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A Million voices calling from G8: end poverty. Now! The Government must

Global Action Against Poverty (Global Call to Action Against Poverty, GCAP) In Berlin, Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Tony Blair on the vote of more than a million voices against poverty along the way G8 summit in Heiligendamm, where. The Government should implement its development promise at last. Similar actions took place that day in Ottawa, Calgary, London and St. Petersburg. Although the G8 on the eve of Heiligendamm still divided on whether and what commitments made at Gleneagles should be reaffirmed. expect the 112 organized in GCAP national platforms from the top of concrete measures for more and better aid, fair world trade, a comprehensive debt relief and support for democratization processes in poor countries.

In two large balloons (see photo with Claudia Warning, VENRO, Angela Merkel, Tony Blair and Ulla Mikota, VENRO - left to right), representing the million vote is to read the core message: "One million voices, one message: poverty . end Now! Government must act night. "The chairman and managing director Claudia Warning Ulla Mikota of the Association of Development Policy (VENRO) gave the speech on behalf of GCAP to the two leaders. The Global Call to Action Against Poverty "will make in the coming days, the summit together with the German partners further pressure on the G8 countries.