Press releaseJ8 delegates meet G8 Heads of State
Heiligendamm, Germany, 7 June 2007 - Nine young people presented theirrecommendations to world leaders at the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm today. Theyoung people – eight from the G8 countries and one from Tanzania -- spent 45
minutes talking to the leaders at the culmination of the week-long J8 Summit,attended by 74 young people from eighteen countries.
Introducing the J8 Summit Declaration, the young people said “We know that
tomorrow our generation will have to cope with the legacy of today. So we haveunited at this third Junior 8 Summit to work intensively on ways to brighten thislegacy.”
On economic prospects for Africa, the children said: “We believe that education isfundamental to the bettering of the economic situation of Africa. In order to support
education, we call for allocation of part of the aid pledged at the 2005 G8 summit to
be directed to the building and equipping of schools and the training of teachers, aswell as supporting programmes which remove the economic burden of educationfrom families.”
On climate change and energy efficiency, the Children continued: “We call upon theG8 leaders to provide incentives, wherever possible, to companies to become moreenvironmentally friendly through tax rebates for efficiency and tax burden forenvironmentally irresponsible companies. G8 countries should also pioneer andencourage other countries to join the regional Caps and Trade systems which areinternationally linked. Within these systems the G8 should encourage theimplementation of realistic thresholds of GHG emissions based on GDP per capita percountry.”
They concluded: “We are here to make a change. We will continue to address thechallenges which confront our world to the best of our abilities. In seeking to resolvethese challenges, we need your support. Together it is possible to make a difference”
The four key themes addressed by the declaration are:••••Economic prospects for Africa
HIV/AIDS
Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
New challenges for the Global Economy/more..

The full declaration is available on the J8 website: http://www.j8summit.com
For more information or to arrange interviews with the participants, pleasecontact:
Gerrit Beger, UNICEF New York +1 212-326-7116, in Germany cell: +1 917 605
1714. gbeger@unicef.org
Hugh Fraser. Morgan Stanley Corporate Communications, Cell: +44 79 7069 0034,
Office: +44 20 7425 3923. Hugh.Fraser@morganstanley.com
Background:J8 participants include teams of eight young people aged 13-17 years from each of
the G8 member countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the RussianFederation, UK and USA. An additional ten J8 delegates from developing countries –Algeria, Brazil, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China, Ethiopia, India, Moldova,
Sierra Leone and Tanzania were selected by UNICEF.
J8 is the youth event linked to the G8 Summit and has been developed andsupported by the Morgan Stanley International Foundation and UNICEF. J8 aims toadvance young people’s understanding of global issues and to provide a platform forthem to discuss and advocate on these issues with some of the most powerfulleaders in the world.
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