Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Michael Moore (Liberal Democrat), on Thursday, 7 February 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 66 members in total.

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GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR EDUCATION

That this House notes that at least 72 million children worldwide do not receive any primary education and that 57 per cent. of these children are girls and 33 per cent. have a disability; further notes the Millennium Development Goal to achieve universal primary education by 2015 and is dismayed that according to the UN's most recent assessment the international community will not meet this target in sub-Saharan Africa and across Asia; supports the Global Campaign for Education and its belief that education is a universal human right and the key to poverty alleviation and sustainable human development; and therefore calls on the Government and the international community to redouble their efforts towards achieving free access to primary education worldwide by 2015.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

914 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Lynne Jones

Alistair Carmichael

Michael Jabez Foster

Mike Hancock

Subjects

Developing countries Schools

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk