By Milimo Mwiba, Caritas Zambia I have unexpectedly been thrusted into the spotlight. I am the closest my country, Zambia, came to sitting at the G20 table. Okay, I might not have been able to adorn myself with the necessary passes to enter the Fort Knox Excel Centre on Thursday, where the world’s leaders met. [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘G 20 London Summit 2009’
April 1, 2009
20 points for the G-20
By Humphrey Mulemba, Program Officer – Trade Policy & Capacity Building, Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection in Zambia Anxiety about the future of the international economy is increasing with the Group of twenty (G20) meeting scheduled for this week. The finance ministers and central bankers of the twenty most industrialised economies in the world from [...]
April 1, 2009
Pope’s letter on G20
Pope Benedict XVI has sent British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a letter ahead of the Group of 20 summit to be held this week in London. His Excellency The Right Honourable Mr. Gordon Brown Prime Minister Dear Prime Minister, During your recent visit to the Vatican, you kindly briefed me on the Summit taking place [...]
March 30, 2009
G20: Bring back ethics
Fr Joe Komakoma, Secretary General of the Zambian Bishops Conference, gives his thoughts to World Leaders on the Put People First march in London, 28th March 2009. Care of Caritas England and Wales (CAFOD) Secretary General of the Zambian Bishops Conference Fr Joe Komakoma addresses the people at the Put People First rally in London [...]
March 30, 2009
Put People First March
By Cafod staff Ahead of the G20 meeting, Caritas England and Wales (CAFOD) campaigners took part in a march on Saturday, March 28 in London to call for a change in global economics. They were joined by Church voices from around the world. Gradually the crowd grew. A few campaign veterans, greeting old friends and [...]
March 27, 2009
Don’t forget the developing world at the G20
Caritas Australia is calling on G20 leaders to put the poor in the developing world front and centre at next week’s London Summit. “International bailouts from the financial crisis have exceed $4 trillion USD – yet an increase of about $50 billion per year would ensure we meet the Millennium Development Goals”, says Caritas Australia [...]
