Brief Description of Petition and/or Pledge made by each individual signing(must read this section) :
I am a registered citizen and i acknowledge that this letter is written to the Prime-Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, and by signing this petition i respectfully ask the Australian Government to honour the agreement it made and signed at the 2002 Johannesburg Summit, and set up a schedule to reach the 0.7% goal which will help stop the tens of thousands of preventable deaths that occur everyday from hunger and poverty-related diseases.
Letter to Prime-Minister Kevin Rudd:
15 August, 2008
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
Parliament House, Suite MG8
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory 2600
Australia
Dear Prime Minister,
2006 International Aid Donated |
COUNTRY | Aid as % of income | How close to the
0.7% goal |
Norway | 0.95 | Already reached goal |
Sweden | 0.93 | Already reached goal |
Luxembourg | 0.90 | Already reached goal |
Denmark | 0.81 | Already reached goal |
Netherlands | 0.81 | Already reached goal |
Ireland | 0.54 | Scheduled for 2012 |
Austria | 0.49 | Scheduled for 2015 |
Belgium | 0.43 | Scheduled for 2010 |
Spain | 0.41 | Scheduled for 2012 |
Finland | 0.40 | Scheduled for 2010 |
France | 0.39 | Scheduled for 2012 |
Germany | 0.37 | Scheduled for 2014 |
Switzerland | 0.37 | No schedule yet |
United Kingdom | 0.36 | Scheduled for 2013 |
Australia | 0.30 | No schedule yet |
Canada | 0.28 | No schedule yet |
New Zealand | 0.27 | No schedule yet |
Italy | 0.19 | Scheduled for 2015 |
Portugal | 0.19 | Scheduled for 2015 |
Japan | 0.17 | No schedule yet |
Greece | 0.16 | Scheduled for 2015 |
United States | 0.16 | No schedule yet |
| | Source: OECD |
My name is Joshua Delaware and I am seventeen years of age. Here I present to you a petition I put together on behalf of registered citizens of Australia respectfully asking our government to help stop the tens of thousands of preventable deaths that occur everyday from hunger and poverty-related diseases.
Specifically, we ask our country to honour the agreement it made and signed at the 2002 Monterrey Conference and again at the 2002 Johannesburg Summit to make concrete efforts towards giving 0.7% of our national income in aid to poor countries.
The United Nations estimates that when all 22 countries that signed the agreement meet the 0.7% goal, the resulting $195 billion each year will be enough to effectively and hunger and extreme poverty in the world.
We commend the countries that have already reached the 0.7% goal: Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.
We also commend that have set up a schedule to meet the 0.7% goal and encourage them in their efforts to reach it as soon as possible: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
We respectfully ask our country, as it being one of the six remaining countries to honour the agreement and set up a schedule to reach the 0.7% goal.
Thank-you.
Sincerely,
Joshua Delaware.
(wwjd_@live.com)
