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In a passionate defence of his stance, he said: "I think what people back home think about these summits is that a bunch of people in suits get together, make some promises, particularly to the world's poorest; then they go in and have a big lunch, and forget about the promises. I am not prepared to do that. These are things that matter."
He recalled that he had thought it right that the world's politicians at the G8 summit in 2005 made public pledges to help the world's poorest. But he pointed out that they failed to match those promises of a $50bn (£30bn) increase in aid, falling short by $19bn in real terms, a point he had insisted was in the communique.
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His officials said that twice in private G8 sessions he raised the inability of world leaders to match their promises; the chief culprits are Germany and Italy.
He went on: "If we are going to get across to the poorest people in the world that we care about their plight, and we want them to join one world with the rest of us, then we have got to make promises and keep promises. Of course it is difficult when we are having to make difficult decisions at home, but I don't think 0.7% of our gross national income is too high a price to pay for trying to save lives."
He then directly addressed Daily Mail readers: "If you are not convinced it is right to vaccinate children against diarrhoea, to try and stop preventable diseases, and to try and save mothers in childbirth, if that does not do it for you, what about this argument?