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G20 nations pledge actions for global economic stability. Finance ministers and other dignitaries from the Group of 20 (G20), which includes both leading developed nations as well as emerging economies, held their annual meeting this past weekend in Toronto, Canada. Central topics included stabilizing the global economy as well as balancing national economic growth with the need to reduce budget deficits. The G20 members collectively pledged to reduce their debt 50% by 2013, while allowing individual countries to select their own pace and approach based upon individual needs. The meeting followed the Group of Eight (G8) forum held on Friday, June 25, during which leaders from countries representing the world's largest economies renewed commitments to assist developing countries in achieving Millennium Development Goals as well as promising to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, support Middle East peace, and promote nuclear non-proliferation. Our applause, all participants of the G20 and G8 meetings, for your cooperative work together and accords. Wishing you success in achieving such noble goals that bring a more stable and peaceful globe for all.
US President continues to talk nonsense that the other G8 countries paying off their debts are wrong, and they should continue their "go for broke" strategy like the USA is, with spendaholic Obama. The reality is that the G8 should be renamed the G-7 as on;y China has a budget surplus, the other countries are in deficit, and the USA is broke (to the same level as the USSR was before it collapsed). Recorded from BBC 6pn News, 26 June 2010.
The G8 has been accused of failing to honour aid commitments made five years ago at its summit in Scotland. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, donor countries have only reached around 60 percent of their targets. Professor Michel Chossudovsky from the University of Ottawa says even this money fails to help those who need it most.
G8 leaders arrived in Huntsville Canada to hold talks before the larger G20 gathering kicks off in Toronto this weekend. Many have argued that the eight wealthy nations have become less relevant, and are simply a warm up for the G20. Alyona talks to RT Producer Lindsay Garfield about the major issues, including not only global security but humanitarian issues like global hunger.
www.youtube.com and RT.com Leaders of the world's major industrial countries, representing 85 percent of the global economy, will meet in Canada starting Friday for economic summits of the Group of Eight and G-20 nations. The G-8 summit of large industrial nations begins Friday in Huntsville, Ontario, three hours north of Toronto. It is followed on Saturday and Sunday by the G-20 summit, which brings leaders of an influential grouping of both rich and developing nations to central Toronto. In preparation, Toronto's downtown resembles a fortress with thousands of police. A big steel and concrete fence surrounds several blocks around the summit site.
Leaders of the world's major industrial countries, representing 85 percent of the global economy, will meet in Canada starting Friday for economic summits of the Group of Eight and G-20 nations. The G-8 summit of large industrial nations begins Friday in Huntsville, Ontario, three hours north of Toronto. It is followed on Saturday and Sunday by the G-20 summit, which brings leaders of an influential grouping of both rich and developing nations to central Toronto. In preparation, Toronto's downtown resembles a fortress with thousands of police. A big steel and concrete fence surrounds several blocks around the summit site.
This year in June the so-called leaders of the 20 most powerful countries will attempt to push around our communities here in Toronto. And this year in June we will stop them!
Press Conference Following the G8 Summit.Part 3 July 11, 2009 LAquila, Italy Пресс-конференция по итогам работы саммита «Группы восьми». 10 июля 2009 года Италия, Аквила Ultimately, what we agreed upon in the expanded format of our meeting on global food security which included the G8, the G5, Egypt, and a number of other countries, including African nations, as well as several international organisations is to provide a total of around 20 billion USD in support. Initially, we had committed 15 billion USD, but finally agreed on 20 billion USD, as was suggested by all participating countries. Naturally, we also discussed current political issues. We talked about nuclear non-proliferation, which is a very important topic, especially given that we just addressed this matter in Moscow with the President of the United States. We talked about fulfilling United Nations decisions and about violations of UN Security Council resolutions, which have been permitted in several countries, particularly North Korea and Iran. We feel that problems of this kind need to be resolved politically and diplomatically, while adhering to the founding principles of international law and the resolutions that were reached on these issues. We affirmed our commitment to many of our long-standing engagements, such as the fight against terrorism, international organised crime, and piracy, and we spoke seriously and in quite a bit of detail about the Middle East peace process and resolving problems in ...
