The World Vision is again taking action to remind the G8 to keep its promise in helping fight HIV and AIDS.
This call to action is outlined in World Vision's "Keep Your Promises on Global AIDS, Act Now" policy briefing calling on the G8 to make good their promises in making treatment, care and prevention of HIV/AIDS accessible to millions by the Year 2010. Release of this policy briefing is an initial step of World Vision and other non-government organizaitons to influence the outcome of the 2007 G8 meeting, in Heiligendamm, Germany, on June 6-8.
What is the G8?
The G8, or "group of eight," represents the most powerful governments in the world — France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, Russia, and the United States. The G8 leaders meet annually to discuss major global issues and make plans and commitments to address them. In 2005, at the urging of World Vision and other ONE Campaign members, G8 leaders meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland, made a historic commitment to help end extreme global poverty.
The Gleneagles commitment was the greatest increase in the rich world’s commitments to the poor since the end of the Second World War. If fully implemented, the commitments made at Gleneagles will save the lives of some 12,000 children a day.
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