2011 G20 Cannes summit

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G20 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy
Sommet du G20 2011
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Host countryFrance
Date3–4 November 2011
MottoBuilding our Common Future: Renewed Collective Action for the Benefit of All
Venue(s) Palais des Festivals
Cannes, France
Participants G20
Invited Guests: Ethiopia, Singapore, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Equatorial Guinea
Invited Organizations: AU, NEPAD, CCASG
Follows 2010 G20 Seoul summit
Precedes 2012 G20 Los Cabos summit
Websiteg20.org

The 2011 G20 Cannes Summit was the sixth meeting of the G20 heads of government/heads of state in a series of on-going discussions about financial markets and the world economy. [1]

Contents

The G20 forum is the avenue for the G20 economies to discuss, plan and monitor international economic cooperation. [2] While the summit achieved little progress on resolving the Eurozone crisis and providing concrete measures to addressing global financial imbalances, [3] [4] it did produce some tangible results, including the adoption of the Cannes Action Plan for Growth and Jobs, the launch of the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) and the endorsement of an Action Plan on Food Price Volatility and Agriculture.

Priorities

France put agriculture and food security at the heart of the G20 priorities. [5] Around this broad theme, it divided the priorities of the Summit into six areas:

  1. Reform the International Monetary System.
  2. Strengthen financial regulation, especially in non-banking financial institutions as well as regulation concerning financial market integrity and transparency.
  3. Reduce excessive commodity price volatility and enhance food security.
  4. Support employment and strengthen the social dimension of globalization.
  5. Fight corruption, for example by ensuring that the Anti-Corruption Action Plan adopted in the 2010 G20 Seoul summit will produce concrete results and real progress starting in 2011.
  6. Support infrastructure development and enhance food security in the most vulnerable countries.

Outcomes

The Summit took place in the aftermath of the 2007-08 financial crisis and in the midst of the evolving Eurozone crisis. Against this background, the outcomes of the Summit can be considered as insufficient in providing clear solutions for restoring and strengthening the global economy.

However, the Summit did result in a number of initiatives, most notably in the area of agriculture and food security. Especially the launch of the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) and the endorsement of an Action Plan on Food Price Volatility and Agriculture are tangible steps to addressing the world agriculture and food challenge. The G20 Summit also tasked the GEO Global Agricultural Monitoring (GEOGLAM) initiative to produce and disseminate improved forecasts of agricultural production through the use of earth observations.

Attendance

Leaders of the G20 countries present at the Cannes summit. G20 - Cumbre de Cannes - 20111103.jpg
Leaders of the G20 countries present at the Cannes summit.
Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes Barack Obama to the G20 meeting in Cannes, France, on 3 November. G20 Cannes 2011.jpg
Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes Barack Obama to the G20 meeting in Cannes, France, on 3 November.

Attendance at the Cannes summit included leaders and representatives of the core members of the G20, [6] which comprises 19 countries and the European Union which is represented by its two governing bodies, the European Council and the European Commission. [7] Representatives of other nations and regional organizations were also invited to take part in the summit.

StateRepresented byTitle
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina [8] Cristina Fernández de Kirchner President
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia [9] Julia Gillard Prime Minister
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil [10] Dilma Rousseff President
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada [11] Stephen Harper Prime Minister
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China [12] Hu Jintao President
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France [13] Nicolas Sarkozy President
Flag of Germany.svg Germany [14] Angela Merkel Chancellor
Flag of India.svg India [15] Manmohan Singh Prime Minister
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia [16] Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono President and the chair of ASEAN
Flag of Italy.svg Italy [17] Silvio Berlusconi Prime Minister
Flag of Japan.svg Japan [18] Yoshihiko Noda Prime Minister
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico [19] Felipe Calderón President
Flag of Russia.svg Russia [20] Dmitry Medvedev President
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia [21] Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf [ citation needed ] Minister of Finance
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa [22] Jacob Zuma President
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea [23] Lee Myung-bak President
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey [24] Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Prime Minister
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom [25] David Cameron Prime Minister
Flag of the United States.svg United States [26] Barack Obama President
Flag of Europe.svg European Commission [27] José Manuel Barroso
-- projected co-leader of delegation		 President
European Council [27] Herman Van Rompuy President
Invited states
StateRepresented byTitle
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea [28] Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
-- projected leader of delegation		 President
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia [28] Meles Zenawi
-- projected leader of delegation		 Prime Minister
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore [28] Lee Hsien Loong
-- projected leader of delegation		 Prime Minister
Flag of Spain.svg Spain [28] José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
-- projected leader of delegation		 Prime Minister
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates [28] Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan Minister of Foreign Affairs
International organisations
OrganisationRepresented byTitle
African Union [28] Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Chairman
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision [29] Nout Wellink
-- projected leader of delegation		Chairman
CCASG [28] Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan
-- projected leader of delegation
European Central Bank [29] Mario Draghi [ citation needed ] President
Financial Stability Board [29] Mark Carney [ citation needed ]Chairman
Global Governance Group (3-G) [30] Sellapan Ramanathan
-- projected leader of delegation
International Labour Organization [31] Juan Somavía
-- projected leader of delegation		Director-General
International Monetary Fund [29] Christine Lagarde [32] /Managing Director
NEPAD [28] Armando Guebuza [33]
-- projected leader of delegation
OECD [31] José Ángel Gurría
-- projected leader of delegation		Secretary-General
Flag of the United Nations.svg United Nations [31] Ban Ki-moon Secretary General
World Bank Group [29] Robert Zoellick
-- projected leader of delegation		President
World Trade Organization [31] Pascal Lamy
-- projected leader of delegation		Director-General

Protests

At the summit protesters donned Robin Hood caps and demanded a tax on international financial transactions in order to provide aid to poor countries instead of catering to banking and other financial institutions. [34] They also chanted slogans in opposition to "corporate greed" and supported a counter-G20 summit, "People First, Not Finance", organised by labour unions and NGOs such as Greenpeace and Oxfam. Though police reported 5,500 were part of the protests, the organisers estimated the number of protesters at 12,000. The riot police and helicopters limited the scope of the protests to a neighbourhood in the east of Nice, which was to host the alternative summit as well as the protests. Both Cannes and Nice also tightened security, with 12,000 police personnel being deployed. [35]

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