Further Action
Email Helen Clark today
Every 3 seconds, somewhere in the world, a child dies simply because they happen to be born poor. It doesn't have to be this way. We now have the knowledge and the resources to stop this, and politicians have the power to make it happen. But in order for them to act, they need to know that people care and that they want to see action. Email Helen Clark now to let her now that you want to see action on poverty.
It will only take two minutes of your time. Forty children die from extreme poverty every two minutes. It doesn't have to be this way.
Cut and paste the text in the box below into an email, write your name at the bottom and send it to pm@ministers.govt.nz If you would like a reply, please include your postal address as well.
You can also send it to the prime minister via normal post (no stamp needed within New Zealand) at:
Rt Hon Helen Clark
Prime Minister
PO Box 18888
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
Ph: 64 4 471 9998
Fax: 64 4 473 3579
pm@ministers.govt.nz
Dear Prime Minister,
As a supporter of the MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY campaign, I am urging you to take action on poverty. I am not alone. This year, literally millions of people across the globe have come together to demand urgent and meaningful policy change in three critical and inextricably linked areas: aid, trade and debt.
World poverty is sustained not by chance or by nature, but by factors that are determined by human decisions. The decisions that are made by world leaders, like you.
As Prime Minister of Aotearoa New Zealand, you have the power to make the right decisions that can help lift millions of people across the globe out of poverty. The New Zealand government must rise to the challenge and help MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY now. We want:
- More and Better Aid: The New Zealand government must fully commit to spending 0.7% of Gross National Income on overseas aid, with a series of milestones for meeting the target by 2015.
- Drop the Debt: The New Zealand government should advocate for the immediate cancellation of all external debts of the most impoverished countries, without harmful conditions, and the establishment of a fair and transparent debt arbitration process.
- Trade Justice: The New Zealand government should advocate for fairly negotiated international trade rules that do not undermine people's livelihoods, the rights of poor farmers and workers, or developing countries' rights to determine their own development.
- An end to child poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand: The New Zealand government must establish a systematic plan and timetable to end child poverty in New Zealand.
As the Prime Minister of Aotearoa New Zealand, you can make a real and lasting change to our world.
Please, take action on poverty now!
Thank you.
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