Trocaire urges EU states to honour pledges on poverty
Trocaire has called on the Irish Government to pressure other EU countries into honouring their commitments on reducing world poverty.
The leaders of the 15 EU member states signed a document four years ago promising to halve global poverty by 2015. But Trocaire said today that little had been done to honour the pledge.
Speaking at a conference in Dublin, the aid agency’s director, Justin Kilcullen, said: “The leaders set that target because they believed it could be achieved. Unfortunately, four years into this process, little progress has been made.”
