24 September 2004
AID AGENCIES CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO DO FAIR SHARE FOR THE WORLD'S POOR
In 2000, the world community endorsed the United Nations Millennium Declaration - a statement of commitment to a fairer, safer, world. From that Declaration emerged the MillenniumDevelopment Goals (MDGs).
The MDGs are an ambitious but achievable set of hard targets which aim to guide the world in a coordinated and concerted effort to halve global poverty by 2015.
Australia has committed to contribute to achieving the MDGs. Unfortunately, to date our Government has failed to give effect to that commitment. Australian aid falls far short of our fair share of what is required to achieve the Goals, and no new aid has been pledged. Nor are the MDGs used in any meaningful way in the development and evaluation of Australia’s policies and activities on aid, debt, trade, environment, and foreign affairs.
In short we are not doing our fair share.
For more information visit the website of the Australian Council for International Development
If you would like to write a letter to a candidate in the election on this issue the World Vision website has some suggestions for how to go about it.
The MDGs are an ambitious but achievable set of hard targets which aim to guide the world in a coordinated and concerted effort to halve global poverty by 2015.
Australia has committed to contribute to achieving the MDGs. Unfortunately, to date our Government has failed to give effect to that commitment. Australian aid falls far short of our fair share of what is required to achieve the Goals, and no new aid has been pledged. Nor are the MDGs used in any meaningful way in the development and evaluation of Australia’s policies and activities on aid, debt, trade, environment, and foreign affairs.
In short we are not doing our fair share.
For more information visit the website of the Australian Council for International Development
If you would like to write a letter to a candidate in the election on this issue the World Vision website has some suggestions for how to go about it.
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