Make Poverty History: World trade next on agenda

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial conference in Hong Kong from 13 to 18 December is the third of three important international meetings held in 2005 and where global poverty heads the agenda.

The WTO is the main international body that decides the rules that govern international trade.

While 10 December is the last Make Poverty History White Band Day of action day of the campaign for 2005, the international effort to reach the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 will continue unabated.

Join the Make Poverty History Trade Justice Walk
Friday December 9, State Library of Victoria, 12:45pm.

Join the Make Poverty History Coalition as we walk from the State Library via Swanston and Bourke Sts to the Honorary French Consulate and then via Collins St to the UK Consulate. At the Consulates we will undertake a symbolic dumping of agricultural products from our caravan of donkeys and make a presentation to Consulate staff.

The walk will commence at 12:45pm on the State Library lawns on Swanston St with a presentation by Oxfam Australia Executive Director Andrew Hewett and conclude around 1:45pm at near Treasury Gardens.

So come along, bring friends and wear some white. Make Trade Fair = Make Poverty History.

Purchase a white band to wear on 10 December for the global Make Poverty History action day, or contact Katherine Mao, Plan accounts receivable coordinator on (03) 9672 3663.