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Despite the grand words, this G7 falls devastatingly short on vaccines | Gordon Brown

The summit was a golden opportunity to avoid countless deaths. History will judge the rich world’s failure harshly

The history of international summits is a tale of missed opportunities. When the US and Europe met in Evian in 1938, with the evidence of Nazi antisemitism stunningly clear and the risk of a looming holocaust all too real, they turned their backs on the truth.

In 1990, as the cold war ended, Germany focused on German unification, France on European unification and the US on holding Nato together – and summit after summit lost sight of the even bigger prize, to unite the world by integrating Russia into the international community.

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