2006 St. Petersburg
G8 Summit 2006
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President Bush's Trip to Germany and G-8 2006, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 12-15, 2006
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18 July 2006 Rice Calls for Lebanon-Israel Cease-Fire when Conditions Permit With ongoing attacks between the Israeli military and Lebanon-based militant group Hizballah intensifying, Bush administration officials said action by three parties – Iran, Syria and Hizballah – is key to resolving the crisis.
17 July 2006 Bush Praises G8 Statement on Middle East for Addressing Terror President Bush welcomed the statement by Group of Eight leaders concerning the violence in the Middle East, saying he is pleased that he and his counterparts from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the UK came together in a statement to "condemn violence," and "honor innocent life."
16 July 2006 Summit To Focus on Role of Private Enterprise in Africa's Growth A summit focusing on the role that private enterprise can play and is playing to enhance Africa's long-term economic growth and development is expected to attract dignitaries from more than 30 countries -- including roughly 15 heads of state from Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean -- as well as Africanists and Africans from all parts of the Diaspora.
15 July 2006 Energy Security, Middle East Expected to Top G-8 Agenda The summit of the Group of Eight leading industrialized countries convenes July 15 at the Konstantinovski Palace in Strelnya, 15 kilometers southwest of St. Petersburg, before concluding July 17. The summit’s agenda, which has been set by its Russian hosts, will focus on international energy security, efforts to combat infectious diseases, and education. Other G8 members have also expressed an interest in discussing trade, security, counterterrorism, nonproliferation, African development, and intellectual property rights.
2005 Gleneagles
08 July 2005 G8 Urges Speedier Reforms in Broader Middle East, North Africa
08 July 2005 G8 Congratulates African Union on Work in Darfur
08 July 2005 G8 Countries Cooperate on Secure International Travel Initiative
08 July 2005 G8 Offers Action Plan for Cleaner, More Efficient Energy
08 July 2005 G8 Leaders Highlight Concerns of Terrorism, Weapons Proliferation
08 July 2005 G8 Statement Urges Countries To Open Up Energy Investment
08 July 2005 G8 Vows To Increase Fight Against Intellectual Property Theft
08 July 2005 G8 Summit Ends with Commitment To Complete World Trade Talks
08 July 2005 G8 Supports Development of Warning Systems for Natural Hazards
08 July 2005 G8 Supports Comprehensive Resolution of Middle East Conflict
08 July 2005 G8 Issues Statement Supporting Iraq's Transition
08 July 2005 White House Fact Sheet: United States and G8 Renew Strong Commitment to Africa
08 July 2005 White House Fact Sheet: Accomplishments at the G-8 Summit
08 July 2005 White House Fact Sheet: Action on Climate Change, Energy and Sustainable Development
07 July 2005 Press Briefing by Deputy National Security Advisor Faryar Shirzad on the G8 Meetings
07 July 2005 President Offers Condolences to People of London, Will Not Yield to Terrorists
07 July 2005 President and Prime Minister Blair Discuss Africa, Trade, Climate Change
06 July 2005 G8 Leaders To Focus on Economy, Climate Change, Africa Bush urging environmentally friendly technology to help development
06 July 2005 Bush in Denmark Outlines Policies on Climate Change, African Aid In Denmark en route to the Group of Eight (G8) Summit, President Bush offered his ideas about two of the top issues on the summit agenda – aid to Africa and climate change -- urging that Africa be held to standards of good governance, and calling for new technologies to prevent global warming in the "post-Kyoto era."
03 July 2005 Bush Tells Journalists He Looks Forward to G8 Summit President Bush says he is looking forward to the upcoming Group of Eight (G8) summit at Gleneagles, Scotland July 6-8 and engaging the "good, personal relationship" he has with his counterparts from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United Kingdom.
01 July 2005 Rice Urges Parliamentarians To Think Boldly, Globally Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a group of parliamentarians from all over Europe and North America July 1 to think "boldly" about how they can work "for democracy, prosperity and peace in other parts of the world where freedom is still denied."