Press Conference Following the G8 Summit.Part 1 July 11, 2009 LAquila, Italy Пресс-конференция по итогам работы саммита «Группы восьми». 10 июля 2009 года Италия, Аквила PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Colleagues, I will begin by providing some information on what we did, and then I will take some questions. As a guest, I would like to begin by thanking Italys leaders and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for such a well-organised summit. I would like to thank them for their efforts. I would also like to thank the key departments dealing with various issues here, such as the Ministry of Emergency Situations. They worked very hard to help recovery efforts following the destructive earthquake that occurred here, taking multiple lives, and they continue to work hard now. I feel that it is our duty to thank them. I think that everyone present have grown fond of LAquila over the last few days. In some ways, it makes a dire impression, because it is very sad to see a city that is historic, beautiful, and at the same time, dead. One comes to realise how much more effort will need to go into restoring it, and it is tragic to think of the victims who cannot be brought back. Our condolences go out to everyone who lost their loved ones here. Obviously, this summit took place at a difficult time, during the financial and economic crisis. This has affected all of our work, although in contrast to the G20 summit, we discussed a variety of issues, not just ones related to ...
The White Ribbon Alliance is an international coalition bound together by a common goal: to ensure that pregnancy and childbirth are safe for all women and newborns in every country around the world. On July 6th, 2009, a global campaign backed by international figures including Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Emma Thompson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Yoko Ono, Wendi Murdoch, Christiane Amanpour, Annie Lennox and JK Rowling has been launched, calling on G8 leaders to keep their promises on maternal health. A full page adverts have been published across G8 countries in newspapers with a combined circulation of over seven million. The adverts show the G8 leaders pictured with their mothers, as in a family photo album. They are simply asked to make their mothers proud, by working together to honour previous pledges of action.
L'AQUILA, Italy, 9 July 2009 A select group of 14 young people have met with top leaders at the G8 Summit here yesterday and urged them to act on a set of recommendations aimed at protecting child rights around the world. The youth delegates were selected by their peers at this weeks Junior 8 Summit in Rome also known as the J8 to present a declaration to the G8 world leaders. In this video, UNICEF correspondent Thomas Nybo reports on the J8 Summit culminating in a meeting between 14 young people and leaders of their respective countries at the G8. To read the full story, visit www.unicef.org
In this episode of Al Jazeera's weekly business show: Decoding the G8: Are the world's richest countries doing enough to fight the recession; Natural partners: Gas producing nations take on the global financial crisis; and Policies for the Poor: India's new budget revealed.
In this episode of Al Jazeera's weekly business show: Decoding the G8: Are the world's richest countries doing enough to fight the recession; Natural partners: Gas producing nations take on the global financial crisis; and Policies for the Poor: India's new budget revealed.
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In this video, Ulrich Benterbusch - Director of the Heiligendamm Process, OECD - outlines the main successes of the 2-year structured dialogue between the G8 countries, China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico on important global issues. Mr. Benterbusch has been the primary facilitator of this dialogue through the OECD, and has gained significant political support at the G8 L'Aquila Summit for another 2-year term with a wider mandate. As he explains, this format allows for both confidence building among G8 and G5 state officials as well as developing common policy toward critical issues such as investment, climate, development aid and intellectual property.
