The Summit in L'Aquila Winds Up With the Chair's Summary
10/07/2009
The 2009 G8 Summit has now drawn to a close with a news conference by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who illustrated the contents of the Chair's Summary. The Summit has been held in the city of L'Aquila "as a mark of solidarity with the people of Abruzzo, so badly hit by the earthquake on 6 April, and with everyone else in the world who is suffering as a result of a natural disaster".
The document states that the G8 leaders "debated the interlinked challenges of the economic crisis, poverty, climate change and international political issues", subscribing to a common vision for an "open, innovative, sustainable and fair" global economy.
Seven documents have been approved in the course of the three-day event: the G8 Declaration on "Responsible Leadership for a Sustainable Future", the G8 Declaration Against Terrorism, the G8 L'Aquila Declaration on Non-Proliferation, the joint Declaration on "Promoting the Global Agenda", the Major Economies Forum Declaration on energy and the climate, the G8-Africa Declaration on "A Strengthened G8-Africa Partnership on Water and Basic Sanitary Conditions" and the joint Declaration on Global Food Security known as the "L’Aquila Food Security Initiative" (AFSI).
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