Bono has told CNN that those who took part in last year's G8 summit must be held to account for their failure to act on the pledges they made at the conference. Not sure exactly what mountaineering has to do with this, but the U2 star commented: "They started to climb an Everest but over the past year they got lost at base camp."
Those remarks follow the release of a report which analyses the recent actions of G8 members when acting on the issues of debt relief and AIDS funding, comparing their actual performance to the promises they have made. The report, put together by the charity DATA, of which Bono is a board member, concludes that the countries have done alright in the area of debt relief and AIDS funding, but that trade is still a huge problem, with present practices leaving poor countries unable to escape from the cycle of poverty.
You can see that study at http://www.thedatareport.org.