Joint NGO Letter to IMF Executive Board: Delay Vote on Equatorial Guinean Loan

November 21, 2019 IMF Executive Board 700 19th Street NW Washington, DC 20431 Re: Consideration of an Extended Fund Facility for Equatorial Guinea Dear International Monetary Fund Executive Board: We are writing regarding the International Monetary Fund announcement on October 21, 2019 indicating that a staff level agreement has been reached with Equatorial Guinea for an Extended Fund Facility and that the Fund will vote on the proposed loan in December.[1] We are eight organizations, Equatorial Guinean and international, that have been monitoring and documenting the governance and human rights…

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