WaterAid at the G8 2009

WaterAid has been lobbying Gordon Brown to be a sanitation champion at this year's G8 summit, where the leaders of the world's eight richest countries meet to discuss matters of international importance – including international development.

At last year's Hokkaido Summit, the G8 agreed to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goal targets on water and sanitation. However, it now seems likely that the G8 leaders will not deliver.

WaterAid is calling on the G8 leaders to recognise the importance of water and sanitation and support a Global Framework for Action that will bring the same level of concerted international action as seen in health and education.

G8 micro-blog

Find out about WaterAid's take on events throughout the summit by following our live micro blog, updated through Twitter.