Submission Documents: By Councillor Jennifer Dunn:- "Council welcomes the work of the Enough Food For Everyone IF campaign, which brings together over 170 organisations across the UK, including 17 in Scotland, calling for an end to the global scandal of poverty which sees one in eight people go to bed hungry every night. The campaign called on the G8 group of world leaders, chaired this year by David Cameron, to take action on tax-dodging, land grabbing and the transparency of relations between businesses and government, all of which have an impact on the ability of people in developing countries to provide food for themselves and their families. The campaign in Scotland also developed a range of actions that can be taken here to ensure Scotland plays its part in ending hunger. To this end: Council calls on both the Scottish Government and Westminster Government to outline the steps they will take to make progress on the areas highlighted by the campaign. Council, while acknowledging the work we already do in this area, resolves to consider the impact of its procurement and spending decisions, so that they promote fair and ethical trading, tax transparency and environmental sustainability; to promote global citizenship and development education in schools; and to ensure that we continually assess and improve the impact of our actions and spending on the world's poorest people." Help Icon

This is the list of documents available for the submission By Councillor Jennifer Dunn:- "Council welcomes the work of the Enough Food For Everyone IF campaign, which brings together over 170 organisations across the UK, including 17 in Scotland, calling for an end to the global scandal of poverty which sees one in eight people go to bed hungry every night. The campaign called on the G8 group of world leaders, chaired this year by David Cameron, to take action on tax-dodging, land grabbing and the transparency of relations between businesses and government, all of which have an impact on the ability of people in developing countries to provide food for themselves and their families. The campaign in Scotland also developed a range of actions that can be taken here to ensure Scotland plays its part in ending hunger. To this end: Council calls on both the Scottish Government and Westminster Government to outline the steps they will take to make progress on the areas highlighted by the campaign. Council, while acknowledging the work we already do in this area, resolves to consider the impact of its procurement and spending decisions, so that they promote fair and ethical trading, tax transparency and environmental sustainability; to promote global citizenship and development education in schools; and to ensure that we continually assess and improve the impact of our actions and spending on the world's poorest people.".

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Item Minute - 12 September 2013 Minute Public Open Document in PDF Format
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