[voew-listserver] Shell und Nigeria - weiter wie bisher? Urgent call for support from MOSOP in Ogoni land in Nigeria
- From: "Thomas Loew" <Loew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Cornelia Heydenreich" <heydenreich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <corporate-justice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Uwe Wötzel <uwe.woetzel@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:35:53 +0200
Hallo CSR und Nachhaltigkeitsfachleute. Unternstehend ein Aufruf von Corporate Justice. Ich kann natürlich die Situation nicht selber abschätzen, verlasse mich auf die corporatejustice Leute. Wenn man es ernst meint, dass NGO und Stakeholder eine größere Rolle spielen sollten, dann sollte man m.E. auf solche Aufrufe reagieren. Vielleicht nicht indem man alles 1:1 übernimmt aber auch mal nachfragt. Anbei auch mein Schreiben an Shell. An das Cora Netzwerk http://www.cora-netz.de (deutsche Teilorganisation von corporatejustice) die Bitte: prüfen Sie bitte die Adresse von Shell. Ggf. könnten sie auch kurz aus Ihrer Sicht eine Einschätzung geben. Danke Beste Grüße Thomas Loew -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: corporate-justice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:corporate-justice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]Im Auftrag von paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Oktober 2006 18:14 An: Thomas Loew - 4sustainability Cc: sakhoilbankster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Betreff: [corporate-justice] Urgent call for support from MOSOP in Ogoni land in Nigeria Dear all, Please respond to the call for support from MOSOP in Nigeria by sending letters to Shell and UNEP. Paul ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [ESCR-corp-account] FW: MOSOP's Call for Urgent Action From: "Chris Grove" <CGrove@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, October 27, 2006 6:12 am To: ESCR-Corp-Accountability@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: legborsi88@xxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------------------------------- We encourage you to take action in support of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP). Yesterday, we circulated a press release and briefing document on the current situation in Ogoniland. Below and attached is an urgent request for action from MOSOP. For further information or to let MOSOP know that you have taken action, please contact Legborsi Saro Pyagbara, International Advocacy Officer, MOSOP, (legborsipyagbara@xxxxxxxxx) or Bariara Kpalap, Information Officer, MOSOP, (bariarakpalap@xxxxxxxxx). ________________________________ From: LEGBORSI PYAGBARA [mailto:legborsi88@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thu 10/26/2006 3:54 PM Subject: Re:MOSOP's Call for Urgent Action Dear all, See attached call for urgent action.We sincerely appeal for your support to this call for urgent action on the situation in Ogoniland.Do help to distribute to others in your network as well as take action by writing to Shell and UNEP. We look forward to your understanding and collaboration in this campaign. Kind regards Legborsi Saro Pyagbara International Advocacy Officer MOSOP ________________________________ Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People-MOSOP 6 Otonahia close (behind Kia Motors) off Olu Obasanjo Road, Port Harcourt; 17 Kenule Street, Bori - Ogoni Tel/Fax: 234-84-233907, 230250, 870118; e-mail: mosop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 26th October 2006 URGENT ACTION-FAILURE OF THE OGONI DIALOGUE PROCESS MOSOP is warning of the failure of the Ogoni dialogue process because of the imminent likelihood that approaches currently being used will cause a crisis or even a widespread security clampdown in Ogoni. The immediate issues are as follows: * Ever increasing tendency to use the dialogue process as a fig leaf for calls to resume Shell operations despite no meetings having actually taken place involving all of the major protagonists -namely MOSOP, Shell and government * The ongoing abuse of an oil blowout in the Yorla field of Ogoni, which has been burning since August 14th. Shell is still claiming 'access problems' to the area despite funding the presence of armed youths at the site since August. * Government and Shell interests in the Ogoni oil block have intensified to dangerous levels since the Department of Petroleum Resources announced that Shell's license to operate in the Ogoni area would be revoked. We understand Shell has subsequently been given 12 months to prove it can operate in Ogoni and it has also been made clear that reserves in Ogoni are very considerably more than has been acknowledged by Shell or government The contradictory nature of the current situation is such that an announcement was made on Saturday 