1.
APEC Japan 2010 Economic Leaders’ Meeting
2.
Prime Minister Kan’s Visit to the G20 Seoul Summit
3.
The First Meeting of States Parties to the
Convention on Cluster Munitions
4.
The Aichi-Nagoya Ministerial Meeting of the REDD+
Partnership
5.
COP10 to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
6.
ASEAN related Summit Meetings
7.
The PALM Ministerial Interim Meeting
8.
The Eighth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 8)
9.
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) |
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JICC
Newsletter
No.1, January 2011 |
2. Prime
Minister Kan’s Visit to the G20 Seoul Summit
Prime Minister Kan’s Visit to the G20 Seoul Summit: Leaders Agree to
Enhance International Cooperation for Sustainable Growth of the
World Economy
G20 Leaders convened a meeting in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, on
November 11-12. The Leaders held frank discussions on how to ensure
their cooperation to achieve sustainable growth of the global
economy as imminent threats from the global financial and economic
crisis ebbed. It was important that Leaders agreed to further
strengthen economic policy coordination at the G20 toward the next
meeting in France, 2011. This proved G20’s importance as a forum for
international economic cooperation.
In
particular, G20 Leaders established the Seoul Action Plan to achieve
strong, sustainable and balanced growth, confirming their continuous
efforts in areas such as monetary and exchange rate policies, trade
and development policies, fiscal policies, financial reforms, and
structural reforms. Leaders also agreed that “indicative guidelines”
to assess large imbalances would be discussed under the French
Presidency next year.
In Seoul, the G20 took up the issue of development
for the first time and had a fruitful discussion. Prime Minister
Kan, citing Japan’s post-war experiences, emphasized the importance
of good governance and infrastructure development as a foundation
for sustainable development, and of sharing the knowledge and
experiences that G20 members have accumulated as donors and
recipients. He expressed Japan’s intention, both in public and
private sectors, to further contribute to development with its
advanced technologies and experiences. Prime Minister Kan called for
emerging countries to make further efforts toward an early
conclusion of the WTO Doha Development Agenda based on the progress
made. The prime minister introduced the Basic Policy on
Comprehensive Economic Partnerships announced just prior to the G20
and APEC, and expressed his determination to continue to actively
engage in various trade negotiations, including the WTO.
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