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Financial Times Article: G8 leaders ready to backtrack on Africa aid

Molly Lepeska

07/07/2008 12:16 pm

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  1. Financial Times Article: G8 leaders ready to backtrack on Africa aid
  2. G8 must keep its promises to the world's poor
  3. The F-words
  4. Leaders lack power to take action on the biggest issues at G8 summit
  5. G8 summit costs could treat 4 million HIV patients
  6. G8 Asked to Keep Promise on AIDS Funding
  7. Non-G8 members driving AIDS funding, says new report

According to a draft of the 2008 G8 communiqué, leaked to the Financial Times on 29 June, G8 leaders are planning to abandon the universal access target of 2010. The solemn pledge of the 2005 Gleneagles summit that has been reiterated in each of the successive G8 summits, inspired the 2005 World summit 2005 and served to set the benchmarks for the High Level AIDS meetings of 2006 and 2008. Further, the leaked communique casts doubt over the commitment of US $60 billion for tackling malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS and strengthening healthcare systems in developing countries made at the 2007 summit. To read the statement from civil society to G8 leaders demanding their promises are kept, click here. To read reaction from civil society organisations in G8 countries, click here.

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The President of the General Assembly's summary of the 2008 High Level Meeting on the review of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, which was held in New York from 10 to 12 June 2008. is now available. Click below to download the report.

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Campaigners to G8: Keep Your Promises

Nearly 250 organisations and unions from more than 60 countries that signed on their support to demand G8 countries to keep their promises on universal access. The following letter was sent to all G7 leaders on 4 July 2008. A related press statement was issued, which you can view here. Please continue to check back for updates.

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