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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear friends,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>queridas amigas,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>below is the update of the G8 Mobilisations in
Rostock. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>debajo hay información sobre las movilizaciones por
el G8 en Rostock. Está en inglés pero también contiene fotos (con leyendas en
alemán y en inglés, para Merkel y Blair).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Saludos,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ana</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=irfanmufti@gmail.com href="mailto:irfanmufti@gmail.com">Irfan Mufti</A>
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=gcap_southasia@yahoo.com
href="mailto:gcap_southasia@yahoo.com">SOUTH ASIA GCAP</A> ; <A
title=gcap.africa@gmail.com href="mailto:gcap.africa@gmail.com">GCAP AFRICA</A>
; <A title=gcap-asia@hottokenai.jp
href="mailto:gcap-asia@hottokenai.jp">gcapasia</A> ; <A
title=gcap_seasia@yahoo.com
href="mailto:gcap_seasia@yahoo.com">gcap_seasia@yahoo.com</A> ; <A
title=gcapeuropesecretariat@whiteband.org
href="mailto:gcapeuropesecretariat@whiteband.org">Julien Vaissier</A> ; <A
title=gcapsl@sunfo.org href="mailto:gcapsl@sunfo.org">GCAP SriLanka</A> ; <A
title=ana@icae.org.uy href="mailto:ana@icae.org.uy">ana agostino</A> ; <A
title=iarap@inesc.org.br href="mailto:iarap@inesc.org.br">iarap@inesc.org.br</A>
; <A title=christophe@ancefa.org
href="mailto:christophe@ancefa.org">christophe@ancefa.org</A> ; <A
title=minar.pimple@undp.org href="mailto:minar.pimple@undp.org">Minar Pimple</A>
; <A title=salil.shetty@undp.org href="mailto:salil.shetty@undp.org">Salil
Shetty</A> ; <A title=BMargolis@oxfam.org.uk
href="mailto:BMargolis@oxfam.org.uk">BMargolis@oxfam.org.uk</A> ; <A
title=hkovach@oxfam.org.uk
href="mailto:HKovach@oxfam.org.uk">HKovach@oxfam.org.uk</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=henri.valot@civicus.org
href="mailto:henri.valot@civicus.org">Henri Valot</A> ; <A
title=sarahjanegregory@yahoo.com.au
href="mailto:sarahjanegregory@yahoo.com.au">Sarah Gregory</A> ; <A
title=katsuji.imata@civicus.org href="mailto:katsuji.imata@civicus.org">Katsuji
Imata</A> ; <A title=regina.martyn@civicus.org
href="mailto:regina.martyn@civicus.org">Regina Martyn</A> ; <A
title=imma.kapinga@civicus.org href="mailto:imma.kapinga@civicus.org">Imma
Kapinga</A> ; <A title=kumi.naidoo@civicus.org
href="mailto:kumi.naidoo@civicus.org">Kumi Naidoo</A> ; <A
title=naomi@civicus.org href="mailto:naomi@civicus.org">Kumi Naidoo</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 03, 2007 5:22 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> G8 Update from Rostock Germany</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<P>Dear All,</P>
<P>After yesterday's rally in Rostock at which GCAP campaigners took to
the<BR>streets to call for and end to poverty, GCAP campaigners were today given
a<BR>great opportunity in Berlin when they were given a space to present their
<BR>Voices Petition to Chancellor Merkel after she met Tony Blair in
an<BR>unscheduled bilateral.</P>
<P>See this link for Getty news agency images of the meeting between
GCAP<BR>Germany campaigners & Merkel and Blair. <BR><A
href="http://editorial.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=74366674 ">http://editorial.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=74366674
</A></P>
<P>These are paid photos which newspapers can purchase and download. We
have<BR>been promised our own free photo will come shortly so for now this is
just a<BR>flavour. Anything you can do to help it get pick up would be
appreciated. <BR>The release is also attached and pasted below,</P>
<P>June 3rd, 2007</P>
<P>REF: Angela Merkel Meets Tony Blair</P>
<P>MILLION-STRONG MANDATE FROM THE PEOPLE TO THE G8.<BR>"One million voices, one
message, stop poverty now! Eight leaders must act." </P>
<P>In Berlin today, German Chancellor, Angela Merkel and British
Prime<BR>Minister, Tony Blair, voiced their commitment to taking action when
they<BR>were presented with a million strong mandate from the people to the G8
<BR>leaders. The petition, collected by The Global Call to Action
Against<BR>Poverty (GCAP), calls on the leaders to act urgently on the G8
commitments<BR>made at the Gleneagles G8 Summit in 2005 when they meet in
Heiligendamm this <BR>week.</P>
<P>Expressed in the form of two speech bubbles representing the
people's<BR>voices, Dr. Claudia Warning and Dr. Ulla Mikota, of the German
development<BR>NGO coalition VENRO – a GCAP member - highlighted the core
message: One <BR>million voices, one message, stop poverty now! Eight leaders
must act.</P>
<P>Two years on from the G8 meeting in Gleneagles, 50,000 people die every
day<BR>from lack of access to basic healthcare, 6,000 alone in Africa from HIV
and <BR>AIDS. Despite recent welcome announcements on aid and funding for
HIV/AIDS, <BR>the G8 is consistently falling short on delivering its promises.
German<BR>people have been mobilising along with millions in the North and South
<BR>urging the G8 not to ignore their demands.</P>
<P>"Time is running out for the poor. Urgent decisions to fill the current
gap<BR>between the commitments and reality need to be taken next week
in<BR>Heiligendamm. We thank Ms. Merkel and Mr. Blair for taking this mandate to
<BR>next week's summit. The people's call to the G8 leaders is
straightforward:<BR>End poverty now." said Dr. Claudia Warning, VENRO
chairperson who had helped<BR>coordinate the online petition as she handed it to
the leaders. </P>
<P>Both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to bring this message to
the<BR>meeting.</P>
<P>Deine Stimme Gegen Armut, alongside The Global Call to Action
Against<BR>Poverty, will be keeping pressure on the G8 throughout the week
culminating <BR>in a concert in Rostock on July 7th where over 65,000 people are
expected to <BR>hear the petition's final tally when GCAP chair Kumi Naidoo
takes the stage<BR>at 7pm.</P>
<P>ENDS/<BR>For more information on GCAP and G8 actions, go to <A
href="http://www.whiteband.org/">www.whiteband.org</A><BR>and <A
href="http://www.deine-stimme-gegen-armut.de/">www.deine-stimme-gegen-armut.de</A></P>
<P>GCAP contacts duing the G8:</P>
<P>Ciara O'Sullivan, GCAP Media Coordinator, + 49 (0)151 53655193,<BR><A
href="mailto:ciara-os@hotmail.com">ciara-os@hotmail.com</A></P>
<P>Aktionsteam "Deine Stimme gegen Armut", Stefan Kreutzberger, +49
(0)<BR>27582501, +49 (0)170 9037410, <A
href="mailto:s.kreutzberger@venro.org">s.kreutzberger@venro.org</A></P>
<P>Kel Currah, GCAP's G8 Working Group, + 49 (0)151 536 55 191,<BR><A
href="mailto:kel_currah@wvi.org">kel_currah@wvi.org</A></P>
<P> </P>
<P>Regards<BR> <BR> <BR>Irfan Mufti <BR>GCAP Campaign Manager</P><BR
clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Irfan Mufti
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