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Campaigners around the world mark Stop EPAs Day.

Hundreds of organisations across the world have joined together to mark Stop EPAs Day (September 27) and call for trade agreements that work for the needs of the poorest.

In the UK, 17 Christian leaders, including Tearfund president Dr Elaine Storkey, have written to Secretary of State for International Development, Douglas Alexander, calling on him to ensure that negotiations 'result in trade agreements that help to bring about justice', and warning that current negotiations  'threaten to undermine recent progress towards making poverty history'.   Read the full letter here.

Tearfund is encouraging campaigners to mark the day, which coincides with the fifth anniversary of the launch of the negotiations, to add their voices to the thousands worldwide by writing to their MP. Click here to take action.

To find out more about activities around the world click here.

 

 

This page was last updated on 27 September 2007

We are Christians passionate about the local church bringing justice and transforming lives - overcoming global poverty.
So our ten-year vision is to see 50 million people released from material and spiritual poverty through a worldwide network of 100,000 local churches.

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