Joint Statement of the Zambian Churches

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Representatives of the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ), the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) and the Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) together with civic organisations that launched the Jubilee Debt cancellation campaign in Zambia, gathered to reflect on the achievements, challenges as well as the current imperatives of the Jubilee campaign.

The main message from the meeting was that debt relief will only produce lasting impacts on poverty reduction if it is tied to the reform of the domestic, regional and international trade arenas. “Trade justice demands that trade rules put people and the environment first and profits second.”

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