Liberia: Golden Veroleum Reacts to Rights Groups' Reports Condemning It of Illtreating Liberians

Aug 16, 2021 | FrontPage Africa
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Golden Veroleum (Liberia) Inc. (GVL) acknowledges the report released by SDI and Milieudefensie which indicated that "GVL structurally fails to comply with obligations and commitments from the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that were signed in 2014 with the affected communities. " While the scorecard is informative, it lacks details and context which are important for a reader to gain a truly meaningful insight into each theme highlighted. As part of its Sustainability Action Plan launched in 2018, GVL has also conducted a series of engagements with communities to audit and document the fulfilment of MOU commitments. Sustained and repeated discussions are required with each community to truly understand and agree on gaps in perception, interpretation and indeed fulfilment of MOU commitments.