Very important and well made point... One of the things which depressed me most about what happened last week was that it did so much damage to the momentum of the Make Poverty History campaign. Having said that, I thought it admirable that Blair - for all his faults - insisted that the summit continue with it's original agenda with the result that real and genuine progress was made on the Africa issue... The danger is that because the media agenda has been diverted from that issue, leaders (and the public) may now regard the Africa issue as somehow 'dealt with'...
Incidentally, you'll I'm sure be aware that there were a number of other tragic events in recent days which also have received virtually no attention across the world. A train crash in Pakistan killed 120 people... and something like 60 Iraqis have been killed in a number of attacks - including over 20 children yesterday.... 'Today we are all Iraqis'? Can't see it somehow...
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Date: 2005-07-14 01:24 pm (UTC)Incidentally, you'll I'm sure be aware that there were a number of other tragic events in recent days which also have received virtually no attention across the world. A train crash in Pakistan killed 120 people... and something like 60 Iraqis have been killed in a number of attacks - including over 20 children yesterday.... 'Today we are all Iraqis'? Can't see it somehow...