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Press release: Rio +20 agreement has “little meat on the bones”, says Catholic aid agency
The Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development has “little meat on the bones” and failed to deliver concrete measures to tackle climate, food and financial crises for the poorest and the planet, says CAFOD.
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TAGS: 175.Climate change and environment, 263.News, 328.Press release, 127.Rio
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The Comprehensive Spending Review: CAFOD’s response
CAFOD welcomes today’s historic announcement, which reconfirms the UK Government’s commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on aid from 2013.
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80,000 Stand Up Against Poverty
CAFOD supporters stood together with the thousands calling for an end to global poverty at the Papal vigil in Hyde Park on Saturday.
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Queen's Speech: Our response on aid
The Government intends to honour its promises to the world's poorest people, even in these difficult economic times - but no legislation was introduced to spend 0.7 per cent of national income on aid.
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CAFOD calls for aid commitment in Queen's speech
Our call to International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell for new legislation committing the UK Government to spend 0.7 per cent of national income as aid by 2013.
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CAFOD demands Government and UN agree new poverty plan
CAFOD today told the Government and the United Nations that urgent action is required to agree a new global plan to tackle poverty. Good Friday marks exactly 1,000 days until the start of 2015, when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agreed a decade ago are due to expire.
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TAGS: 263.News, 172.Poverty and wealth, 266.UK News
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CAFOD response to launch of UN High Level Panel report
Catholic aid agency CAFOD has welcomed the report from the UN High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda as offering a credible steer on the way ahead and addressing some of the vital issues missed by the MDGs.
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TAGS: 264.International news, 263.News, 285.Policy and research, 289.Post MDGs
RELATED TAGS: 267.Campaigning news
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