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Letter to Patrick Crawford (ECGD) re BTC pipeline – new evidence of serious technical failings, July 2004

Follow-up letter to Patrick Crawford (ECGD) re Turkey section of BTC pipeline – evidence of serious technical failings; IFC due diligence, November 2004

Letter to Simon Ray (EBRD) re BTC pipeline – new evidence of serious technical failings, July 2004

Letter to James Wolfensohn (World Bank) re Turkey section of BTC pipeline – evidence of serious technical failings; IFC due diligence, November 2004

Letter to Peter Woicke (IFC) re Turkey section of BTC pipeline – evidence of serious technical failings; IFC due diligence,
November 2004

Letter to Hilary Benn (DfID) re Turkey section of BTC pipeline – evidence of serious technical failings; IFC due diligence,
November 2004

Letter to Tom Scholar (World Bank) re Turkey section of BTC pipeline – evidence of serious technical failings; IFC due diligence, November 2004

Letter to Alistair Doherty (IDC) re Turkey section of BTC pipeline – evidence of serious technical failings; IFC due diligence,
November 2004

 

Letter to World Bank EDs re BP misrepresentation of Amnesty International, June 2004
Amnesty International statement


Letter to Hilary Benn (DfID) re detention and allegations of torture against Ferhat Kaya
, May 2004



Letter to participants in NGO / investor meeting with BP, February 2004
Report excerpts


Letter sent to staff and executive directors of IFC / World Bank and EBRD re allegations that BP failed to disclose information on pipeline safety
, February 2004
Sunday Times article
(Letter also sent to DfID)

Reply from IFC, February 2004


Letter to Hilary Benn (DfID) and Mike O'Brien (ECGD minister) re arrest of BTC campaigner in Turkey, January 2004


Letter to 15 commercial banks regarding legal cases against BTC
, January 2004

Letter to ECGD re discovery of legal violations, failed and unsafe construction procedures, and impact on regional conflicts, November 2003

Letter to IFC Executive Directors re concern over inauguration of President Aliyev , November 2003


Letter to World Bank Executive Directors re misleading Board report from IFC staff
, October 2003


Letter to Hilary Benn re need to consider implementation, not just paper compliance
, October 2003


Letter to Hilary Benn (DfID) re project breaches of World Bank standards
, October 2003
(Review of EIA - breaches of World Bank Standards)

Letter to IFC re project breaches of World Bank standards, October 2003

Generic reply from IFC, October 2003

Response to IFC, November 2003

Letter to EBRD re project breaches of World Bank standards, October 2003

Generic reply from EBRD, November 2003

Letter to ECGD re project breaches of World Bank standards, October 2003


Letter to Barclays, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered
, October 2003
(similar letters sent to 9 other private banks)
Evaluation of BTC compliance with Equator Principles

Letter to Citigroup, October 2003
(similar letter sent to ABN Amro)

Letter to JP Morgan Chase, October 2003
(similar letters sent to 21 other banks)


Letter to World Bank re breach of Memorandum between European Commission and IFIs
, September 2003
(Copy of Memorandum between EC and IFIs)


Letter to IFC re pipeline tunnelling under houses in Azerbaijan
, August 2003

Reply from IFC, September 2003


Submission to OPIC, as part of consultation process
, August 2003

Reply from OPIC, December 2003


Letter to BP requesting project documentation and data
, July 2003

Reply from BP, refusing to supply data, July 2003

Response to BP, July 2003

Reminder / follow-up to BP, cc'd to international financial institutions, August 2003

August 2003 Reply from BP, confirming refusal, August 2003

Letter to IFC requesting information disclosure, July 2003

Reply from IFC, August 2003

 

Letter to Royal Institute of International Affairs re BTC promotional event, July 2003

(Invitation to RIIA event, July 2003)

RIIA reply, July 2003

Response to RIIA, July 2003


Letter to EBRD, re BP's premature announcement of start of disclosure period
, June 2003

BP comments on premature announcement, June 2003


Letter to European Commission re project legal agreements and Turkish accession
, June 2003

Reply from EC, July 2003

Response to EC, September 2003


Letter to Lazard's staff
, June 2003

Letter to Societe Generale staff, June 2003

Letter to ABN Amro staff, June 2003

Letter to EBRD staff, June 2003

Letter to ENI / Agip staff, March 2003

Letter to Statoil staff, February 2003

Letter to AMEC job applicants, February 2003

Letter to AMEC staff, February 2003

Letter to BP staff, January 2003

BP handout to employees, February 2003

Baku Ceyhan Campaign response to BP briefing, June 2003


BP email cancelling agreement to speak at public meeting
(sent a few hours before the meeting), May 2003


Complaint against BP to UK contact point under OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
, April 2003


Letter to NGOs attending BP seminar
, April 2003


Letter to DfID re Azerbaijan human rights threats
, March 2003

Reply from EBRD, March 2003

2nd reply from EBRD, April 2003


Letter to European Commission Enlargement Directorate General, February 2003


Memorandum to MPs, re summary of concerns
, January 2003


Letter to IFC re need for Kurdish language documents
, January 2003


Letter to DfID re undue pressure on Georgian government, November 2002

Letter to EBRD re undue pressure on Georgian government, November 2002

Reply from EBRD, January 2003

Letter to IFC re undue pressure on Georgian government, November 2002

Reply from IFC, January 2003


Memorandum from non-governmental organizations to Department for International Development (DfID), Foreign and Commonwealth Office, H.M Treasury and Export Credits Guarantee Department
, November 2002

Reply from DfID, November 2002

Reply from Baroness Symons, December 2002


Letter to European Commission Enlargement Commissioner
, October 2002


Letter to BP, IFC and EBRD re findings of Turkey Fact-Finding Mission
, September 2002

Reply from BP, September 2002
Details from BP on legal aspects, September 2002
Details from BP on consultation, September 2002

Reply from IFC, December 2002


NGO proposals on international financial institutions' (IFIs) loan or guarantee approval
, May 2002

Reply from US-EXIM, August 2002