During the G8 feast in L'Aquila more than 1000 children in poor countries will die of hunger. Ending hunger needs to top the G8 menu. This Oxfam Big Heads stunt shows the G8 world leaders enjoying a big Italian meal. Climate change is already hitting poor people the hardest, despite them emitting the least amount of carbon and therefore being the least responsible. Oxfam is calling for a fair and adequate deal which cuts emissions in line with what the science demands and provides the funding poor countries need to adapt to a changing climate. Oxfam estimates that $ 50 billion a year is needed. Stunts organized by Oxfam and its partner UCODEP www.oxfam.org Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/oxfam View pictures on: www.flickr.com/photos/oxfam
United Nations, New York, 9 July 2009 - Noon briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions proposed by the worlds largest economies are not deep enough, and warned that much more effort is needed if governments are to reach a meaningful agreement on climate change by the end of the year. Speaking in LAquila, Italy, where the annual summit of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations is taking place, Mr. Ban said the climate change commitments made by the leaders of those countries and other participants in this weeks Major Economies Forum (MEF) meeting, while welcome, are not sufficient. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls climate outcome 'not sufficient'' and welcomes outcome on food security - Press release on G8 and Major Economies Forum: www.un.org News story: www.un.org United Nations Climate Change portal: www.un.org United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Web site: unfccc.int
On day two of the G8 summit, global warming takes center stage. The eight richest nations scratch their heads as to where the moneys gone this past year, and developing countries line up to ask for their share.
Over 100 activists held a non-violent protests against coal across Italy as world leaders from G8 countries gathered.
The G8 countries have reiterated their commitment to cut their own carbon emissions by 50% by the year 2050.
In Rome today, a Strip Mob for Cooler Climate took place on the Spanish Steps in order to send a message to Silvio Berlusconi to keep his clothes on and get to work on the serious problem of climate change. The group stripped down to green bathing suits while they sang, Its getting hot in here. The police came but the group which had gathered together in an instant melted into the crowd. The police did manage to stop a few stragglers. This is a press release from Avaaz.org: Avaaz director Ricken Patel said: G8 countries create the climate crisis and they have the financial resources to tackle it. With just five months left until a rescue plan is agreed at Copenhagen, G8 leaders must break through the deadlock to deliver ambitious commitments to cut emissions, with financing to match. They threw their clothes at a dancer dressed as Berlusconi, who has been embroiled in public rows over his friendship with a young model. If G8 leaders want to show they care about young people, they should put their energy into achieving a climate deal that will protect the planet for future generations, said Laura Grainger, who took part in the stunt. Avaaz.org which has over 3.4 million members from every country in the world, including over 100000 in Italy, launched an online campaign this week urging leaders to commit to an ambitious, fair and binding global treaty at climate talks in Copenhagen in December.
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union in the second half of this year, said on Wednesday a deal among G8 leaders against protectionism is one of most important items on the agenda of the meeting in l'Aquila, Italy. José Manuel Barroso, EC President and Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish Prime Minister held a joint press conference on the occasion of the start of the G8 summit which takes place under Italian Presidency. José Manuel Barroso represents the European Commission as full member of the G8 summit for the 5th time this year. Alongside with the leaders of Sweden as holder of the EU Council presidency, the four European Union G8 members - France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom - as well as the United States, Russia, Canada, and Japan, José Manuel Barroso pushes for a coordinated international response to common challenges related to the economic and financial crisis, trade, climate change, development and food security. On the first day, the 8th of July, the summit starts with a G8 working lunch on the world economy, followed by a session on global issues, bilateral political meetings and a working dinner on international issues. The second day is expected to see a meeting of the G8 G5 leaders (Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa) and Egypt, followed by the Junior 8 meeting as well as the Major Economies Forum (G8 their counterparts from Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Republic ...
EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said on Wednesday that developing countries also need to reduce their carbon emissions if the world's is to be successful at tackling climate change. He spoke ahead of today's G8 meeting in l'Aquila, Italy.
Analysts are calling for the Group of Eight, also known as G8, to be reinvented. The next G8 summit is about to be held in Italy. Just days before the G8 summit, L'Aquila is still being rebuilt. The central Italian town - still recovering from April's deadly earthquake - will host the leaders of the world eight's leading industrialized countries, the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia. Some analysts and leaders are asking if the G8 should also be rebuilt. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, seen here at the G20 meeting in London in April - said the G8 was dead. And James Walston, a political commentator from the American University of Italy agrees with her. [James Walston, Political Commentator]: "It was very clear with the G20 in London in April that the real business of organizing the world came from a much bigger group than the G8. So they're going to have to today rebuild or reinvent the G8. But even as analysts discuss the G8's relevance - they are looking to see if the leaders can find solutions for some truly global problems. Take the global economic downturn. Here's James Walston again. [James Walston, Political Commentator]: If they can agree on how they are going to approach the actual nuts and bolts of regulating financial markets, that'll be a great achievement. If they can work out some sort of guidelines for energy ministers - not just the G8 but OPEC countries and China and the other producers of how we're going to regulate oil prices ...
