| On 11 March 2013, the Save the Mekong coalition sent letters to the Mekong's Prime Ministers urging them to reconsider Xayaburi Dam as the project sets bad precedent for regional decision-making on the Mekong River. [Read the Letter in English] [Read the Letter in Vietnamese]
On 19 November 2012, the Save the Mekong coalition put out a letter after the news of Xayaburi Dam's ground-breaking ceremony in Laos broke out, calling on the Mekong River Commission Member Countries, Secretariat and Development Partners to Save the Mekong, before it's too late! [Read the Letter]
On 1 May 2012, the Save the Mekong coalition put out a press release for the occassion of the Mekong2Rio Conference calling on regional leaders to address the Xayaburi issue [Read PR]
On 20 April 2012, the Save the Mekong coalition sent letters to the Mekong River Commission's Council Members and CEO requesting clarification on the prior consultation of the Xayaburi Dam. Read the letter to [Cambodia] [Laos] [Thailand] [Vietnam] [MRC CEO] [Read the MRC CEO's response letter] [Read the TNMC's response letter]
On 3 May 2011,
prior to the 18th ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, the Save the
Mekong coalition put out a statement calling for ASEAN leaders to act
immediately to cancel the Xayaburi Dam. [Read the statement in English] [Read the statement in Thai] [Read the press release]
On 18 March
2011, twenty one international organizations and academics wrote to the
Australia's Minister of Foreign Affairs expressing their concern with
the Xayaburi Dam and the grievous failure of its PNPCA process. As the
process has been funded by the Australian Government, the signatories
called on Australia and other donors to use its leverage to call for an
improved process and a delay in decision-making. [Read the Letter] [Read the response by AusAid]
Read the letter sent to the MRC's Council on 25 January 2011. The letter requests that
the Governments of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam halt the
current PNPCA process on the Xayaburi Dam, endorse the findings of the
MRC's SEA report, and commit to evaluating all options for meeting
regional energy and water needs through a credible and objective public
process.
On 23 March
2011, NGO Forum on Cambodia, along with other Cambodian organizations,
sent a letter to the Cambodian National Mekong Committee asking them to
halt the Xayaburi Dam's decision-making process for a period of ten
years due to the transboundary impacts the dam poses to Cambodia. [Read the letter in English] [Read the letter in Khmer]
Read the Australian civil society letter sent to Australia's Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd on 20th January 2011.
As a donor to the Mekong River Commission, Australian organizations
asked the Government of Australia to help ensure that the Xayaburi prior
consultation process (PNPCA) is rigorous, open and transparent for the
people of the Mekong.
On 11 November
2010, KEPA and other Finnish NGOs wrote to the Finnish Minister of
Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation seeking endorsement of the
MRC's Strategic Environment Assessment. They wrote "The Strategic
Environmental Assessment recommends that the MRC countries defer the
decisions on the mainstream dams for at least ten more years, in order
to do more comprehensive assessments and find alternative energy
solutions. We find this recommendation very important and encourage
Finland to actively promote the fulfillment of the recommendation." [Read the letter]
Press release
[13 October 2010] "Save the Mekong Call: Cancel Xayaboury Dam on Mekong
River’s mainstream, Halt MRC PNPCA Process" [Read the letter] [Read the press release] [Read the MRC's response]
Read the letter sent to the Mekong River Commission on 17 June 2010 calling for the
complete release of data on the Mekong River's low water levels in 2010.
[Read the MRC's response]
Read the letters sent delivering the 23,110 signature "Save the Mekong" petition to the Prime Ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam on 19 October 2009. |