G8 Muskoka Declaration Recovery and New Beginnings

Wind down: French President Sarkozy, President Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and David Cameron share a laugh after their formal family photo session at the Muskoka Resort for the G8 Summit

Quick chat: David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, share a word during a G8 Working Session




Barack Obama and David Cameron en route to the G20 Summit in Toronto Photo: AP

Muskoka, Canada, 25-26 June 2010

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International Peace and Security

27. We, the Leaders of the G8, remain deeply concerned about serious threats to global peace and security. We are all affected by threats from the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, international organized crime (including drug trafficking), piracy and from political and ethnic conflict. Prosperity, development and security are inextricably linked, and the economic well being and security of our own countries and those around the world are therefore interdependent. We share a vision of a peaceful world, based on the principles of freedom, democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law, and remain ready to continue to work on this basis in partnership with each other and other concerned countries to address security challenges that affect us all. ……………………....................................................



40. We urge the Government of Myanmar to take the steps necessary to allow for free and fair elections. Full and inclusive democratic participation is essential to this. We urge the Government to release without delay all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, and engage the democratic opposition and representatives of ethnic groups in a substantive dialogue on the way forward to national reconciliation. ............................................................





In addition, Canada's Foreign Minister mentioned the concern on relationship Burma and North Korea in his June 18th speech in toronto about "G8 Today"


Non-proliferation

This agenda reflects the reality that the global threat posed by the potential use of nuclear weapons by state and non-state actors remains very real. .......................................................................................................................

Speaking at the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference [2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons] recently in New York, I called on North Korea to return to the Six-Party Talks, to dismantle its nuclear weapons program in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, and to accept comprehensive international safeguards for its nuclear programs.

North Korea may be working to export its nuclear technology to another country with a deplorable human rights record, Burma, a country against which we have implemented very stringent sanctions.




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Dear All Friends Of Burma,


We would like to mention that this (Burma in G8 declaration) is a result of our collective efforts including individual letters and joint letters to the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Canada. Hope we can continue this momentum.

Thanks.