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Call for Commitment to Development Goals and Budgetary Targets at the African Union Summit 2010, Uganda

To: African Heads of State during the AU Summit July 2010 Call for Commitment to Development Goals and Budgetary Targets at the African Union Summit 2010, Uganda Will the AU Summit 2010 taking place in Kampala, Uganda from 19 to 27 July ensure the budgetary targets for development goals become reality? Please sign this petition following the link provided below to call on Heads of State, ministers of relevant departments and civil society to ensure the budgetary targets become real!! The petition will be shared with civil society organisations in Africa to be used as a tool to influence national governments. www.petitiononline.com/july2010/petition.html A large proportion of the African population still lacks access to food, education, safe drinking water, sanitation, shelter, land, natural resources, employment and health care. Africa, many of whose states are failing in meeting the Millennium Development Goals targets, still battles with high maternal, child and infant