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2005 press releases
Leaks reveal G8 debt deal faces funding shortfall
(02 August 2005).
Leaks reveal IMF threat to already weak G8 debt deal
(15 July 2005).
G8 condemn Africa to miss Millennium Development Goals
(08 July 2005).
Campaigners distance themselves from Geldof praise for G8
(08 July 2005).
G8 - trade issues being sidelined (07 July 2005).
World Development Movement statement: "The debt stuff, we are not there on that." (06 July 2005).
UK has hijacked Make Poverty History rhetoric but not the policies says WDM (05 July 2005).
The UK Government and the G8 - part of the problem (20 June 2005).
2005 briefings
Suspending disbelief - The promises and actions of the G8, from
1998-2005.
June 2005
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(251kb) / PDF
(312kb)
2005 and sustainable development - why the UK Government is part
of the problem (Gleneagles update).
Word
2004 press releases
G8 fails again (11 June 2004).
Blair's Africa commission is 'unnecessary diversion from real action for Africa' (29 April 2004).
2003 press releases
G8 meets low expectations (02 June 2003).
Blair's free trade fantasies will hurt the world's poor (02 June 2003).
Blair told: 'show your passion for Africa - take the lead on debt' (01 June 2003).
Debt relief to developing countries has cost UK public just £2.98 a year (28 May 2003).
European G8 told: 'stop the global water carve up' (26 May 2003).
2003 briefings
Debt and the G8: A media briefing on the commitment of the world's
richest countries to debt relief for the world's poorest.
May 2003
Word
Does the world need the G8? WDM explores the issues for this year's
G8.
May 2003
Word
The Evian challenge: a civil society call for the EU to withdraw
its GATS water requests.
May 2003
Statement
2002 press release
G8 Kananaskis: It's the 'Blame the Victim' Summit (25 June 2002).
2002 briefing
Africa: What the G8 must deliver Report on NEPAD for the 2002 G8
by ACTSA and WDM.
PDF
2001 press releases
Summit fails to deliver for the poor (22 July 2001)
Blair's call for new trade round shows ignorance of world trade (20 July 2001)
WDM slams G8 global AIDS gimmick (20 July 2001)
Demonstrators angered by G8 debt fatigue (20 July 2001)
Mystery surrounds unexplained deportation of G8 Brits (19 July 2001)
G8 accused of 'debt fatigue': Tony Blair has turned his back on debt relief (16 July 2001)
Double-decker 'debt buster' bus departs for Genoa Summit (12 July 2001)
WDM says system for calculating debt relief is fundamentally flawed (05 July 2001)
2001 briefing
WDM's response to the 2001 G8 Communique
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