G-20 Leaders Remain Vague on Commitments to World’s Poorest
Not a good start for the “premier forum for international economic cooperation”
The United Nations Millennium Campaign is disappointed that the recently concluded G‐20 meetings ended with nothing more than vague commitments to the needs of the world’s poorest represented by the Millennium Development Goals.
Millennium Campaign Deputy Director for Policy Warns of Possible Aid Shortfalls at G-20
Ahead of G-20, New Figures Predict Less Aid and More Debt for Poor Countries Already Hit by Economic Crisis
United Nations Millennium Campaign Warns that Poor Countries Risk Being Left Out of Looming Economic Recovery
Ahead of Friday’s G‐20 summit in Pittsburgh, the United Nations Millennium Campaign is releasing new figures which show that unless rich countries marshal additional resources at the summit, they are likely to deliver $33 billion less aid than promised to the poor countries which are hardest hit by the global economic crisis. At the same time, packages intended to help poor countries address the crisis might drive them deeper into debt.
UN Millennium Campaign Urges Staggering $850 Billion Allocated to IMF and World Bank at G-20 be Targeted at Achieving Millennium
UN Millennium Campaign vows to support citizens’ monitoring of commitments made by G-20 leaders
(April 2, 2009) — The UN Millennium Campaign welcomes the recommitment from G-20 leaders to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the needs of the world’s poorest. The Campaign also welcomes the massive resources pledged by G-20 leaders to developing countries – in both recommitments to previous aid commitments and new pledges.
BBC World Service Radio’s Focus on Africa Interview with Salil Shetty
April 2, 2009 – The Director of the Millennium Campaign calls on G-20 leaders to deliver for the world’s poor, saying that “words are cheap; actions are what matter.”
INTERVIEW-G20 commitment a must to meet Millennium goals
Source: Reuters, By Fiona Shaikh
LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) – World leaders must honour their pledges on aid and protectionism at this week’s G20 summit or risk missing global targets to improve life in the poorest nations, according to the head of the UN Millennium Campaign.
Salil Shetty, Global Director of the Millennium Campaign, an offshoot of the United Nations which lobbies governments to do their bit to meet the Millennium Development Goals, says less talk and more action are vital to achieve the goals by 2015.
Millennium Campaign Deputy Director for Policy Discusses Need for Bailout for World’s Poor
March 30, 2009 – Falu Njie speaks to ABC radio in Australia, calling for G-20 leaders to deliver a fair package to help the world’s poorest people cope with the effects of the global financial crisis.
UN Millennium Campaign Urges World Leaders to Prioritize Solutions for the Poor at G-20 Meeting
Millennium Campaign cautions that while additional resources are urgently needed to help the world’s poor survive the economic crisis, they must be free of harmful conditionalities that increase indebtedness and put at risk the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
CALLS ON COUNTRIES TO COMMIT TO MORE EQUITABLE TRADE, MORE EFFECTIVE AID AND GREATER DOMESTIC RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
New York, November 26, 2008 – The United Nations Millennium Campaign is calling for donor countries gathering at the Financing for Development Conference in Doha to commit to equitable trade rules and more effective aid that can help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Poor countries in turn must focus on mobilizing domestic resources and enhance MDG-related public expenditures, as poor people brace themselves for the ripple effects of the global economic shock.
UN MILLENNIUM CAMPAIGN CALLS FOR $300 BILLION BAILOUT OF WORLD’S POOR AT INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC SUMMIT THIS SATURDAY
G-8 nations must compensate $300 billion loss in GDP faced by the world’s poorer nations as the result of financial crisis they had no role in causing
The United Nations Millennium Campaign is today calling for world leaders gathering at President Bush’s economic summit in Washington this Saturday to allocate $300 billion in additional aid and debt relief to the world’s poorer countries, to make up for the GDP they are forecast to lose as a result of the global financial crisis over the next two years.
