Every month, more than 150,000 children die from malaria alone. Each year, AIDS kills 3 million worldwide, a number equal to 10 times the tsunami toll.

President Bush, Chancellor Schroeder and their G8 colleagues will meet in Edinburgh from July 6-8, 2005. The Make Poverty History campaign demands not only more debt relief than the G8 finance ministers have promised, but also more and better aid as well as trade justice. The Guardian describes how cultural advice from financial guru Warren Buffett helped Bono to enliste support for this campaign in the US.

A Foreign Policy article by President Bush's deputy assistant secretary of the treasury from 2000 to 2002, describes how US trade barriers hurt poor countries more than the US aid helps them, how aid played a key role in development in the past and why US security would benefit from alleviating poverty. Following are abstracts of both articles.

According to UNICEF, "around 29,000 under-fives die every day from causes that are easily prevented, such as diarrhoeal dehydration, acute respiratory infections, measles and malaria."

The international campaign "Make Poverty History" calls on the G8 to deliver a historic deal for the world's poorest people at their Africa Summit in Edinburgh from July 6-8, 2005. The G8 is a cornerstone of the transatlantic alliance since it consists of eight of the most powerful European and North American countries (as well as Japan). At their annual summits the Heads of Government of this small and mighty group discuss global economic issues and set an international agenda.

As host of this year's summit Tony Blair decided to put the focus on Africa:

In 2000, the international community set itself eight goals to achieve by 2015. The UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) include targets on eradicating extreme poverty, combating HIV and AIDS and malaria, and ensuring that every child receives primary education. The UN Millennium Review Summit in 2005 will consider progress towards the MDGs. We already know that we need to do much more if we are to meet the MDGs in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is one of the reasons why UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that Africa will be a priority of the G8 Summit in Gleneagles.

The Atlantic Review believes that the G8 leaders need to be pressured to intensify the war on poverty. The international "Make Poverty History" aka "white band" campaign explains how you can help and how this ambitious goal can be achieved and financed. Visit the German, US, or international homepage.