30 June 2005 U.S. Seeks To Expand Partnerships with African Nations, Bush Says Interview with the Times of London covers G8 summit, Africa, climate, Mideast. President Bush told the Times of London June 29 that the United States is looking to pledge more aid and expand partnerships with African nations willing to make reforms.
30 June 2005 Bush Announces $55 Million for Women's Empowerment in Africa President Bush, having previously stated that "women and children should never be exploited for pleasure or greed, anywhere on earth," on June 30 announced a new program intended to provide approximately $55 million to support women's justice and empowerment in Africa.
30 June 2005 President Announces $400 Million for Africa Education Initiative President Bush announced June 30 that the Africa Education Initiative, a continuing program administered by the U.S. Agency for International Development, will receive $400 million in funding from 2006 to 2010 in order to extend quality and accessibility of basic education for millions of children in sub-Saharan Africa.
30 June 2005 Bush Proposes New African Anti-Poverty Initiatives for G8 On the eve of the Group of Eight (G8) Summit, where Africa is slated to be a major focus, President Bush has reaffirmed the commitment of the United States to partner with African countries to respond to their economic, political and health challenges.
30 June 2005 United States Sees G8 Summit as Opportunity To Recommit to Africa The Bush administration sees the upcoming Group of Eight (G8) summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, as an opportunity for the world’s leading industrialized nations to recommit themselves to Africa, according to President Bush’s national security advisor, Stephen Hadley.
30 June 2005 Remarks by the President on the G8 Summit "We seek progress in Africa and throughout the developing world because our interests are directly at stake. September the 11th, 2001, Americans found that instability and lawlessness in a distant country can bring danger to our own."
29 June 2005 Focus on Africa Reforms, not More Foreign Aid Dollars, Snow Says Some advocates of more foreign aid to Africa put too much emphasis on the level of spending and too little on the need by Africans to implement democratic and economic reforms, Secretary of the Treasury John Snow says.
27 June 2005 U.S. Aid to Africa Hits Record Levels Geldof, Bono praise Bush before Group of Eight Summit in Scotland
13 June 2005 Rice Will Travel to Middle East, to Iraq Conference in Belgium Secretary of state also will attend preparatory meeting in London for G8 summit
11 June 2005 G8 Finance Ministers Agree to Cancel Debt for 18 Nations The Group of Eight finance ministers have agreed to a proposal canceling 100 percent of debt obligations owed to the World Bank, African Development Bank, and International Monetary Fund (IMF) by 18 countries, says Treasury Secretary John Snow.
08 June 2005 Development Aid Expected To Be Focus of Group of Eight Meeting Development will be a key focus of discussion for finance ministers of the Group of Eight countries meeting in London, a senior Treasury Department official says.
07 June 2005 Bush, Blair Hope To Eliminate African Debt President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have announced they are working on a plan to eliminate 100 percent of the debt of African nations who are undertaking financial and political reforms.
07 June 2005 Bush Announces $674 Million in Additional Aid for Africa President Bush June 7 announced that the United States will provide approximately $674 million in additional resources to respond to humanitarian emergencies in Africa and, along with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, he called on the international community to increase its funding for humanitarian emergencies in Africa.
06 June 2005 Press Roundtable with Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns Says “the relationship between the United States and Europe is vastly improved in tone and substance, over the last six months.”
01 June 2005 Aid to Africa on G8 Agenda, Bush Assures South African President President Bush says he intends to advance what he described as "the compassion agenda" to provide economic and humanitarian assistance to African nations in need when he attends the upcoming Group of Eight (G8) summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, July 6-8.
19 May 2005 President Bush To Attend G8 Summit in Scotland The White House announced May 19 that President Bush will attend the summit of the Group of Eight (G8) major industrial democracies July 6-8 in Gleneagles, Scotland.
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