Johannesburg: Kumi Naidoo, in his capacity as chair and spokesperson of the Global Campaign for Action against Poverty (GCAP) will meet with South African and International press on Monday 9 July, in Johannesburg.

The Press Conference will start at 9 am at the Melville Grill, 7th street Melville, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Kumi Nadioo will comment on the findings of the recent yearly UN
report on the progress made in reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDG, see also below in the MDG section of e-CIVICUS ), and on  the inexcusable lack of progress on reaching the Goals.

The meeting is being co-organised by the South African Foreign Correspondents' Association.

To further mobilise international support for the MDG 's, Kumi Naidoo will launch the 100 days countdown to the October 17th campaign (www.standagainstpovery.org).

Besides numerous rallies and other actions, October 17th will witness a new world record on mobilisation when people around the world will literally stand up against poverty, thus beating the former record set by GCAP in 2006, when 23.5 million people took actions.

Though the meeting aims to brief media persons to discuss critically the progress on the MDG's, the meeting is open to all others interested.

For meeting reports and interview requests, contact:
Micha Hollestelle
+27 (0)76633 8525
micha.hollestelle@civicus.org