Business & Human Rights : Nam Theun 2 Power (intl. consortium)

Title: Au Laos, un barrage-laboratoire

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Author: Jean-Michel Bezat, Le Monde
Dated: 29 août 2007

"Ici, c'est un laboratoire", résume Jean Foerster, ancien expert de la Banque mondiale, qui dirige le projet social et environnemental [du barrage Nam Theun 2]… Un "laboratoire" où se jouent la crédibilité de la Banque et l'avenir des grands barrages hydroélectriques…Nam Theun Power Company (NTPC) [est] le consortium international qui construit et exploitera le barrage sous la direction d'EDF, détenteur de 35 % des parts… Les promoteurs du projet laotien affirment...que les habitants du plateau et les 70 000 riverains de la rivière Xe Bang Fai...en profiteront... [Les] associations écologistes...[s'inquiétent] de la perte de terres arables, du retard des compensations financières, du sort des populations en aval de la centrale... La Banque mondiale [leur] a répondu point par point...

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Visit: A Kinder, Gentler Dam [Laos]

Author: Jonathan Kent, Newsweek
Dated: 20-27 Aug 2007

Title: A Kinder, Gentler Dam [Laos]

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Author: Jonathan Kent, Newsweek
Dated: 20-27 Aug 2007

Dam projects in poor countries tend to wreak havoc on the communities they displace. But the $1.4 billion Nam Theun 2 dam in central Laos is a different story [consortium owned by EDF Intl. (part of Electricité de France), Electricity Generating Public Company, Italthai (Italian-Thai Development), Electricité du Laos.]... [The] World Bank and the Laotian government promise to double [displaced families'] incomes within four years. And where villages have been moved, communities have been kept together, transported nearby and given a role in designing their new homes... The project has its doubters: dozens of NGOs chided the Bank for not adopting even more demanding standards. But World Bank support helped keep NT2 from running to the financiers of the Merowe dam in Sudan, where, in April, 3 protesters were killed and 50 wounded.

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Author: Jean-Michel Bezat, Le Monde
Dated: 29 août 2007

Title: [PDF] The Role and Responsibilities of International Financial Institutions with Respect to Human Rights and Their Relevance to the Private-Sector

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Author: Steven Herz, Bank Information Center
Dated: Feb 2007

A Submission to the U.N. Special Representative to the Secretary General on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises... This submission to the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative...addresses the role and responsibilities of international financial institutions (IFIs) as financiers of private-sector projects that may entail risks of human rights violations... IFIs are public institutions that are owned and controlled entirely by their member governments. They have considerable impact and influence on the ways in which human rights are addressed by private-sector actors... This submission addresses the relevance and responsibilities of IFIs in several parts. Part II explains the importance of IFIs as a financier of high risk projects and as a norm generator for the private sector... Part III discusses the current practices of IFIs with respect to human rights... Part IV details the international law obligations of IFIs... Part V offers some
conclusions and recommendations. [refers to ExxonMobil, Nam Theun 2]

Title: Dam project brings Laos cash and controversy

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Author: Ioannis Gatsiounis, International Herald Tribune
Dated: 15 Mar 2006

Nam Theun 2, a hydropower project [in Laos]...will be owned and operated by...the Nam Theun 2 Power Company...Nam Theun's 450-square-kilometer...reservoir will drown Sop Hia and neighboring hamlets..., displacing 6,000 indigenous villagers and affecting the livelihoods of 100,000 other people. The power company [is] a consortium led by...Électricité de France [EDF] and including two Thai companies [Italthai (Italian-Thai Development Public Company), EGAT (Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand)] and the Laotian government [Electricité du Laos]... "...[As] a part-owner, the Laos government has no incentive to minimize revenue by accurately accounting for compensation and environmental mitigation needs," said Gráinne Ryder...[of] Probe International, an independent environmentalist organization.

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Visit: The Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project (NT2)

Author: World Bank
Dated: 2006

Title: The Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project (NT2)

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Author: World Bank
Dated: 2006

Nam Theun 2 is a US$1.45 billion, 1,070 megawatt hydropower project in Lao PDR that aims to generate revenues for poverty reduction efforts and environmental protection...

