In the House of Lords on the 14th of June 2010, Baroness Goudie asked the following: Baroness Goudie: My Lords, I welcome very much the Statement by the Leader of the House and the Prime Minister today, and the commitment to funds for the future of the Ministry of Defence. More importantly, however, there is [...]
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
A GUEST POST BY MAURA DONLAN On 1st December at the United States Military Academy at West Point, President Obama called for a significant increase in the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan. He declared that 30,000 additional troops is what is needed to “seize the initiative, while building the Afghan capacity that can allow for a responsible [...]
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
My Lords, I welcome the gracious Speech and the speeches of noble Lords across the House who spoke yesterday. I want to mention a few items today: the Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill, Afghanistan, the international aid Bill and the G20. I declare an interest as patron of the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland and a [...]
ALLEVIATING WORLD POVERTY
What: It is nearly five years since the G8 meeting in Gleneagles and the demonstration of millions of people from media stars, church leaders and members of the public to make poverty history.
Action to date: Five years on the figures are in. On debt relief, progress has been immense with 45 billion dollars delivered to the world poorest countries to assist with resources for health and education. The United Kingdom has delivered on its G8 promises of 2005.
What’s missing: Every minute a woman dies in childbirth somewhere in the world because of inadequate medical care and 72 million children remain out of school. It is important to put pressure on the other seven G8 countries to rise up to their promises. The missing 21 billion dollars could pay for every child to go to school and could save the lives of 2 million of the poorest mothers and children.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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