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EVENTS IN WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1944 Formation of WTO 1994 Vietnam War 1965-1975 Bandung Conference 1955 Formation of G8 1998 End of gold Standard 1971 Bretton Woods (GATT, WB, IMF) 1944 1945 1950 1960 1970 Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 Formation of G10 1961 FTAA signed 2004 World Economic Crash 1987 1980 World energy Crises 1979 Formation of G7 1976 World energy crises 1973 1990 2000 2005 NAFTA signed 1994 End of Soviet Bloc 1991 Formation of G20 1999 Our shared goal is to help combat the harmful effects on development when national resources and revenues are misused. Chairs report from South Sea Island Summit. 2004 We just completed a very successful summit. The nations of the G8 are united in our desire to help bring stability and democracy to Iraq. George W. Bush after the South Sea Island Summit Finally, we moved forward on our common efforts to make the world not only safer, but better. We launched a new effort to train and equip 75 000 peacekeepers over the next five years to help bring stability and security to troubled regions, with an initial focus on the continent of Africa. George W. Bush after the South Sea Island Summit It is morally right that we extend democracy, cut poverty, remove the causes of conflict and instability and bring the hope of advancement to all nations Tony Blair speech on G8, Sep 2004 US managed to persuade the rest of the countries to support the war in Iraq. After a year of escalating violence, stability and democracy in Iraq are as far away as ever. Meanwhile, corporations such as Haliburton, continue to profit from lucrative reconstruction contracts. Lipservice to morality and justice masks the hegemonic politics of war, control and big business. From the perspective of the G8 countries, harmful effects on development are harmful on their business interests and investments. Their goal is to ensure that national resources are used in a way that is favorable to them. The G8 identified Africa as the region with great development potential. Africa has a wealth of exploitable natural resources and potentially huge market for consumer items. The instability of the region needs to be underpinned by force. Climate Change Can international agreements like Kyoto solve climate change? Climate Change Is nuclear energy the only viable way to tackle climate change? Aid and debt Can doubling world aid and cancelling debt make poverty history? Aid and debt Is it desirable that the global south develops to the level of the global north? Climate Change Failure of international processes Gov commitment to tackling climate change Nuclear lobby in the Labour Gov Road, house and airport building G8 summit: global agreement on science and action Kyoto, carbon trading and carbon commodities Market based solutions to market based problems Market based, nuclear based Outside UN and international agreements Science and spin at the summit G8: A green summit? Managing the facts Debt and Africa Initiative: International Financial Facility Initiative: Commission for Africa Double aid 100% multilateral debt relief Completion of Doha round Boost for AIDS research 17 Commissioners Business-led priorities Really making poverty history? Band Aid 20: displacing attention Worldwide student unrest 1968 Nelson Mandela Released 1990 Popular uprising Argentina 2001 Indymedia Est 1999 1st Reclaim the Anti WTO demos Battle of Cancun 2003 Streets 1994 Seattle 1999 Poll Tax Riots 1990 G8 Demos 1st World Social Battle of Orgreave Birmingham 1998 Forum 2001 UK 1984 Allende Overthrown Chile, 1973 Cuban Revolution 1956 1945 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 Battle of Beanfield UK 1992 2000 2005 Gleneagles 2005??? Solidarity Trade Union, Prague anti WTO Poland 1980 Battle of Twyford protests 2001 Down, 1992 Handsworth, Brixton, Anti G8 protests Toxteth Riots, UK 1985 Genoa 2001 Anti WTO protests Zapatista Uprising 1994 Berlin 1988 June 18th London 1999 Sandanistas in power, Nicaragua 1979-1990