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Author: Ioannis Gatsiounis, International Herald Tribune
Dated: 15 Mar 2006

Title: Laos Secures $1 Billion Loans For Dam Project

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Author: Reuters
Dated: 05 May 2005

Nine international and seven Thai banks have signed a pact to lend a combined $1 billion to build the controversial Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric dam in Laos, the project's operator [Nam Theun 2 Power Co. (NTPC)] said on Wednesday...Nine international commercial banks, including ANZ, BNP Paribas, Calyon [part of Crédit Agricole], Fortis Bank, ING, Société Générale and Standard Chartered, as well as seven Thai commercial banks including Bangkok Bank, are providing long term loans...[also refers to NTPC shareholders Lao Holdings State Enterprise, Electricity Generating Public Co., Italian-Thai Development (Italthai)]

Title: La Banque mondiale finance un barrage controversé au Laos

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Author: Jean-Claude Pomonti, Le Monde
Dated: 5 avril 2005

La Banque mondiale a entériné, jeudi 31 mars, un projet de barrage...Une coalition de 153 ONG de 42 pays, qui dénoncent l'essence du projet aussi bien que ses effets humains et écologiques, avait demandé à la Banque mondiale de ne pas le soutenir ...5 000 à 6 000 personnes doivent être déplacés…M. Dulac [dirigeant de l’opération, avait estimé en 2004]…que leur relogement était "gérable en douceur" et qu'on devrait aboutir à "une nette amélioration des conditions de vie sur le plateau". [fait reference à Nam Theun II Power Company (NTPC), EDF, Italthai (Italian-Thai Development Public Company), EGAT (Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand), Electricité du Laos]

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Visit: Recommandations du Point de Contact National français à l'intention de l'entreprise EDF et de ses partenaires au sujet de la mise en œuvre du projet "Nam Theun 2" au Laos

Author: Point de Contact National français pour les Principes directeurs de l'OCDE
Dated: 1 avril 2005

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Title: [DOC] Recommendations of the French National Contact Point (PCN) intended for EDF and its partners with regard to the implementation of the "Nam Theun 2" project in Laos

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Title: Massive Dam Project Could Backfire [Laos]

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Author: Emad Mekay, Inter Press Service
Dated: 05 Apr 2005

A new dam funded by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and hailed as a windfall for Laos may end up doing more harm than good to one of the world's poorest nations and its vulnerable farmers, several independent development groups say...[refers to Nam Theun 2 Power Company Limited (NTPC), owned by consortium comprising EDF, Laos govt., Electricity Generating Public Company of Thailand, Italian-Thai Development Public Company]

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Visit: [DOC] Recommendations of the French National Contact Point (PCN) intended for EDF and its partners with regard to the implementation of the "Nam Theun 2" project in Laos

Author: French National Contact Point for OECD Guidelines
Dated: 01 Apr 2005

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Title: Recommandations du Point de Contact National français à l'intention de l'entreprise EDF et de ses partenaires au sujet de la mise en œuvre du projet "Nam Theun 2" au Laos

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Title: World Bank approves controversial giant dam in Laos

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Author: AFP
Dated: 01 Apr 2005

The World Bank decided to support and guarantee a US$1.2 billion hydro-electric project in Laos...The project will enable spending on basic health and education in Laos to rise by as much as 25 to 30 percent in its first year of operation, the bank said...It is a joint venture between the Laos government and the Nam Theun 2 Power Company, which comprises EDFI, the global arm of French state-owned Electricite de France [EDF], which holds a 35 percent key stake. The Lao government and Thailand's Electricity Generating Public Co. Ltd. hold a 25 percent stake each while another 15 percent equity came from joint venture Italian-Thai Development Public Co. Ltd. [Italthai]

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Visit: WWF assails World Bank dam project in Laos

Author: Reuters
Dated: 01 Apr 2005

Title: Recommandations du Point de Contact National français à l'intention de l'entreprise EDF et de ses partenaires au sujet de la mise en œuvre du projet "Nam Theun 2" au Laos

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Author: Point de Contact National français pour les Principes directeurs de l'OCDE
Dated: 1 avril 2005

Sur la base de l'ensemble des documents recueillis...et des consultations d'experts...le PCN [Point de Contact National] a abouti à la conclusion qu'en l'état des informations disponibles, il ne pouvait être imputé à EDF aucune violation des principes directeurs de l'OCDE... Considérant toutefois qu'il appartient aussi au PCN de veiller à la mise en œuvre effective des engagements de l'entreprise...les membres du PCN décident d'adresser des recommandations...

Title: [DOC] Recommendations of the French National Contact Point (PCN) intended for EDF and its partners with regard to the implementation of the "Nam Theun 2" project in Laos

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Visit: La Banque mondiale approuve le barrage de Nam Theun 2 : un recul de 50 ans ? [Laos]

Author: Amis de la Terre
Dated: 1 avril 2005

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Author: Jean-Claude Pomonti, Le Monde
Dated: 5 avril 2005

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Title: A Kinder, Gentler Dam [Laos]

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