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Caritas President: Poverty targets missed unless G8 act

17/06/2008 Advocacy, Asia, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Japan, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis President Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga says it will be a scandal if we fail the poor in developing countries due to lack of financing from rich countries. Leaders of G8 countries will meet from 7-9 July in Hokkaido, Japan to discuss development, among other issues. The G8 includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, ...

Caritas President keeps pressure on G8

17/06/2008 Advocacy, Asia, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Japan, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis President Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga is keeping up the pressure on G8 countries with a call to live up to their promises on aid. After meeting with world leaders in the run up to previous G8’s, Cardinal Rodriguez is urging this year’s summit in Hokkaido, Japan 7-9 July to not let anti-poverty targets ...

Davos Day Three

17/04/2008 Advocacy, Development, Europe, High-Level Meetings and Events, Poverty Elimination, SDG, Switzerland, World Economic Forum by Caritas Communications

Day Three at Davos and there is much talk of the Millennium Development Goals at various sessions, culminating in a joint statement in which world leaders vow to make 2008 a turning point in the fight against poverty. Promises are made and worthy sentiments expressed, but these will need to be translated into real action ...

Davos 2008 Final Day

17/04/2008 Advocacy, Development, Europe, High-Level Meetings and Events, Poverty Elimination, SDG, Switzerland, World Economic Forum by Caritas Communications

On my final day at Davos I am invited to participate in the Informal Gathering of World Economic Leaders (IGWEL), a private meeting of heads of state and government, senior government ministers, heads of international and regional organisations and select private sector representatives. It is an “off the record” discussion on ‘The Responsibility to Protect: ...

Our messages to the G8 in Japan

17/04/2008 Advocacy, Asia, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Japan, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

Aid works. Much of the work on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is still to be done. Missing the MDGs through lack of financing is unforgivable. 2008 is the key to finding missing funding. The gap between Africa and other regions of the developing world is large and challenging but it does not have to ...

Davos Day Two

14/04/2008 Advocacy, Development, Europe, High-Level Meetings and Events, Poverty Elimination, SDG, Switzerland, World Economic Forum by Caritas Communications

Poverty, climate change, water and faith were the themes that dominated my second day at Davos. The day begins early with a breakfast session with former US Vice-President Al Gore and rock star/poverty activist Bono discussing how to combine solutions to extreme poverty and climate change. Al Gore said: ““The Millennium Development Goals can only ...

Holy See diplomat calls for greater solidarity on MDGS

4/04/2008 Advocacy, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, North America, Poverty Elimination, SDG, United States by Caritas Communications

“At the halfway point, while much has been done towards achieving the goals, abject poverty, hunger, illiteracy and lack of even the most basic healthcare are still rampant, indeed worsening in some regions,” said Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, in an address delivered to the 62nd session ...

The World Economic Forum

17/01/2008 Advocacy, Development, Europe, High-Level Meetings and Events, SDG, Switzerland, World Economic Forum by Caritas Communications

The World Economic Forum brings together business leaders, politicians and heads of state, with artists, academics, religious leaders, and other civil society representatives. Lesley-Anne Knight will be the first Caritas Internationalis Secretary General to attend the annual meeting held in Davos, Switzerland, which begins this year on Wednesday, 23 January. Ms Knight says that reviving ...

World AIDS Day 2007

16/08/2007 Advocacy, Health, HIV & AIDS by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis President Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga says religious leaders must be at the forefront of responding to HIV and AIDS. In a statement to mark World AIDS Day, the Caritas President says that religious leaders can do this by helping to spread accurate information and promoting responsible behaviour to halt the spread of the ...