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Gold/Mining/Energy : TLM.TSE Talisman Energy -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: kormac who wrote (1181)	3/30/2001 8:33:37 AM
From: Tomas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1713

How Talisman oils peace The Guardian, Friday March 30 BY DAVE MANN We at Talisman Energy share the concern of those seeking an end to the poverty and fighting in Sudan. However, the cause of peace was not furthered by your publication of the inaccurate, incomplete and one-sided articles published on March 15. Guardian readers would have been better served if your reporters had contacted our company for comment before repeating the numerous factual errors and misrepresentations contained in the Christian Aid 'report'. Since we invested in Sudan two years ago, Talisman has built and equipped five medical clinics and three schools in our area of operation. The clinics now provide free medical care to hundreds of people daily and have vaccinated about 15,000 people for protection from six communicable diseases. We provide medical staff at the clinics and ship them 1.5 tonnes of vaccines, serums and other medical supplies each month. Our company has also drilled high-capacity water wells in four communities and repaired wells in 28 oth ers, bringing urgently needed fresh water to thousands of people. These improvements and new employment opportunities have resulted in an increase in the population of our operating area, not a decrease as alleged by Christian Aid. Talisman is an ethical company that has adopted the international code of ethics for Canadian business. At our urging, our partners in the Sudanese oil project have adopted a similar code protecting human rights that governs all their operations in Sudan as well as our own. Those who suggest western companies should withdraw from Sudan should consider the value of economic development as an incentive to peace. The fighting in Sudan began nearly 50 years before we invested there. Our withdrawal would not end the war, but it would end our extensive community development work and effective advocacy of expanded human rights. Jobs, prosperity and dialogue encourage peace. Dave Mann Talisman Energy Inc. guardian.co.uk