G8 தலைமைகள்: கொடையாளிகளா? கொள்ளைக்கார கொலையாளிகளா?

ஆகக்கடைசி அறுபது ஆண்டுகளில் இவர்கள் மனித குலத்திற்கு இழைத்த தீங்குகளைப் பார்க்கப் போகிறீர்களா?

தமிழ்ச் செல்வர்களே, இந்த ''அசைவியக்கத்தில்'' தான் தமிழ் ஈழத்தை சேர்க்கப் போகிறீர்களா?

World Poverty:

Half the world -- nearly three billion people --
live on less than two dollars a day. The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the
poorest 48 nations (i.e. a quarter of the world's countries) is less than the wealth of the
world's three richest people combined. Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn't happen. 51 percent of the world's 100 hundred wealthiest bodies are corporations. The wealthiest nation on Earth has the widest gap between rich and poor of any industrialized nation. The poorer the country, the more likely it is that debt repayments are being extracted
directly from people who neither contracted the loans nor received any of the money. 20% of the population in the developed nations, consume 86% of the worlds goods. The top fifth of the world's people in the richest countries enjoy 82% of the expanding export trade and 68% of foreign direct investment -- the bottom fifth, barely more than 1%. In 1960, the 20% of the world's people in the richest countries had 30 times the income of the poorest 20% -- in 1997, 74 times as much. Number of children in the world 2.2 billion Number in poverty 1 billion (every second child) Shelter, safe water and health For the 1.9 billion children from the developing
world, there are:640 million without adequate shelter (1 in 3) 400 million with no access to safe water (1 in 5) 270 million with no access to health services (1 in 7) Children out of education worldwide 121 million

World Unemployment:

World employment figures (Source: ILO) 160 million workers are unemployed50 million of the unemployed are in the industrialised countries500 million workers are unable to keep their
families above the $1 poverty line460 million new young jobseekers over the next 10 years - 2/3 of them in Asia500 million new jobs needed over the next decade And the number of people without any work at all is rising.

Third World Debt

Original debt of the world’s 52 poorest and most indebted countries: $375 billion
Amount of debt that the G7/8 promised to write off*: $100 billion Amount of debt actuallywritten off so far: $46 billion
Proportion of the debts of the 52 poorest/most
indebted countries written off: 12%
Amount of money the 52 poorest/most indebted countries still have to spend on debt
repayments: over £30 million every day Number of countries eligible for the
international Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative (HIPC): 42 Proportion of bilateral debt that the G7 countries have promised to cancel for the 42
HIPCs**: 100%
Proportion of multilateral debt that the World Bank and International Monetary Fund will
eventually cancel for the 42 HIPCs: 65% (approx)
Total amount of multilateral debt owed by the 42 HIPCs that is NOT eligible for cancellation:
$93 billion Cost to UK of cancelling our ‘share’ of the outstanding multilateral debt owed by the 42 HIPCs: £3 per person per year over 10 years

Aids
2.9 million people died from AIDS in 2003; nearly half a million were children under the age of 15,
4.8 million people were newly infected with HIV in 2003; that's 14,000 a day!
25 million children will be orphans by 2010 because of AIDS
38 million people are currently living with HIV/AIDS
70 million deaths from AIDS are estimated in the next 20 years

Global Warming

To have half a chance of curbing global warming to within safe levels, the world's
greenhouse gas emissions need to fall dramatically to between 30% and 50% of
1990 levels by 2050, a new study suggests.

Child Prostitution

In their report, the investigators estimate the number of children exploited by prostitution is
highest in India with estimates between 400,000 and 575,000; Brazil is second with estimates between 100,000 and 500,000; the US is third with 300,000 children; and in fourth place is Thailand and China with 200,000 children each.With regard to illnesses, worldwide, millions of
children are infected with sexually transmitted diseases, have abortions, attempt suicide and
are raped each year. In parts of southeast Asia, 50% to 90% of children rescued from brothels are infected with HIV.

Source: Global Issues