farce

G8 leaders reach $60bn Aids deal
Pledge does not go far enough

BBC NEWS
2007/06/08

G8 leaders meeting in Germany have vowed to deliver on pledges to Africa, and agreed a $60bn (£30bn) package for fighting Aids, malaria and TB.

Officials said half of that amount would come from the United States.

On the final day of their summit, they repeated a commitment made at the 2005 Gleneagles summit to double aid for Africa by the end of the decade.

But anti-poverty campaigners expressed disappointment, with Bob Geldof saying the outcome was a "total farce".

The pledge followed a deal to seek "substantial" cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to tackle climate change.