The most powerful people on the planet are listening. To you.
The J8 delegates in Rome.
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This year, the J8 Summit took place in Italy and four young campaigners from Croydon were representing young people from across the UK. Find out what they got up to in their blog, and take a look at J8 2009 in pictures.
The J8 2009 declaration has been announced in Rome! Download a copy and read what the 54 young delegates from across the Globe have to say to their leaders.
The J8 delegates need YOU! Read their Action Plan and find out how you can help towards a better future for children across the world.
Channel 5 reported from the summit on the meeting with world leaders.
So what is Junior 8?
The UNICEF Junior 8 Summit brings together young people from the UK, from other G8 countries and from non-G8 countries, to discuss how to change our world for the better. They then write a declaration to world leaders to ensure they take into account young people’s views when making their decisions.
What is the G8?
J8 delegates meet the world leaders in Rome.
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The G8 is a group of eight industrialised countries around the world - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The purpose of the G8 is for the leaders of these nations to meet and discuss major economic and political issues affecting their own countries and the international community as a whole. Every year at the G8 Summit, the leaders meet up to try to agree on what each country can do to achieve these common goals.