Posts Tagged ‘Millenium Development Goals’
Call to Honour Millenium Development Goal Commitments
ACRATH Concerned About Foreign Aid Cuts The 2014 Federal Budget outlined cuts to foreign aid. ACRATH is deeply concerned about this decision. Alleviating poverty is one means of reducing vulnerability to human trafficking. We call on the Australian Government to reconsider the announced cuts to foreign aid. In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals called on…
Read MoreACRATH Supports Australian Catholic Bishops’ Statement
The Fight Against World Poverty Conscious that the 2015 target date for the Millenium Development Goals that were committed to by many nations, including Australia, is drawing near the Australian Catholic Bishops are urging Australians to confront the challenge of world poverty. The Social Justice Statement 2013-2014 issued by the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference has…
Read MoreMDG Momentum
1,000 Days of Action April 5 marked 1,000 days to the 2015 target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The United Nations reports that the “MDGs are the most successful global anti-poverty push in history. Governments, international organizations and civil society groups around the world have helped to cut in half the world’s extreme poverty…
Read MoreForeign Aid Remains at 0.35% GNI
Disappointment as MDG Target is Delayed In the Millenium Development Goals of 2000 Australia made a commitment that it would raise overseas aid to 0.5% of Gross National Income (GNI) by 2015. In the 2012 Federal Budget announced on May 8, despite a $315 million increase from last year, the aid budget remains at 0.35%.…
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