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Adopted by G8 leaders on July 23, 2000

Preamble

Toward a 21st century of greater prosperity

World Economy

Information and Communications Technology (IT)

Development

Push forward the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt initiative;

Provide significantly improved access to our markets;

Strengthen the effectiveness of our official development assistance (ODA);

Implement an ambitious plan on infectious diseases, notably HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis (TB);

Follow up vigorously the conclusions of the recent Dakar Conference on Education by ensuring that additional resources are made available for basic education;

Address the widening digital divide;

Implement measures to prevent conflict, including by addressing the issue of illicit trade in diamonds.

Debt

Health

Reduce the number of HIV/AIDS-infected young people by 25% by 2010 (UN Secretary-General Report to the General Assembly on 27/3/2000);

Reduce TB deaths and prevalence of the disease by 50% by 2010 (WHO Stop TB Initiative);

Reduce the burden of disease associated with malaria by 50% by 2010 (WHO Roll Back Malaria).

Mobilising additional resources ourselves, and calling on the MDBs to expand their own assistance to the maximum extent possible;

Giving priority to the development of equitable and effective health systems, expanded immunisation, nutrition and micro-nutrients and the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases;

Promoting political leadership through enhanced high-level dialogue designed to raise public awareness in the affected countries;

Committing to support innovative partnerships, including with the NGOs, the private sector and multilateral organisations;

Working to make existing cost-effective interventions, including key drugs, vaccines, treatments and preventive measures more universally available and affordable in developing countries;

Addressing the complex issue of access to medicines in developing countries, and assessing obstacles being faced by developing countries in that regard;

Strengthening co-operation in the area of basic research and development on new drugs, vaccines and other international public health goods.

Education

Trade

Cultural Diversity

Toward a 21st century of deeper peace of mind

Crime and Drugs

Combat the illicit diversion of precursor chemicals for the production of illegal drugs;

Address the growing new threat from amphetamines and other synthetic drugs, and will convene an ad hoc meeting of drugs experts by the end of this year;

Accelerate the pace of work on asset confiscation;

Examine, by means of an international conference hosted by the United Kingdom, the global economy of illegal drugs.

Ageing

Make further efforts to remove inappropriate disincentives for people below retirement age to stay in the labour market;

Counter age prejudice in employment;

Encourage life-long learning so that people can remain active through the accelerating transition toward an information society;

Pursue healthy ageing policies that permit a continued high quality of life;

Seek to increase relevant cross-national research, including comparable longitudinal surveys;

Engage with the private sector and civil society in promoting older people's participation in community and volunteer activities.

Life Science

Biotechnology/Food Safety

Human Genome

Environment

Nuclear Safety

Toward a 21st century of greater world stability

Conflict Prevention

Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Arms Control

Terrorism

Next Summit

We have accepted the invitation of the Prime Minister of Italy to meet in Genoa next year. To enhance communications in the meantime, we have agreed to establish an e-mail network among ourselves.