G20 summit in Los Cabos 2012

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The G20 summit in Los Cabos in 2012 was the seventh meeting of the heads of government of the group of the twenty most important industrialized and emerging countries .

It took place from June 18-19, 2012 at the Centro Internacional de Convenciones of Los Cabos, San José del Cabo , Los Cabos , Mexico .

background

The final draft of the communiqué of the 2010 G20 summit in Toronto contained the public announcement that the 2011 summit in France would be followed by a summit in Mexico in 2012.

Preparations

Pre-planning for the summit began in 2010. In January, Mexican Deputy Foreign Minister Lourdes Aranda hosted a preliminary meeting in Mexico City, in which the chief negotiators of the G20 countries took part.

The congress center was designed and built by the Mexican architect Fernando Romero in just seven months.

Agenda

Mexico believed that the G20 should focus more on reducing development disparities between countries and outlined ways in which the forum could better represent developing countries in both vision and policy. Under the leadership of President Felipe Calderón , Mexico wanted to try to expand the G20's development policy focus. Regarding the financing of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Calderón said that "it will be the first time the fund will be capitalized without the US, reflecting the importance of emerging economies". Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega added that the BRICS countries will "make an additional contribution to the IMF, which will be announced at the meeting of heads of state or government," bringing it to an amount of approximately 75 billion US dollars That the group announced in April. European heads of state and government were put under pressure by major economies to resolve the euro crisis after the New Democracy Party won the Greek parliamentary elections in 2012

Participants

In addition to the heads of state and government, various international organizations and their presidents, general directors and secretaries took part in the meeting.

Side meetings

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to US President Barack Obama on June 19, 2012.
World leaders at the 2012 G20 summit in Los Cabos.

Before the official summit, US President Barack Obama met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for an hour and a half to discuss the planned establishment of a missile shield in Europe, a possible peace settlement for Syria and bilateral relations, including the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act , were thematized. Despite existing differences, Obama and Putin issued a joint statement on the armed conflict in Syria in 2011 and 2012: “To end the bloodshed in Syria, we demand an immediate end to all violence. We are united in the conviction that the Syrian people should have the opportunity to determine their own future independently and democratically ”.

Against the backdrop of the Greek elections in June, a bilateral meeting between Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama took place in the run-up to the summit, in which both agreed to work together to overcome the European debt and banking crisis.

On the sidelines of the summit, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met each other, which resulted in a dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands . Kirchner referred to resolution 40/21 of the General Assembly of the United Nations of November 1985, while Cameron referred to the referendum planned for 2013 on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. Cameron and Kirchner parted in open dissent.

The convention center

The convention center in Los Cabos on the Baja California peninsula was designed by the Mexican architect Fernando Romero. It was built with sustainable technologies adapted to the desert climate and serves as a model for green technology and sustainable design in Mexico. A striking element is a green wall, one of the largest in the world.

Web links

Individual proof

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