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Norway out of shell

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Norway Government Pension Fund, Council of Ethics Professor Ola Mestad Chairman

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Please sign the letter below that will be sent to Chair Mestad of the Norwegian Council of Ethics
Subject*		Talking Points Feel free to edit the content of the letter as you wish.
Message*	Dear [Recipient],
	Last month 28 Right Livelihood Award Laureates from all over the world wrote to you recommending that the Norwegian Pension Fund divest all its holdings in Shell due to the severe environmental harm caused by the company's negligence in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. To date you have not responded to this request. I am therefore joining the distinguished laureates to ask you to please take all the necessary steps to ensure the Norwegian Pension Fund sends a strong message to Shell by divesting in them with immediate effect. By way of a reminder please find below the closing arguments in the laureates recent letter: We feel that it would be unethical for the Norway Fund to continue “profiting” from its investments in Shell, while Shell is “profiting” from its continuing negligence regarding the environment and people of the Niger Delta. We applaud your investigation of environmental and social injury caused by oil operations in the Niger Delta. And by way of this letter, we respectfully encourage the Council on Ethics to recommend full divestment, or exclusion, of all holdings of the Norway Government Pension Fund in Royal Dutch Shell, Plc., and its subsidiaries, due to the consistent and severe environmental and social harm caused by Shell’s negligent oil and gas operations in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. We feel divestment by the Norway Fund will provide strong motivation for Shell to dramatically improve its environmental and social performance in Nigeria and globally. Such action would similarly motivate other companies operating in the Delta in which the Fund is invested. I hereby echo the wishes of the 28 Right Livelihood Award laureates.
	Sincerely, [Your Name]
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