Information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies since 1927
Rome (Fides Service) - On Monday 17 January 2005, at Rome and the Foreign Press Centre in via dell’Umiltà 83/C at 11.00 there will be the presentation of a campaign to re-launch priority goal to eliminate poverty. The tragedy in south east Asia turned the spotlight on the lack of structures and the vulnerability of people who struggle with poverty and injustice every day. An even greater tragedy strikes the south of the world every day where one billion people live in extreme poverty. To meet these enormous needs sporadic assistance is not enough, what is needed is long term aid entailing commitment from the international community and new impulse to public funds for development. To convince governments to respect commitments taken, in the first place to halve poverty by 2015, Caritas Italy and Volunteers in the world FOCSIV and main Catholic associations are launching a campaign within the framework of a 2005 campaign launched by the international civil society “Global Call for Action Against Poverty”. It has never been so clear as at this moment that the only way to build peace, security and development is suitable policies of co-operation and solidarity to guarantee equal rights and opportunities for people living in conditions of extreme poverty. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 14/1/2005 - Righe 19, Parole 243)
