Last week, you brave souls participated in our quiz on ONE’s agenda for the G8 and G20 summits. It’s tough stuff, but you all did great. One stellar participant, Ashley Cappiello, wins a T-shirt for scoring 100 percent! Check out the answers and explanations below to see how you stood up to the challenge. Answers are in bold, with explanations at the end of each question.
Flags flying at last year’s G8 in France. Photo credit: F. de la Mure/ G8
To help you get ready for the G8 and G20, which are just around the corner, we created this big, bad quiz to test your knowledge of ONE’s goals for the two summits. Although the questions look difficult on the surface, all the answers can be easily found in our blog post and policy pitches in the quiz resources section below. If that all seems very daunting, we have a little incentive: Anyone who gets a 100 percent on the test will be added to a raffle for a cool ONE T-shirt.
The Group of 8 (G8) and Group of 20 (G20) grew out of “fireside chats” held in the early 1970s, when a small set of world leaders met informally in the White House library. Though world leaders have met annually since 1975, participants and their priorities continue to evolve. This year, leaders from the G8 will meet in Chicago, Ill. on May 19 and 20. The following month, the G20 countries will gather in Los Cabos, Mexico on June 18 and 19.
Last weekend, the ball started rolling toward this year’s Summits as foreign ministers from the G20 met in Los Cabos to brainstorm. Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa, host of the meeting, hoped the meetings would lead to progress on issues such as eradicating famine and illiteracy, promoting green growth and sustainable development, and enhancing the rule of law. The meeting of the foreign ministers is an indication that the G20 may take on broader global development issues, as participation is historically limited to finance ministers. And word has it that Secretary of State Hilary Clinton met with Mexican president Felipe Calderón to discuss food security.
Sara Kianpour from our ONE France office reports live from the G8 in Deauville.
The G8 Summit ended yesterday and here’s a quick summary of what we learned:
For the first time, freedom and democracy are headlining and ONE welcomes them. However, we are concerned that the final statements are primarily statements of good intent.
We would like first to refresh the G8′s memory regarding the $14 billion to help sub-Saharan Africa that is still missing compared to the G8′s promises in 2005.
Sara Kianpour from our ONE France office reports live from the G8 in Deauville.
The Final Deauville Declaration has been made public. It is full of good intentions. Great. However, you must read between the lines to find (or not) concrete commitments, particularly on immunization, from the G8.
At ONE, we wonder if all these good intentions will change the face of the world?
Even if the G8 have expressed support for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) and called for its funding, there are no firm commitments regarding the amounts to be allocated by rich countries.
It’s really time for world leaders to take concrete action. Otherwise, children under 5 years will continue to lose their lives due to preventable diseases such as diarrhea and pneumonia, 2 of the biggest killers of children around the world.
Sara Kianpour from our ONE France office reports live from the G8 in Paris.
During two days, the French capital was the world capital of the Internet. The e-G8 gathered the web elite –- from Google’s Eric Schmidt to Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to Rupert Murdoch — in the Tuileries Park. Their objective? Discuss the web economy and changes happening.
For the first time, a discussion about the Internet has been put on the agenda before the G8 in Deauville that starts today.
At first, ONE welcomed the concept of such a meeting. We have all been witnessing the key role that the Internet played, in particular during the recent Arab revolutions. The web is an effective means to enforce rule of law, to increase transparency and to end poverty.
Sara Kianpour from our ONE France office reports live from the G8 in Deauville.
The first elements of the final communique were revealed in the press. The Arab spring and democracy in North Africa placed high on the agenda. At ONE, we are delighted. However, we believe it is essential that the G8 efforts affect the whole continent, particularly sub-Saharan Africa.
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The Final Deauville Declaration has been made public. It is full of good intentions. Great. However, you must read between the lines to find (or not) concrete commitments, particularly on immunization, from the G8.
During two days, the French capital was the world capital of the Internet. The 
