ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL
PRESS NOTICE
21 June 2005
Kofi Annan to speak at St Paul’s Cathedral
on first day of G8 summit
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan will challenge world leaders to
tackle global poverty when he speaks at St Paul’s Cathedral before
travelling to Gleneagles for the G8 summit.
On Wednesday 6 July at 6.30pm Mr Annan will deliver a keynote address
at a debate entitled ‘Global Poverty: A Challenge to the G8’ where he
will report on progress on the eight Millennium Development Goals to
halve global poverty by 2015, and spur G8 members to commit
themselves to meeting this challenge.
Responses will be made by the Rt. Revd and Rt. Hon Richard Chartres,
Bishop of London, Paul Myners, Chairman of Marks and Spencer, Wahu
Kaara of the All Africa Council of Churches and Alison Marshall of
CAFOD.
The event - Mr Annan’s only London engagement during the G8 summit is the first in St Paul's Cathedral's autumn programme ‘Global
Poverty: What Can One Person Do? Engaging with the Millennium
Development Goals.’ The debate is organised by the St Paul's
Institute, the Cathedral's forum for ethics, in partnership with the
Department for International Development and in collaboration with
the UN Millennium Campaign and Make Poverty History.
‘Global Poverty: A Challenge to the G8’ will be held at St Paul’s on
Wednesday 6 July at 6.30pm. The event is open to the public, and
admission is free and on a first come, first served basis. Doors open
at 6pm. For more information call 020 7489 1011 or email
institute@stpaulscathedral.org.uk
*** An Operational Note with details of press accreditation for the
event will follow. For media enquiries please contact Lorna Fletcher,
St Paul’s Cathedral Press Office 020 7246 8321 / 0789 999 2752
lorna@stpaulscathedral.org.uk ***