§ Lord Juddasked Her Majesty's Government:
With particular reference to NePAD (the New Partnership for Africa's Development), what their 31WA specific objectives are at the G8 Summit with reference to each of the following (a) the battle against AIDS; (b) the elimination of polio; and (c) the rights and welfare of children. [HL3110]
§ The Secretary of State for International Development (Baroness Amos)The G8 Summit took place between 1 and 3 June in Evian. One area of discussion was progress on the G8 Africa Action Plan, which sets out G8 countries' support for NePAD.
In global terms, the fight against AIDS was taken forward in two ways: on undertaking by the G8 to resolve the outstanding issues in the negotiations on intellectual property rights and public health before the World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference in September and increased funding for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (the UK announced a further 80 million dollars for 2006–08), along with a call to improve its effectiveness.
Similarly, at a global level, the G8 renewed their commitment to eradicating polio.
The issues of the rights and welfare of children were not specifically discussed at Evian.