Medicins Patent Pool, an NGO dedicated to improving access to essential medications for those affected by HIV/AIDS, was thrilled to have its work recognized in the communique, which had the following statement: “we welcome the Patent Pool Initiative launched by UNITAID in order to facilitate production of affordable generic medicines well-adapted for use in resource-poor [...]
World Vision’s review of the Deauville communique was far from glowing. Echoing the observations of many other civil society groups, World Vision criticized the G8 for failing to make progress at previous summit commitments on development, such as the L’Aquila Food Security Initiative created in 2009. The failure to move forward on food security is [...]
Though Transparency International welcomed the G8′s commitment to fight against corruption in Arab Spring nations, they made it clear that rhetoric without action is unacceptable. Specifically, there must be concrete action to recover stolen assets and further efforts to ensure such the flight of such assets in the future. Further criticism focused on the lack [...]
The Sherpa has released their assessment of civil society’s response to the 2011 Deauville Summit. Not surprisingly, they characterized the NGOs as experiencing “mostly disappointment.” Criticisms emanated largely from the “fudging” of numbers in the Deauville Accountability Report’s assessment of the Gleneagles commitments on development aid and the L’Aquila Food Security Initiative. Overall, groups were [...]
French HIV/AIDS groups staged an elaborate protest in the G8 International Media Center to highlight the lack of progress by the G8 to deliver on HIV/AIDS pledges. AIDES France, the group responsible for the protests presented their character Miss Promises, which symbolizes the G8’s lack of resources to meet with HIV/AIDS pledges. Civil Society Analysts [...]
