The G8 Communique has been published (PDF) and Make Poverty History has issued its response: critical but supportive. The World Development Movement response is considerably angrier. Friends of the Earth described it as "talk no action". Paragraph 31 is being welcomed as a move away from aid conditionality. Free healthcare (paragraph 17) is also being seen as a concession by the USA...
I have been told that some of the mainstream NGOs are furious with Bob Geldof after he criticised the Global Call to Action leaders over their critical assessment of the deal. "We were measured, Tony Blair was measured - only Geldof is hyping this deal," says the NGO source.
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