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso speaks about hopes for a deal on food security at today's G8 summit in l'Aquila, Italy. José Manuel Barroso, EC President and Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish Prime Minister held a joint press conference on the occasion of the start of the G8 summit which takes place under Italian Presidency. José Manuel Barroso represents the European Commission as full member of the G8 summit for the 5th time this year. Alongside with the leaders of Sweden as holder of the EU Council presidency, the four European Union G8 members - France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom - as well as the United States, Russia, Canada, and Japan, José Manuel Barroso pushes for a coordinated international response to common challenges related to the economic and financial crisis, trade, climate change, development and food security. On the first day, the 8th of July, the summit starts with a G8 working lunch on the world economy, followed by a session on global issues, bilateral political meetings and a working dinner on international issues. The second day is expected to see a meeting of the G8 + G5 leaders (Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa) and Egypt, followed by the Junior 8 meeting as well as the Major Economies Forum (G8 + their counterparts from Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Republic of Korea and South Africa). The third and last day will bring together the G8 with African leaders from Algeria, Nigeria, Senegal, Egypt, South ...
Arrival of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Italy for today's G8 summit in l'Aquila. Source: EbS José Manuel Barroso, EC President and Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish Prime Minister held a joint press conference on the occasion of the start of the G8 summit which takes place under Italian Presidency. José Manuel Barroso represents the European Commission as full member of the G8 summit for the 5th time this year. Alongside with the leaders of Sweden as holder of the EU Council presidency, the four European Union G8 members - France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom - as well as the United States, Russia, Canada, and Japan, José Manuel Barroso pushes for a coordinated international response to common challenges related to the economic and financial crisis, trade, climate change, development and food security. Official description: On the first day, the 8th of July, the summit starts with a G8 working lunch on the world economy, followed by a session on global issues, bilateral political meetings and a working dinner on international issues. The second day is expected to see a meeting of the G8 + G5 leaders (Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa) and Egypt, followed by the Junior 8 meeting as well as the Major Economies Forum (G8 + their counterparts from Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Republic of Korea and South Africa). The third and last day will bring together the G8 with African leaders from Algeria, Nigeria, Senegal, Egypt, South ...
Italians and Americans in Italy are proud to welcome our new President and First Lady to Italy. We remember Barack Obama's words during the campaign which inspired us individually to do what we can to better our nation and our world. The G8 is a collection of powerful countries, but the real strength of these countries comes from people, not politicians. As our elected leaders meet to confront the world's most serious problems, we stand with our neighbors in countries where the will of the people is being suppressed, where elections are not free or fair, and where the voices of protest are violently silenced. As G8 leaders meet to seek solutions to our world's most urgent problems, we want to express our belief, as Americans and as citizens of the world, that this planet's most precious resource is her people in all of their spiritual and cultural diversity, We know there is more work to do. We know that inspiring words must now become useful actions. Those who want to help can do even on-line by contributing to many worthy projects on www.globalgiving.com or making micro loans to very small businesses all over the world at www.kiva.org
For Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, climate change and global warming are among the top priorities of the G8 Summit due to take place later this week in the town of l'Aquila in Italy under the chairmanship of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Barroso also reacts to the recent approval in the US Congress on the new climate change bill. According to the European Commission, on climate change, "significant discussions are expected both in G8 formation, and in the meeting of the Major Economies Forum. President Barroso will stress the importance of the science and remaining within a 2C temperature rise, and call for reaffirmation of a goal of at least a 50% reduction of global emissions by 2050. In addition, all developed countries should be ready to reduce emissions by at least 80% in the same period and make a solid start through robust mid-term reductions, with comparable efforts by all developed countries."
