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<div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Slim SLAMA</b> <span dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:Slim.Slama@hcuge.ch">Slim.Slama@hcuge.ch</a></span><br><br> G8 countries decided to set up a senior level working group on<br>
accountability to share best practices for accountability and develop,<br>in cooperation with relevant international organizations, a<br>comprehensive and consistent methodological approach for a G8<br>Accountability Framework, with a particular attention to results. </div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br>Here is a link to the preliminary accountability report:<br><br><a href="http://www.g8italia2009.it/static/G8_Allegato/G8_Preliminary_Accountability_Report_8.7.09,0.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.g8italia2009.it/static/G8_Allegato/G8_Preliminary_Accountability_Report_8.7.09,0.pdf</a><br>
<br>For Global Health (165p.):<br><a href="http://www.g8italia2009.it/static/G8_Allegato/G8_Health_Experts_Report_and_Accountability,0.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.g8italia2009.it/static/G8_Allegato/G8_Health_Experts_Report_and_Accountability,0.pdf</a><br>
<br><br>Consider the concluding remarks made by Richard Horton and Rhona Mc<br>Donald, editors of the Lancet, in 2008 article about the G8 framework of action for Global health:<br><br>"One of the biggest obstacles to progress is the G8 itself. In 2008, it<br>
seems preposterous and unjust to allow the leaders<br>of eight countries that command 65% of the Gross World Product and<br>represent only 13% of the world’s population to assume the mantle of<br>governance about issues that concern the entire world’s economy,<br>
environment, health, and security. The dreadful failure of the 2005 G8<br>Summit in Gleneagles, despite the promises of both Tony Blair and Gordon<br>Brown, and<br>other G8 leaders, to come anywhere near tackling the root causes of<br>
poverty suggests that the allocation of political power to a<br>self-appointed few does not benefit the voiceless many.<br>Although there is much to support in the G8 Toyako Framework for Action<br>on Global Health, including the fact that it has been written by a<br>
respected group of international health experts, delivery will demand a<br>new era of partnership and power sharing with countries. There is no<br>sign yet that any nation is willing to lead such a revisioning of<br>purpose for the world’s institutions. Democracy for health should be the<br>
rally cry for the G8. But power seems too sweet a taste to share."<br><br></div>