First and foremost, G-8 leaders should know that some of our developing countries presidents like mine are not willing to achieve these goals because they have a saying that a rich person cannot be ruled.

Without democracy nothing will be achieved. A leader stays in power for over 20years everytime he piles up money to buy votes, weapons,will never think about his suffering community in order to achieve the MDGs but if there is democracy, two term limits you go them another one comes in does his term he fails he is ousted by vote, there would be some competition in working for the country’s people. All what is in the MDGs are all people would be with and entitled too but African leaders are only interested in satisfying themselves, their families, friends and maybe wellwishers.

The G-8 leaders should talk about their countries’ envoys to the developing countries. Maybe I am mistake on their roles but I hope what the ambassadors see in these countries are not presented to whom they report to. Some of those conieve with these LDCs’ presidents and they report only good activities. I remember CHOGM lobbying time we would not qualify but the then high commissioner played an important role for its success but up to now I have not seen any benefit for the CHOGM hosting except the huge sums of money which went in the hands of the few families. The billions of shillings which was used if instead used to build good schools, hospitals and buying medicine the MDGs would have achived somehow in Uganda.

The G-8 leaders should help us tell our countries’ leaders to reduce on the luxurious lifestyle to save the tax payers’ money and the foreign aid. For instance, because the govt can put medine and required equipments in hospital if a big govermnent official fell sick he or she is flown to those G-8 hospitals, the G-8 countries cant be and say that this patient is from Africa lets waive his medical bill. The aid they gave us again ends up going back to them without doing what it was meant to be done down to my local village and the local people will never get any chance to smell it, hear of it because he or does not read newspapers nor listen to the radio.

There are quite many limitation for achieving the MDGs and I assure you that the even 2015 is a very short period to achieve.

Sempa Nelson
Kayunga Community Devt Foundation
P.O. Box 28803
Kampala Uganda
+256 701 845028

During the late 1900s, there have been a number of New Health Care providers; ones who educate their patients in order to empower their participation in wellbeing. Such has been my own late educational background. At this time, my application is under consideration by www.TED.org to travel to India in late 2009. It is my hope to begin to create an educational wave of people who become more interested in self-care rather than expecting someone else to be in charge of their body’s physical health needs. Currently, my small company is preparing to provide six acupuncturist with significant training and experience to the Veteran Affairs in the USA for the purpose of pain managment. Over the years of health care services, it has been demonstrated that acupuncture treamtents may have lasting effects to pain and suffering (See the World Health Organization; www.WHO.int). This is only a tip or the iceburg. Acupuncture, the adjunctive Herbal Formulary and Nutritional Healing Principles (ie Food Physics & Body Dynamics tm.), have been used to treat most chronic diseases, malnutrition, food borne illness, cancer symptoms, the common cold, influenza and so much more. Let us begin to incorporate this viable and valuable form of health care and the thousands of trained providers in the USA and beyond to develop a more sound economic structure. L Dawson, Dipl.Ac.,L.Ac., (aka AcuNutriDoc@live.com)

I am Benjamin Tarnue , From the National Coalition of Civil Society organizations of Liberia (NACCSOL). I want extend my thanks and appreciation to the Italian Government for hosting meeting.

I am urging the G-8 leaders to be commitment to whatsoever that will be discuss in the interest of the under developing countries known as poor countries in the world.

Lastly, I also want them to announce transparent and predictable timeable for the delivery of aid committed at Gleneagles in 2005. Bravo ! Bravo !! to colleagues who adding coments and suggestions to G-8 meeting.

Signed:
Ben

“Governments might have no option but to cut expenditure which the poor need to survive” Lines four of UN Millennium Campaign Newsletter.

Cutting down expenditure! On arms, yes I accept. But on the economic and socio-cultural infrastructures of these poor countries, i don’t. Rather i think expenditures have to be increased in these sectors if the poor need to survive.

Let’s not blindfold our eyes of the realities. There are two major factors holding us (the poor countries) down. One originates from the international community and the other from the poor countries themselves.

Let me start with the second:
1. Leadership: Greed, egoism, love of power is a common characteristic of African leaders. All of these factors cited above hinders the passion to lead. And leadership without passion is like a Priest without Christ in him.
2. African Mentality:

I’d like the leaders to support local far sighted restoration economies and the global restoration economy, and focus on walking the talk and first of all understand that there is content in the words they use and it needs to be applied to meet the needs of all the people living on this planet.

Monika Dziegielewska-Geitz
SLC Consulting
ul. Nastrojowa 22/10
91-496 Lodz, Poland

Indeed it should be understood that a promise is debt and all the developed countries’ leaders should clearly know is that they owe the poor countries and their people a lot before the even start to contemplate a cut on aid due to the financial crisis which purely a problem created not by they poor the rich countries are now forcing to die in the deep waters of poverty.

I would like the G8 leaders to fully address and commit both the means and the goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by the year 2050, and to address the need to form an actionable plan relating to poor people’s forced adaptation to climate change. The language needs to start incorporating more talk about adaptation to climate change, on behalf of the poor, rather than rich people’s aims (and thus far, they’re only aims, and not concerted political efforts) at mitigation of emissions.

I’d like the G8 to honour thier promises to the poorest countries and to behave justly.

All odious and illegitimate debts should be immediately cancelled where it will help the poor, and other debt relief should be sped up without damaging conditionalities that serve to profit the rich and do nothing for the poor.

Substantial reform of the governance and policies of the IMF and World Bank is required, including a move away from Washington where they are too undemocratic and close to the US administration.

Tax havens should be abolished and all companies forced to pay a fair amount of tax and in the resource providing and poorest countries where it is properly due.