G8 Japan News

G8 fiddles while world burns
“This Summit has been another betrayal of the poor and citizens of G8 countries. The outcome shows a lack of understanding of the heart of the issues causing hunger and desperation in many countries already. We hope the citizens of these eight countries will put more pressure on their out-of-touch leaders. The planet is burning while the G8 is fiddling,” said Kumi Naidoo, Co-chair of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP).
Global anti-poverty campaigners say G8 come out shaky on climate, food, development and Africa
Members of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) alliance from Northern and Southern coalitions at the Japanese G8 Summit this week have reacted to the final communiqués on food security, climate change, development & Africa, with a mix of disappointment and frustration.
Gordon Brown sent off to Japan with 60,000 wishes for action
UK campaigners have sent Gordon Brown off to the G8 in Japan with strong anti-poverty messages. On 3 July, a Tanabata tree and a 60,000 strong petition were delivered to the Prime Minister’s door.
G8 cannot ignore the voices of the people
 
GCAP hands over People's wishes to the Japanese Prime Minister
GCAP Korea representative, Hykungung Kim was one of a group of international NGOs to meet Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda in Tokyo on Wednesday June 18th. She also tied a white and, the symbol of the campaign, around the wrist of the Prime Minister who stood for a photograph beside the campaign symbol, a Tanabata bamboo tree.
Man-Made solutions to Man-Made Problems
As the G8 Finance Ministers gather in Osaka, tackling the state of the world’s poorest people must be at the front of their minds. As oil prices, the current food crisis and the looming global economic meltdown will be hotly debated, it is imperative that the ministers reassert themselves in the fight against global poverty by reviving momentum towards the Millennium Development Goals set eight years ago.

G8 Japan Events

Listing of all events happening around the world related to the G8 2008 meeting
Azerbaijan: International Cartoon Web Contest (Azerbaijan, from 2008-06-01 10:45 to 2008-06-30 10:45)
GCAP Azerbaijan are running a «G8» INTERNATIONAL CARTOON WEB CONTEST open to all cartoonists to send their wishes for action to the G8 leaders meeting in Japan.
Tanabata send-off for Germany's Bernd Pfaffenbach (Berlin, Germany, from 2008-06-27 18:47 to 2008-06-27 18:47)
In Berlin a press conference organized by the Deine Stimme gegen Armut campaign will be followed on July 3rd by a rally in front of the Chancellory during which dozens of bamboo trees, will be tied with strips of paper/wishes, accompanied by Japanese 'taiko' drummers. In the afternoon a delegation of NGO reps will hand over a bamboo tree with "wishes" and demands by development NGOs to G8 sherpa Bernd Pfaffenbach.


Tanabata send-off for UK's Gordon Brown (London, UK, from 2008-07-03 00:00 to 2008-07-03 00:00)
GCAP UK will be doing a hand-in to Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street in London on July 3rd with a decorated bamboo Tanabata tree. Oxfam, World Vision and CAFOD are amongst the groups involved as well as BOND and partner networks promoting the action including trade unions.
Tanabata send-off for Canada's Stephen Harper (Ottawa, Canada, from 2008-07-03 00:00 to 2008-07-03 00:00)
In Ottawa, Canada, the send-off action on July 3 in front of the Prime Minister’s office will deliver a Tanabata tree decorated with people’s wishes.
Tanabata send-off with popular mobilisation in Russia (Russia, from 2008-07-03 00:00 to 2008-07-03 00:00)
In Russia hand-in popular mobilisation events will happen in several cities Tyumen, Tolyatti, Nizhnij Novgorod, Vladimir, St. Petersburg and possibly the Japanese embassy in Moscow.
GCAP Philippines: End G8 domination protest (Manila, Philippines, from 2008-07-07 00:00 to 2008-07-07 00:00)
Groups representing workers, farmers, women and the youth troop to the Japanese Embassy in Pasay City, Manila to dramatize the protest against the global economic domination of rich nations that has burdened poorer nations like the Philippines.
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