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Debt campaign anniversary marked Debt campaign anniversary marked
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An event to mark the 10th anniversary of the Drop the Debt campaign is taking place in Birmingham. An event to mark the 10th anniversary of the Drop the Debt campaign has taken place in Birmingham.
There will be a mix of public speakers and recorded messages from people such as Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Organisers said the Journey to Justice event would "celebrate what the campaign has achieved and demand that politicians finish the job".
Jubilee Debt Campaign (JDC) is calling on rich nations to cancel more debts from developing countries, to help alleviate poverty. Jubilee Debt Campaign is urging rich nations to cancel more debts from developing countries, to cut poverty.
It says millions of children already have improved health and education as a result of previous debt cancellation.It says millions of children already have improved health and education as a result of previous debt cancellation.
Organisers say the Journey to Justice event - taking place in Birmingham's ICC conference centre on Sunday - will "celebrate what the campaign has achieved and demand that politicians finish the job". Archbishop Ndungane, the former Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town and now president of the African Monitor body, was a keynote speaker.
The speakers will include Shahid Malik MP, the chairman of the Conservative Party Caroline Spelman MP, and Dr Hany El-Banna, president of Islamic Relief. We hope the events being organised will bring new people into the campaign to keep it going, because although much has been done there's still plenty that needs to be achieved Stephen Rand, Jubilee Debt Campaign
Archbishop Ndungane, the former Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town and now president of the African Monitor body, will be a keynote speaker. We hope the events being organised will bring new people into the campaign to keep it going, because although much has been done there's still plenty that needs to be achieved Stephen Rand, Jubilee Debt Campaign Specially filmed reports from Zambia, Tanzania, Honduras and Haiti were shown.
Recorded messages are expected from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the president of Liberia, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu among others. Journey to Justice ended with a meeting in the Centenary Square in Birmingham, where Drop the Debt chain links, signed by campaigners across the world, were joined together in a message to world leaders ahead of July's G8 summit in Japan.
There will also be specially filmed reports from Zambia, Tanzania, Honduras and Haiti. The event marked the anniversary of when, in May 1998, a human chain of 70,000 people was formed around the location of the G8 meeting, which was also being held in Birmingham, to demand that they "drop the debt" for the world's poorest countries.
Journey to Justice will end in with a meeting in the Centenary Square in Birmingham, where Drop the Debt chain links, signed by campaigners across the world, will be joined together in a message to world leaders ahead of July's G8 summit in Japan. JDC co-chair Stephen Rand said the debt cancellation achieved over the past decade had already benefited millions of children.
The event marks the anniversary of when, in May 1998, a human chain of 70,000 people was formed around the location of the G8 meeting, which was also being held in Birmingham, to demand that they "drop the debt" for the world's poorest countries.
JDC's co-chair Stephen Rand said the debt cancellation achieved over the past decade had already benefited millions of children.
"We estimate there are 29 million children in schools that would not be there without debt cancellation, and millions of children have been immunised against disease, again as a result of debt cancellation."We estimate there are 29 million children in schools that would not be there without debt cancellation, and millions of children have been immunised against disease, again as a result of debt cancellation.
"We hope the events being organised will bring new people into the campaign to keep it going, because although much has been done there's still plenty that needs to be achieved.""We hope the events being organised will bring new people into the campaign to keep it going, because although much has been done there's still plenty that needs to be achieved."