In this video, Dr. Diery Seck, Director of the Centre for Research on Political Economy in Senegal, gives his thoughts on the G8's performance on delivering on aid commitments, specifically to African countries. Where the upcoming G8 summit in L'Aquila Italy seeks to deepen accountability of commitments, Dr. Seck sees more of the same, business-as-usual approaches by the industrialized world to Africa. He also identifies the BRIC countries as a potent source of different aid arrangements.
When the leaders of the world's wealthiest nations meet at the G8 summit in Italy next week, one topic on their agenda will be the fight against poverty in Africa. The G8 nations have provided development assistance to African countries in recent years, but some aid groups are calling for the world's leaders to do more. VOA's Catherine Cannon has this report from London.
WWF and Allianz have published the G8 Climate Scorecards 2009, an overview of how the G8 countries and 5 emerging countries are addressing the issue of climate change. More info at knowledge.allianz.com Note: France relies heavily on nuclear power. Because of the environmental and security concerns, the WWF does not consider electricity generated by nuclear power a sustainable option. The study thus scores it as if it was generated by the cleanest fossil fuel, natural gas. This affects France and Japan. Without the adjustment France would rank first with Germany, Japans ranking would not change.
On July 8th leaders of some of the world's richest and most powerful countries, the G8, will meet to discuss the pressing issues facing the world today. Join the debate and Face the G8 at facetheg8.panda.org
Viola Omwuliri (Nigeria) talks about HIV funding, and the need for the G8 countries to meet their funding commitments to HIV. Filmed on World AIDS Day 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa.
ANCHOR: The Group of Eight summit has come to an end in northern Japan. World leaders say they will address global inflation, particularly elevated oil and food prices. Here's more from Sapporo, Japan. STORY: At the close of the three-day G8 summit, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda reiterated the group's commitment to climate change. [Yasuo Fukuda, Japanese Prime Minister]: "The G8 agreed to work to bring the whole world behind the long-term goal of cutting carbon emissions by at least 50 percent by the year 2050." The countries at the summit also realize the importance of tackling inflation worldwide. Meanwhile, the United States and other Western countries pushed the UN Security Council to vote this week to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe but Russia opposes sanctions. But at the G8, the nations were in agreement on what to do. [Yasuo Fukuda, Japanese Prime Minister]: "On Zimbabwe, we agreed to strongly request the authorities to take swift and appropriate action to solve this crisis humanely and peacefully and cooperate with the opposition party. And asked the SADC, the South African Development Community and the AU, the African Union, to show some leadership in this field. And also we agreed to go beyond and take certain measures. In this case, this is being debated right now in the United Nations. And going further, that means that if agreed upon, it will mean sanctions." The G8 members are Russia, Japan, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, the United States and Britain.
Today we will talk about the G8. Leaders of the Group of Eight, the world's major industrialised nations, have met in Hokkaido in northern Japan. The goal of this summit was, as usual, to discuss global issues and make commitments to resolve them. But do these countries ever manage to really fulfill what they promise to the world during their annual meetings? To answer such questions, we've invited to our studio the Vice-rector of the Moscow Higher School of Economics, Marina Larionova, and a prominent Russian scholar and political scientist, Aleksandr Dugin.
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...Brown, George W. Bush, Yasuo Fukuda and Nikolas Sarkozy—are deeply unpopular at home. Beyond these individuals, however, the G8 countries are simply less powerful than they used to be. At this rate, a philosophical question might be in the offing: what if...
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Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, tells a press conference at the G8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan that he proposes to spend unclaimed EU farm subsidies on projects supporting farmers in developing countries.
G8 host Japan is holding the annual leaders' summit at the hot springs resort in Hokkaido, Japan's northern island. Traditionally, the country that presides over the club formulates the agenda. What bothers Japan the most? Some analysts say that it is not the official agenda. The guest to tell us more is the Chairman of the State Duma International Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev.
