Our endorsement of the Open Letter of the Mozambican civil society organisations to JICA
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We, the Brazilian, Japanese and international civil society organisations, have received the information that the Mozambican civil society organisations sent the Open Letter addressing to President of JICA on 17 February 2017.
We regret that the #ProSAVANA programme, Triangular Cooperation for Agriculture Development in African Savannah Programme - Japan, Brazil and Mozambique, reached to this point.
Through their letter, we received information about what JICA, including its fund, ODA projects, staff and Japanese and Mozambican consultants, has been carrying out behind the scenes and how these actions have damaged the Mozambican society, especially the society in Nampula Province, the center focus of the programme and where the peasants opposition towards the programme is the strongest.
The letter also points out the fundamental role of JICA in the problems reported as it is ignoring and violating its own Guidelines (for Environmental and SocialConsiderations) and Compliance Policy, the United Nations Charter, International Human Rights Law, and the Constitution of the Republic of Mozambique.
Through the Mozambican partners and their letter, we have learned how important the values and rights of the people contained in the Mozambican Constitution are for the Mozambican society. These are people’s sovereignty, peaceful and harmonious but plural society, democratic, transparent and accountable governance, and the right to resist. We also know that these were hard won rights and values by the people of Mozambique through a long-lasting colonial liberation struggle and the prolonged post-independence armed conflict.
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