21st October of the imminent arrival of a UNEP team to commence clean up preparations in Ogoni despite an astounding silence on the longest running oil fire in Ogoni in decades. We are concerned that the above issues will combine to cause a crisis in the immediate future as the interests of grassroots membership who have seen no reason for increased confidence in Shell come into conflict with government interests and groups who have been actively financed or even armed in anticipation of breaking resistance to Shell resuming operations. Our concern in recent weeks has been to avoid opportunities for a crisis to be precipitated especially in an environment where politicians and other interests have shown increasing willingness to use armed gangs to pursue their agendas. It is in this context we have asked our membership to show restraint despite provocations MOSOP will also be announcing this week its withdrawal from the Ogoni dialogue until further notice in response to the failure of the facilitator to convene meetings involving all of the key parties and the unbalanced nature of meetings actually held Action Requested: Please we are asking that as a matter of urgency you write to Royal Dutch Shell to seek immediate action over the following: * That Shell should provide an immediate and comprehensive explanation over its failure to cap the oil fire at Yorla Well 13 and explain its ongoing payments to youths securing the areas and what action is being taken to end the oil fire * That Shell officials seeking to retain the operating license for the Ogoni area should be restrained from making any further illicit payments whether to local youths, government officials, or local representatives * That Shell should take all necessary steps to prevent its staff and actions from contributing further to acrisis in the Ogoni area specifically by ending association with armed groups and gangs We also ask that you write to the United Nations Environment Programme asking that: * UNEP take due note of the recommendations of the UN Special Rapportuer on Nigeria and the UN Fact Finding mission to Nigeria which made specific recommendations on consultations and processes which could lead to an environmental clean up in Ogoni * UNEP take independent steps to ensure that all parties are being consulted in regard to any action it takes regarding Ogoni * UNEP immediately adds its voice to calls for urgent and more effective action over the oil blowout at Yorla well 13 in Ogoni Addresses: Mr. Jeroen van der Veer Chief Executive Officer Shell Headquarters 2596 HR DEN HAAG Post bus 162,2501 AN DEN HAAG The Netherlands Tel: + 31 70 377 9111 See http://www.shell.com <http://www.shell.com/> Mr. Achim Steiner Executive Director United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Avenue, Gigiri PO Box 30552, 00100,Nairobi, Kenya Tel: (254-20) 7621234, Fax: (254-20) 7624489/90 Email:achim.steiner@xxxxxxxx See also Http://www.unep.org <http://www.unep.org/> For further information, contact: Legborsi Saro Pyagbara, International Advocacy Officer, MOSOP: Email: legborsipyagbara@xxxxxxxxx, phone: +234 8033392530, Bariara Kpalap, Information Officer, MOSOP, email: bariarakpalap@xxxxxxxxx, phone: +234 8068228065 President: Ledum Mitee; Deputy President: Dr. Olua Kamalu; Secretary-General: Moses Damgbor; Financial Secretary: Fortune Chujor; Treasurer: Daniel Nsanee; Publicity Secretary: Emmanuel Ebeh; Legal Adviser: Samuel Igbara ---- Paul de Clerck Coordinator Corporate Campaign FoE International and FoE Europe c/o Friends of the Earth Europe Rue Blanche 15, 1050 Brussels, Belgium Phone: 32-2-5420180 or -5426107 (direct) Fax: 32-2-5375596 Email: paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: pauldeclerck1 ----
We encourage you to take action in support of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP). Yesterday, we circulated a press release and briefing document on the current situation in Ogoniland. Below and attached is an urgent request for action from MOSOP. For further information or to let MOSOP know that you have taken action, please contact Legborsi Saro Pyagbara, International Advocacy Officer, MOSOP, (legborsipyagbara@xxxxxxxxx) or Bariara Kpalap, Information Officer, MOSOP, (bariarakpalap@xxxxxxxxx).
From: LEGBORSI PYAGBARA [mailto:legborsi88@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thu 10/26/2006 3:54 PM
Subject: Re:MOSOP's Call for Urgent Action
From: LEGBORSI PYAGBARA [mailto:legborsi88@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thu 10/26/2006 3:54 PM
Subject: Re:MOSOP's Call for Urgent Action
Dear all,
See attached call for urgent action.We sincerely appeal for your support to this call for urgent action on the situation in Ogoniland.Do help to distribute to others in your network as well as take action by writing to Shell and UNEP.