SelectPlusBush Gives Hazy Outlook at G8 SummitBush Gives Hazy Outlook at G8 SummitThe Associated PressThe world's top industrialized nations begin their annual summit Monday confronted with demands they reinvigorate the world economy, push ahead languishing climate change talks and make good on pledges to battle poverty and hunger. (July 6)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] ((Helo landing, beaty shots, etc., at least one reflecting hazy view)) For his last G8 summit, President Bush came to the mountaintop -- a hot springs resort overlooking a volcanic lake on Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaido. It's a spectacular setting for a meeting the Japanese hope will strike a blow at global warming. But like the hazy view here, THAT is far from clear. BUSH SOT: (approx 16:00 from start) We're working -- working to see if we can come up with a constructive statement. ((Fukuda, then pollution file)) Japan's prime minister Fukuda wants G8 countries and big polluters like China and India to pledge a 50 percent cut in heat-trapping pollution by mid-century. ((Demos in Sapporo FONT the dateline)) Japense protesters think that's the LEAST they can do. THESE think it's time the leaders did more than just talk. ((Security)) Of course the protesters have been kept well away from the summit by thousands of police and troops. ((Newser walkin)) Meantime, at a pre-summit news conference, the president was defending a decision he's made about NEXT month's travel... ((Beijing file footage)) ... to attend the ...
SelectPlusBush Gives Hazy Outlook at G8 SummitBush Gives Hazy Outlook at G8 SummitThe Associated PressThe world's top industrialized nations begin their annual summit Monday confronted with demands they reinvigorate the world economy, push ahead languishing climate change talks and make good on pledges to battle poverty and hunger. (July 6)((Helo landing, beaty shots, etc., at least one reflecting hazy view)) For his last G8 summit, President Bush came to the mountaintop -- a hot springs resort overlooking a volcanic lake on Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaido. It's a spectacular setting for a meeting the Japanese hope will strike a blow at global warming. But like the hazy view here, THAT is far from clear. BUSH SOT: (approx 16:00 from start) We're working -- working to see if we can come up with a constructive statement. ((Fukuda, then pollution file)) Japan's prime minister Fukuda wants G8 countries and big polluters like China and India to pledge a 50 percent cut in heat-trapping pollution by mid-century. ((Demos in Sapporo FONT the dateline)) Japense protesters think that's the LEAST they can do. THESE think it's time the leaders did more than just talk. ((Security)) Of course the protesters have been kept well away from the summit by thousands of police and troops. ((Newser walkin)) Meantime, at a pre-summit news conference, the president was defending a decision he's made about NEXT month's travel... ((Beijing file footage)) ... to attend the opening ceremonies ...
The national anthems of all the countries that belong to the G8 group with landscapes of each country on the background. Germany, United States, Russia, Japan, Italy, United Kingdom, Canada and France - The national anthem of Germany. Nationalhymne von Deutschland. - The national anthem of the USA Himno nacional de Estados Unidos. - The national anthem of Russia. Гимн Российской Федерации. - The national anthem of Japan. 日本の国歌。 - The national anthem of Italy. L'inno nazionale italiano. - The national anthem of the UK Himno nacional del Reino Unido. - The national anthem of Canada. L'Hymne National du Canada. - The national anthem of France. L'hymne national de la France.
LONDON, United Kingdom, 20 March 2008 -- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham has called on young people to take part in UNICEF's Junior 8 Summit, a young person's version of the annual G8 meeting of world leaders. Beckham called on 13- to 17-year-olds in G8 nations to enter the competition for a chance to represent their countries at the J8 Summit in Japan. The J8 will provide young people with a platform to speak out about the global issues that are important to them, and to voice their concerns to the world. The winning team chosen from each G8 nation will present a communiqué of global proposals to the G8, jointly written by the J8 delegation. "J8 is giving young people a voice. They have a right to be heard, and so do you. Find out how you could be one of them. Visit www.j8summit.com." To read the full story, visit: www.unicef.org
The G8, short for Group of Eight, is an international forum that brings together the eight wealthiest and most powerful countries in the world. This meeting gives the heads of these states a chance to openly discuss pressing issues facing the planet. For 2008, GM's Pontiac division is launching a new, full-size sedan that for all practical purposes could have been named after the global summit. And just like the G8 conference, the Pontiac G8 is truly an international affair. The rear-wheel-drive architecture that underpins this all-American, V8-powered, four-door rocket was developed in Australia of all places by GM's Holden subsidiary.
