Africa: Front-Line UN Agencies Welcome G8 Summit's Commitment to Africa

11 July 2005

United Nations agencies on the front line of the battle against hunger, disease and poverty in Africa have hailed last week's G8 summit agreement to double overall aid to the continent as an unprecedented commitment, but regretted that there had not been more progress in levelling the playing field in agricultural trade.

Following on Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement on Friday which welcomed the "very good news" but also cautioned that it was "only a beginning," the head of the UN health agency said the "unprecedented commitment" to health had the potential to forever change the lives of millions of people in Africa.

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