Detailed steps are explained in the Panel's Operating Procedures.

Suggested Format for a Request for Inspection

To: Executive Secretary, The Inspection Panel
1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA
Fax No. 202-522-0916; or c/o the appropriate World
Bank Country Office

or

To: Executive Secretary, The Inspection Panel
P.O. Box 27566
Washington, D.C.  20038

1.We[insert names] live and/or represent others who live in the area known as[insert name of area]. Our addresses are attached.

2. We have suffered, or are likely to suffer, harm as a result of the World Bank's failures or omissions in the[insert name and/or brief description of the project or
program] located in>[insert location/country].

3.[Describe the damage or harm you are suffering or are likely to suffer from the project or program] ___________________________________________________________.

4.[List (if known) the World Bank's operational polices you believe have not been observed] ___________________________________________________________________________.

5.We have complained to World Bank staff on the following occasions[list dates] by[explain how the complaint was made]. We have received no response,[or] we have received a response and we are not satisfied that the explanations and answers solve our problems for the following reasons:___________________________________________________________.

6.We request the Inspection Panel recommend to the World Bank's Executive Directors that an
investigation of these matters be carried out.

Signatures:__________________________
Date:      ________

Contact address, telephone number, fax number and email address: ______________________________________________________.

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We[do/do not] authorize you to disclose our identities