Aired on June 5, 2007 Whatever promises G8 leaders make to Africa this week, the people of that continent have every reason to be skeptical. The historic, euphoric commitments of Gleneagles were the high point of hope for real action from the G8. Since then...well... Let's take a look back at promises made and promises broken. AID FOR AFRICA In Scotland, G8 leaders promised to double annual aid to Africa within 5 years. A tall order. But in the moment, the passion seemed sincere. Just one year later total aid from G8 countries actually dropped. That's right, they're giving less. Canada's aid fell by 9 percent and the US - by more than 20 percent. PROMISE BROKEN DRUGS FOR AIDS On AIDS, leaders promised Africa, in fact the whole world, universal access to antiretrovirals, by 2010. But contributions to the global AIDS fund have simply not materialized. This year the fund is 8 billion dollars short, next year it will be 10 billion short. At the current rate fewer than half the people in need of urgent treatment will get it. On AIDS, we're going backwards. PROMISE BROKEN PROMISE: DEBT RELIEF G8 leaders promised to write off the debts of the 18 poorest African countries. But debts to the World Bank and IMF have only been reduced - not cancelled outright. Leaving these heavily indebted poor countries on the hook for a billion and half dollars of interest...this year alone. And THAT is more than they saved from the so-called debt relief they got in the first place. PROMISE BROKEN ...
weblog.greenpeace.org - A first hand account from the G8 summit. G8 countries are responsible for over 80 percent of the climate change we witness today, and still emit over 40 percent of all global emissions. They are therefore morally bound to act first and act firmly. But there was far more talk than action at this year's summit. Protesters were kept well away from the summit, but we managed to get our message through - prompting comment from chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel.
On June 7, 2007, as the G8 Summit meets in Heiligendamm, national and international stars performed at the VOICES AGAINST POVERTY concert in Rostock, and called on all people to raise their voices: against poverty in the world and for a stronger commitment from wealthy industrialized nations to keep their promises to provide more development assistance. Musicians and speakers from eight developing nations ("Poor 8") attended the peaceful rally to draw attention to the situation of the world's poorest countries
On June 7, 2007, as the G8 Summit meets in Heiligendamm, national and international stars performed at the VOICES AGAINST POVERTY concert in Rostock, and called on all people to raise their voices: against poverty in the world and for a stronger commitment from wealthy industrialized nations to keep their promises to provide more development assistance. Musicians and speakers from eight developing nations ("Poor 8") attended the peaceful rally to draw attention to the situation of the world's poorest countries
First you hear a snippet of 'You never give me your money' followed by 'Carry that weight' On June 7, 2007, as the G8 Summit meets in Heiligendamm, national and international stars performed at the VOICES AGAINST POVERTY concert in Rostock, and called on all people to raise their voices: against poverty in the world and for a stronger commitment from wealthy industrialized nations to keep their promises to provide more development assistance. Musicians and speakers from eight developing nations ("Poor 8") attended the peaceful rally to draw attention to the situation of the world's poorest countries
On June 7, 2007, as the G8 Summit meets in Heiligendamm, national and international stars performed at the VOICES AGAINST POVERTY concert in Rostock, and called on all people to raise their voices: against poverty in the world and for a stronger commitment from wealthy industrialized nations to keep their promises to provide more development assistance. Musicians and speakers from eight developing nations ("Poor 8") attended the peaceful rally to draw attention to the situation of the world's poorest countries
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