Press Releases related to 2009 G8 Summit
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ONE reaction to G8 food security communiqué
The G8's US$20bn agreement to provide support for the world's poorest farmers was welcomed today by advocacy group ONE. The deal was expected to amount to US$15bn over three years, but at the last minute the communiqué announced the figure had risen to US$20bn. The deal also includes significant steps to make progress on the effectiveness of aid for agriculture. MORE
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Keep Africa aid promises and act now to stem hunger, G8 told, or risk global irrelevance
Leaders of the world's eight biggest economies must act this week to rescue their aid promises to Africa, advocacy group ONE said today, including agreeing a special deal for the continent's farmers. MORE
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G7 Finance Ministers: Italy and France must deliver plan to get back on track with Africa promises
G7 Finance Ministers must urgently deliver a plan showing how they will meet the promises to Africa they made four years ago at the Gleneagles Summit. MORE
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G8 commitments to Africa: some on track, but Italy and France may cause G8 as a whole to default
Bill Gates, Bob Geldof, Dr Françoise Ndayishimiye, Arunma Oteh and Archbishop Desmond Tutu launch ONE's 2009 DATA Report at a London press conference. The Report finds that some G8 nations made encouraging progress last year towards fulfilling the commitments they made at the 2005 Gleneagles Summit to fight extreme poverty in Africa. But two G8 members - Italy and France - are performing so poorly they are threatening to cause the G8 as a whole to default. MORE