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30 March 2009
The 20 activists, one from each G20 country, will talk to the Prime Minister and Chancellor Alistair Darling at Downing Street before meeting Foreign Secretary David Miliband. They will meet other world leaders during the week.
The campaigners will deliver an agenda of issues affecting young people to each delegation before the summit starts on Thursday. The "Global Changemakers", aged between 16 and 25, were selected by the British Council after submitting a two-minute application on YouTube.
They will also meet Bank of England staff, leading Tories and major business figures, including Goldman Sachs bosses.
UK representative Scott Forbes, 19, of Croydon, said people would lose faith in political leaders if little genuine progress was made this week. The King's College, London law student added: "This proves young people are not apathetic. The issues I will raise include HIV/Aids in sub-Saharan Africa, sustainable development and the conflicts being caused by the shortage of water in certain areas of the world."
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