Millennium Development Goals
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- Date
- 2007 June 19-25
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 52
- Mover
- Bishop Philip Poole
- Seconder
- Archdeacon Peter Fenty
- Text of motion
- That this General Synod:
- 1. Request the General Secretary to write to the Prime Minister, reminding him of a previous call from the Anglican Church of Canada on the Government of Canada to deliver and implement a plan to reach the UN target of 0.7% of Gross National Income for Official Development Assistance by 2015, and urgently requesting that budgetary measures be taken toward achieving this target.
- 2. Request the PWRDF and the General Synod through its Partnerships program to:
- - Reconsider how the Millennium Development Goals, in light of the attention given them by the wider Anglican Communion at the recent TEAM 2007 Conference, can be used effectively to inform and advance the global development and advocacy work of PWRDF and General Synod throughout the 2007-2010 triennium.
- - Participate as appropriate in the Make Poverty History campaign and the Micah Challenge, national and global movements advocating for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
- - Explore the possibilities of working in partnership with The Episcopal Church, and with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada to promote the Millennium Development Goals.
- Request the Partners in Mission Committee and the Ecojustice Committee (or their successor) and the PWRDF, in consultation with the Faith Worship and Ministry Committee to:
- - Identify theological themes underlying the eight (8) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the church’s response to them.
- - Determine which of the MDGs should be given priority for advocacy and action within Canada.
- - Develop, identify and promote educational resources to raise awareness in Anglican dioceses and parishes about the Millennium Development Goals, and about poverty and development issues in Canada using the framework of the MDGs and other Millennium campaign strategies, especially Make Poverty History and The Micah Challenge.
- CARRIED Act 52
- Subjects
- Millennium Development Goals
- Economic assistance, Canadian
- Economic assistance - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Poverty - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Economic justice - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Make Poverty History Campaign
- Micah Challenge