[WSIS CS-Plenary] UK Govt: Hold us to account on African poverty

[Adam Peake]

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5080707-110366,00.html

Hold us to account on African poverty, Brown tells aid agencies

Larry Elliott, economics editor
Wednesday December 8, 2004

The Guardian
Gordon Brown will today urge aid agencies to hold ministers fully to 
account for progress made in writing off African debt, tackling 
disease and breaking down trade barriers.

Describing the next 12 months as "a make or break year for 
development", the chancellor will say that Britain is prepared to be 
judged on how it uses its c of the G8 industrial nations to tackle 
poverty in the world's poorest continent.

"The task for government now is to replace talk by action, 
initiatives by results, and rise to the challenge, pledging to strive 
for urgent progress both on the priorities of finance and development 
and trade,"


rest at URL above.


UK is not just holding the G8 presidency this year, it will also hold 
the EU presidency during the Tunis Summit.

thanks,

Adam