White Band Day- 3
Wear A White Band and Put a Spotlight on Trade Injustice

International trade carries enormous potential for reducing poverty worldwide. A 1% increase in the developing countries’ share of world exports would lift 128 million people out of poverty. But the current global trading system discriminates against developing countries and hinders poor country participation in the global economy. The two biggest problems are agricultural policies in rich countries and poor countries access to international markets.

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Millennium Campaign

In the run up to the WTO conference it is crucial that we put pressure on our governments to change their position on trade. Beginning in late October, right up to December 10th, the white band day 3, many different campaigns around the world are planning mass lobbies of parliament and other mobilisation events.

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At the 2000 UN Millennium Summit, world leaders from rich and poor countries alike committed themselves–at the highest political level–to a set of eight time-bound targets that, when achieved, will end extreme poverty worldwide by 2015. Goals 1 through 7 commit them to raise the poor out of poverty and hunger, get every child into school, empower women, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases, and ensure environmental sustainability. Goal 8 explicitly recognizes that eradicating poverty worldwide can be achieved only through a global partnership for development. For poor countries to achieve the first seven goals, it is absolutely critical that wealthier countries deliver on their end of the bargain–more and more effective aid, more sustainable debt relief and fairer trade rules–well in advance of 2015…