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Churches warn G8: A billion people may face hunger

7/07/2008 Advocacy, Asia, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Japan, Messages from Rome, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged G8 leaders to take measures to fight poverty and hunger at a time of soaring food and oil prices. More than 850 million people were already living without enough to eat before the food crisis that began as prices shot up in the early months of 2008. The current ...

G8 Summit in Japan

1/07/2008 Advocacy, Asia, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Japan, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

The G8 Summit in Hokkaido brought together leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the UK, and the United States. Caritas campaigned for the G8 to live up to past commitments on aid quantity and to bridge the gap between development and climate change. But in the Land of the Rising Sun, the G8 ...

G8 guilty of all the good they didn’t do

1/07/2008 Advocacy, Asia, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Japan, News, Poverty Elimination, Press Release, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis says that the G8 leaders must use their summit in Japan to salvage their reputation on aid and help millions out of poverty. Leaders of Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, the UK and the US meet 7-9 July in Hokkaido, Japan with progress on development and climate change on the agenda. In ...

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 ...

Caritas Japan leads global campaigning on G8

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

“We want them to hear all voices, not just in eight countries, but all voices.” As leaders from the world’s most powerful nations prepare to gather for the G8 summit in Japan, Caritas Japan is gearing up to send them a message on behalf of the poor people in the world. Fr. Daisuke Narui, Executive ...

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, ...

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 ...