Treasury Secretary Yellen and Religious Leaders Hold Historic Meeting on Global COVID Response
Treasury Secretary Yellen and Religious Leaders Hold Historic Meeting on Global COVID Response
March 16, 2021
Debt Relief, Transparency, Climate, Aid, Puerto Rico, SDR Reserves and Bankruptcy Discussed
Washington DC – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Jubilee USA Network and some of the highest-ranking religious leaders met on global COVID response on Tuesday. The high-level roundtable discussion focused on emergency SDR reserve funds, debt policies, aid, climate change, Puerto Rico relief and bankruptcy, transparency and tax proposals to prevent future crises. The meeting with Secretary Yellen and leaders from the largest faith traditions was historic, noted Jubilee USA Executive Director Eric LeCompte who organized the meeting. Since the beginning of the pandemic, religious institutions have called for responses to the COVID crisis that protect the vulnerable and address inequali
Reuters Quotes Eric LeCompte on Meeting with Secretary Yellen and Faith Leaders
Reuters Quotes Eric LeCompte on Meeting with Secretary Yellen and Faith Leaders
March 17, 2021
Reuters quotes Eric LeCompte on Jubilee USA s meeting with Treasury Secretary Yellen along with many religious faith leaders. Read an except below, and click here for the full story.
Yellen vows to use full power of U.S. government to tackle climate change
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Yellen also said she saw a potential new allocation of the International Monetary Fund’s emergency reserves, or Special Drawing Rights, as part of a broader package of assistance to low-income countries, but gave no details.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet on Tuesday with Jubilee USA Network, a non-profit group that advocates for debt relief for developing countries, and senior religious leaders from large U.S. Christian and Jewish faith groups.