registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission to publish these financial transactions as part of their annual filing.

Such disclosure could help the citizens of resource-rich yet poor countries to demand accountability from their governments. Too often these windfalls are secretly diverted into the accounts of corrupt leaders or used to fund conflict and repression in some of the poorest countries in the world.

We signed the “Hold Governments Accountable for Natural Resource Corruption” petition!

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11:53 am PDT, Sep 16, KAthleen Crawford, California

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6:12 pm PDT, Sep 14, Brian P Wentzlaff, California
One word RESPONSIBILITY. Profit without it should be criminal. It would be if I did it as a citizen.

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1:07 pm PDT, Sep 14, Bette Nelson, Washington

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10:53 am PDT, Sep 14, Patti Aker, Montana

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7:53 am PDT, Sep 14, Sharla Stone, California

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9:49 am PDT, Sep 13, William Wilson, North Carolina

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6:47 am PDT, Sep 13, Alison Armitage, Colorado

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11:14 pm PDT, Sep 12, Tatiana Costa, Brazil

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7:23 pm PDT, Sep 12, Frank Tejada, Oklahoma

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1:27 pm PDT, Sep 12, Jeannie Gibbons, Texas
Those countries need our help. They haven't been able to partake of the good coming from their resources, and should not be made to live in poverty as a result.

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1:19 pm PDT, Sep 11, Mary Ann Kahl, Pennsylvania

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10:21 am PDT, Sep 11, Carla Gibb, California

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7:23 pm PDT, Sep 10, Byron Gray, Alabama

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12:24 am PDT, Sep 10, Yvette O'key, Hawaii

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1:31 pm PDT, Sep 6, Shannon Loney, New Zealand

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8:28 am PDT, Sep 6, Kristin Kierig, Virginia

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12:45 am PDT, Sep 5, Name not displayed, Arizona

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10:14 am PDT, Sep 2, B. Lerner, California

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7:58 am PDT, Sep 1, Alisa Heeber, New York

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7:42 am PDT, Sep 1, Marilynjoy Mcgetchin, Florida

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2:36 pm PDT, Aug 31, Roger Bultot, New Jersey

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9:10 am PDT, Aug 31, Edye Allen, Oregon

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5:08 am PDT, Aug 31, Nicole Hafemeyer, Wisconsin

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10:10 am PDT, Aug 30, Nita Hyrkkanen, United Kingdom

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4:45 pm PDT, Aug 29, Anna Perry, Michigan

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5:45 am PDT, Aug 29, Eli Is Here, Pennsylvania

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9:16 pm PDT, Aug 28, Abigail Bates, California

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3:07 pm PDT, Aug 28, Beth Stein, California

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10:54 pm PDT, Aug 26, Thayne Tuason, Washington

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5:28 am PDT, Aug 24, Rabecca Gainey, Kentucky

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5:08 pm PDT, Aug 22, Sean Estes, California

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12:56 pm PDT, Aug 22, Margaret Tollner, California

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11:44 am PDT, Aug 22, James Buckvold, Minnesota

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4:47 pm PDT, Aug 21, Julie Paylor, Washington

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1:08 pm PDT, Aug 21, Sasha Ouellett, Nevada

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9:39 am PDT, Aug 21, Karol Krzywon, New Jersey

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