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On fifth anniversary of Birmingham Human Chain campaigners ask: “Did the G8 Drop the Debt?” 

May 16^th, 2003

Today, Friday 16^th May 2003, Sir Bob Geldof is among the campaigners returning to Birmingham to mark the fifth anniversary of the historic Human Chain when 70,000 demonstrators surrounded world leaders at the G8 summit to call for an end to Third World debt.

To mark the occasion, Jubilee Research, together with sister organisations Jubilee Debt Campaign and CAFOD are today launching a new report entitled ‘Did the G8 Drop the Debt? Five years after the Birmingham Human Chain, what has been achieved, and what more needs to be done?’

The report looks back at the last five years and outlines the steps the G8 leaders need to take at their summit in Evian in June. It also calls for an end to the privatisation and liberalisation conditions linked to debt relief that harm the poor, the creation of a fair procedure for poor countries if they become insolvent in the future, and the creation of a World Debt Day.

For the full text of the report, click here

For more information on the activities in Birmingham, click on the Jubilee Debt Campaign website, available at http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/