<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt">Dear Friends in Media <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt"></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt">Warm regards from EquityBD.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt"></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt"><span lang="EN-US">I hope you are aware that the annual session of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund is currently underway in Marrakesh, Morocco, from October 9th to 15th this month. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important">On this occasion, a global campaign focusing on climate change and debt cancellation in vulnerable countries, in association with the Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD), has been organized. </span></span><span lang="EN-US">As part of our civil society's support for this endeavor, we are planning to hold a human chain protest event to demand the cancellation of climate-related debts for all nations, including Bangladesh.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt"></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt">We're organizing a <b>human chain protest on October 12, 2023, from 11 am to 12 pm in front of the</b> <b>National Press Club. </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt">I kindly request your support in sending a correspondent and a photo journalist to cover the human chain event at National Press Club (in front of the National Press Club) on Thursday, October 12, 2023, from 11 am to 12 pm. Please find the Press Invitation for details.</span></span></p></div><div><br></div><div><div><font size="2">Thank you and Sincerely Yours <br></font></div><br></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Mustafa Kamal Akanda (he/his/him) <br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Director- Administration & SR</span><br></div><div>COAST Foundation<br></div><div>Mo: +8801711455591 <br></div><div>skype:kamalakanda<br><a href="http://www.coastbd.org" target="_blank">www.coastbd.net,</a><br><a href="http://www.equitybd.net" target="_blank">www.equitybd.net<br></a></div><div><a href="http://www.equitybd.net" target="_blank">www.radiomeghna.net<br></a></div><div><span><font color="#888888"><span><span>COAST has Special Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC</span></span></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>