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World leaders allow continued violation of rights
Trailwalker Canada 2010 got underway in rainy conditions but high spirits this morning, with 500 hikers ready to take on the challenge of walking 100 km of the Ganaraska Trail to raise $500,000 for Oxfam's work.
Released on the eve of the Kabul Conference, the briefing paper makes clear that there has been much talk and little action in Aghanistan, to the detriment of ordinary Afghans.
International donors must make a $20 billion cash infusion to the Global Fund over the next three years if the 2001 promise of providing universal HIV and AIDS treatment, care and prevention by 2010 is to be met, international agency Oxfam said today in advance of the world AIDS conference in Vienna.
Oxfam Trailwalker Canada 2010 is a team fundraising challenge like no other – a 100-km hike through the Ganaraska Trail in under 48 hours.
Countries must use every available minute to draw up a new international arms treaty that could save thousands of lives every year, aid groups from around the world said Monday as negotiators from 192 governments began formal talks at the United Nations.
"In parts of the Sahel, people are scavenging for wild leaves and seeds, and drinking dirty water. Whole villages are starving and desperate for food with children, nursing mothers, and the elderly particularly at risk,” said Kirsty Hughes, an Oxfam director of policy & advocacy. “In aid ministries around the world, they know this is happening, they know what needs to happen, and they know that the last time there was a slow response to a major food crisis there in 2005, delays cost lives and it took years for people to recover. The question is: Why don't you act?"
Oxfam believes that protest is an integral component of active citizenship, we do not condone the acts of violence that erupted in Toronto’s streets on June 26th.
“After the G8 dropped the ball on aid, the G20 missed their chance to score against poverty by failing to move towards a Robin Hood Tax on banks,” said Mark Fried, Oxfam spokesperson. “With all eyes on the World Cup, a determined Canadian defence held the US and Europeans to a goalless draw in the big game of the day for Africa.”
As the G8 Summit comes to a close, international agency Oxfam criticized the leaders for their failure to deliver on their promises and for trying to divert attention by cobbling together a small initiative for maternal and child health.
With total G8 aid flat lining, any ‘new’ money for maternal health will have to be taken from vital areas such as education and food. Unless aid increases, African children will be paying for their mothers’ healthcare by sacrificing their education.”
Our experience tells us that if we don’t take action to advocate for human rights and tackle the underlying causes of poverty, our efforts to help people help themselves will be hampered by those who put their own short-term interests before the needs of the majority.
An unprecedented number of Canadian and international organizations will release details of petitions and statements signed by millions of citizens around the world in the lead-up to the G8/G20 Summits in Canada. The collected voices call on world leaders to invest in the future now by keeping their promises on poverty, climate change and economic reform.
Five years ago, G8 leaders promised to increase aid by $50 billion by 2010. They have come up $20 billion short. And to gloss over the gap, G8 leaders are keeping any mention of their promises out of this year’s communiqué.
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