We look forward to your understanding and collaboration in this campaign.
Kind regards
Legborsi Saro Pyagbara
International Advocacy Officer
MOSOP
Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People-MOSOP
Tel/Fax: 234-84-233907, 230250, 870118; e-mail: mosop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
26th October 2006
URGENT ACTION-FAILURE OF THE OGONI DIALOGUE PROCESS
MOSOP is warning of the failure of the Ogoni dialogue process because of the imminent likelihood that approaches currently being used will cause a crisis or even a widespread security clampdown in Ogoni.
The immediate issues are as follows:
- Ever increasing tendency to use the dialogue process as a fig leaf for calls to resume Shell operations despite no meetings having actually taken place involving all of the major protagonists –namely MOSOP, Shell and government
- The ongoing abuse of an oil blowout in the Yorla field of Ogoni, which has been burning since August 14th. Shell is still claiming ‘access problems’ to the area despite funding the presence of armed youths at the site since August.
- Government and Shell interests in the Ogoni oil block have intensified to dangerous levels since the Department of Petroleum Resources announced that Shell’s license to operate in the Ogoni area would be revoked. We understand Shell has subsequently been given 12 months to prove it can operate in Ogoni and it has also been made clear that reserves in Ogoni are very considerably more than has been acknowledged by Shell or government
The contradictory nature of the current situation is such that an announcement was made on Saturday 21st October of the imminent arrival of a UNEP team to commence clean up preparations in Ogoni despite an astounding silence on the longest running oil fire in Ogoni in decades.
We are concerned that the above issues will combine to cause a crisis in the immediate future as the interests of grassroots membership who have seen no reason for increased confidence in Shell come into conflict with government interests and groups who have been actively financed or even armed in anticipation of breaking resistance to Shell resuming operations.
Our concern in recent weeks has been to avoid opportunities for a crisis to be precipitated especially in an environment where politicians and other interests have shown increasing willingness to use armed gangs to pursue their agendas. It is in this context we have asked our membership to show restraint despite provocations
MOSOP will also be announcing this week its withdrawal from the Ogoni dialogue until further notice in response to the failure of the facilitator to convene meetings involving all of the key parties and the unbalanced nature of meetings actually held
Action Requested: Please we are asking that as a matter of urgency you write to Royal Dutch Shell to seek immediate action over the following:
- That Shell should provide an immediate and comprehensive explanation over its failure to cap the oil fire at Yorla Well 13 and explain its ongoing payments to youths securing the areas and what action is being taken to end the oil fire
- That Shell officials seeking to retain the operating license for the Ogoni area should be restrained from making any further illicit payments whether to local youths, government officials, or local representatives
- That Shell should take all necessary steps to prevent its staff and actions from contributing further to acrisis in the Ogoni area specifically by ending association with armed groups and gangs
We also ask that you write to the United Nations Environment Programme asking that:
- UNEP take due note of the recommendations of the UN Special Rapportuer on Nigeria and the UN Fact Finding mission to Nigeria which made specific recommendations on consultations and processes which could lead to an environmental clean up in Ogoni
- UNEP take independent steps to ensure that all parties are being consulted in regard to any action it takes regarding Ogoni
- UNEP immediately adds its voice to calls for urgent and more effective action over the oil blowout at Yorla well 13 in Ogoni
Addresses:
Mr. Jeroen van der Veer
Chief Executive Officer
Shell Headquarters
2596 HR DEN HAAG
Post bus 162,2501 AN DEN HAAG
The
Tel: + 31 70 377 9111
Mr. Achim Steiner
Executive Director
United Nations Environment Programme
Tel: (254-20) 7621234, Fax: (254-20) 7624489/90
Email:achim.steiner@xxxxxxxx
See also Http://www.unep.org
For further information, contact:
Legborsi Saro Pyagbara, International Advocacy Officer, MOSOP: Email: legborsipyagbara@xxxxxxxxx, phone: +234 8033392530, Bariara Kpalap, Information Officer, MOSOP, email: bariarakpalap@xxxxxxxxx, phone:
+234 8068228065
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