NAPNT - Gary’s Drug War Rantz: Indymedia: As Bono and Geldof praise G8, NGOs say G8 deal is a "betrayal"

NAPNT - Gary’s Drug War Rantz

Welcome to Gary Meyerhoff's Drug War Rantz. I am one of the founding members of the Darwin-based drug law reform and human rights group the Network Against Prohibition (NAP). I'll be using this blog to post my opinions on the myriad of issues that surround the war on drugs from the perspective of someone who is heavily involved in the Australian and the global drug user movements as well as keeping you up to date with some of the horrendous 'war on drugs' news and more...

Saturday, July 09, 2005

Indymedia: As Bono and Geldof praise G8, NGOs say G8 deal is a "betrayal"

Responding to the outcome of the G8 summit World Development Movement (WDM) Head of Policy, Peter Hardstaff said:

The final communiqué is an insult to the hundreds of thousands of campaigners who listened in good faith to the world leaders' claim that they were willing to seriously address poverty in Africa. More importantly it is a disaster for the world's poor. The agreements on trade, debt, aid and climate change are nowhere near sufficient to tackle the global poverty and environmental crisis we face.