March 15th, 2021
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden President of the United
600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington DC 20500
President Biden,
As COVID-19 takes lives, impacts jobs, affects healthcare and drives a global economic crisis, we the
undersigned urge the International Monetary Fund, the G20 and White House to:
? Cancel debt and expand debt relief for developing countries to bolster healthcare, protect the
vulnerable, workers and the environment as they confront COVID-19
? Mobilize additional resources to support all countries impacted by the economic and health impacts of
the coronavirus through increased grants and development bank support, emergency reserve funds
known as Special Drawing Rights and sales from IMF gold reserves
? Improve debt restructuring, issue debt payment moratoriums and create expedient debt reprofiling
processes for countries impacted by the coronavirus
? Support all countries to emerge from the crisis with more resilience by encouraging policies and
agreements to increase protections for the vulnerable and that protect our planet, instill greater public
budget transparency, implement financial crisis and market protections, promote responsible lending
and borrowing and curb corruption and tax evasion
Sincerely,
220 Signatories as of 3/15/2021:
Denominations and Denominational Representations
All Africa Conference of Churches
The Episcopal Church
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The National Council of Churches
The Presbyterian Church (USA)
Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (USA)
And 212 others organizations