Global Day of Action on Military Spending  
12 April 2011, Aotearoa New Zealand

Last year global military expenditure was $1,630 billion (US), on average nearly $4.5 billion a day. By way of contrast, an average of more than 24,000 children under the age of five die every day from mainly preventable causes - lack of access to adequate food, clean water and basic medicines. This is one of the prices paid, the collateral damage that is seldom talked about, for maintaining armed forces in a state of combat readiness around the world.

Global Day of Action 2011 events in Aotearoa New Zealand

Facebook updates and photos

Global Day of Action 2011 poster and flyers:

• A4 colour poster

• A4 leaflet which includes global and national military spending figures, some information about militarism and militarisation, and some questions about why NZ has armed forces (print as double-sided A4, then fold to A5)

• A5 flyer (print as single-sided A4, then cut to A5)

List of organisations supporting the 2011 Global Day of Action

Invitation to become involved in the 2011 Global Day of Action