Summit

12th EU-India Summit, New Delhi, 10 February 2012

The African Union's 2012 summit will be held in : --------Addis Ababa






The following list of G-20 summits summarizes all Group of 20 conferences held by different levels of government: heads of government,finance ministers and central bank governors, and employment and labour ministers of the G-20 major economies

Year	#	Dates	Country	City	Host leader
2008	1st[1]	November 14–15	United States	Washington, D.C.	George W. Bush
2009	2nd[1]	April 2	United Kingdom	London	Gordon Brown
	3rd[1]	September 24–25	United States	Pittsburgh	Barack Obama
2010	4th[2]	June 26–27	Canada	Toronto	Stephen Harper
	5th[3]	November 11–12	South Korea	Seoul	Lee Myung-bak
2011	6th[4]	November 3–4	France	Cannes	Nicolas Sarkozy
2012	7th[5]	June 18–19	Mexico	Los Cabos	Felipe Calderón
2013	8th[6]	June	Russia	Strelna,[7][8] Saint Petersburg	Vladimir Putin
2014	9th[6]	TBA	Australia	Brisbane[9]
2015	10th[6]	TBA	Turkey

Global Zero Summit 

Global Zero is an international initiative launched in December 2008 to promote the elimination of nuclear weapons. It proposes a phased withdrawal and verification for the destruction of all devices held by official and unofficial members of the nuclear club. The Global Zero campaign works toward building an international consensus and a sustained global movement of leaders and citizens for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

Goals include the initiation of United States-Russia bilateral negotiations for reductions to 1,000 total warheads each and commitments from the other key nuclear weapons countries to participate in multilateral negotiations for phased reductions of nuclear arsenals. Global Zero works to expand the diplomatic dialogue with key governments and continue to develop policy proposals on the critical issues related to the elimination of nuclear weapons.

Action plan

The Global Zero plan^[1] for the phased, verified elimination of all nuclear weapons is a four-phased strategy to reach a global zero accord over 14 years (2010–2023) and to complete the dismantlement of all remaining nuclear warheads over the following seven years (2024–2030).

Phase 1 (2010–2013) Following conclusion of a START replacement accord, negotiate a bilateral accord for the United States and Russia to reduce to 1,000 total warheads each.

Phase 2 (2014–2018) In a multilateral framework, the U.S. and Russia reach agreement to reduce to 500 total warheads each (to be implemented by 2021) as long as all other nuclear weapons countries agree to freeze their stockpiles until 2018, followed by proportional reductions until 2021. Establish a comprehensive verification and enforcement system, and strengthen safeguards on the civilian nuclear fuel cycle to prevent diversion of materials to build weapons.

Phase 3 (2019–2023) Negotiate a global zero accord, signed by all nuclear capable countries, for the phased, verified, proportional reduction of all nuclear arsenals to zero total warheads by 2030.

Phase 4 (2024–2030) Complete the phased, verified, proportional reduction of all nuclear arsenals to zero total warheads by 2030 and continue the verification and enforcement system.

In releasing the plan, the Commission noted that over the past twenty years (1989–2009), the United States and Russia retired and destroyed twice as many nuclear warheads (40,000+) as this action plan proposes (20,000+) over the next twenty years (2009–2030).

[edit]History

Global Zero was launched in Paris in December 2008 by more than 100 political, civic, and military leaders. There, they announced a framework plan for the elimination of nuclear weapons, starting with deep reductions to the U.S. and Russian arsenals.^[2] Global Zero gave letters signed by more than 90 Global Zero leaders to President of the United StatesBarack Obama and President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, urging them to commit to the elimination of nuclear weapons. Global Zero Commissioners Senator Chuck Hagel and Ambassador Richard Burt met with President Medvedev in Moscow and discussed the agenda.

On April 1, 2009 the two presidents met in London and issued a historic joint statement committing their “two countries to achieving a nuclear free world” and three days later in a speech in Prague, President Obama declared his intention to “seek to include all nuclear weapons states in this endeavor.”^[3] On the day of the meeting, the Times (of London) published an op-ed authored by six Global Zero leaders.^[4] Negotiations began between the two countries for a New START nuclear arms reduction treaty.

Prior to the July 6–8, 2009 Obama-Medvedev Summit, the international Global Zero Commission of 23 political and military leaders released a comprehensive, end-to-end plan for the elimination of nuclear weapons over the next 20 years. At their Summit, Presidents Obama and Medvedev announced a framework agreement for new reductions to U.S. and Russian arsenals^[5]– a critical first step toward multilateral negotiations for the elimination of all nuclear weapons as called for in the Global Zero Action Plan (GZAP).

At the 35th G8 summit in July 2009, world leaders announced their support of the Obama-Medvedev commitment to eliminate all nuclear weapons and called on all countries to “undertake further steps in nuclear disarmament.”^[6] Global Zero leaders believe the international consensus for the elimination of nuclear weapons is reaching a critical mass,^[2]especially given the declarations of political leaders during the special U.N. Security Council session on proliferation and disarmament convened by President Obama (September 24, 2009).^[3] President Obama received the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in acknowledgment to his efforts for nuclear disarmament.^[7]

During 2010, the initiative has continued with the Global Zero Summit (February 2–4, 2010), signing of the New START treaty (April 8, 2010), the Nuclear Security Summit (April 12–13, 2010) and the Non Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (May 3–28, 2010).

[edit]Public opinion

Building public opinion supportive of the elimination of nuclear weapons is part of the goal of the Global Zero campaign. These include encouraging media worldwide to make the elimination of nuclear weapons a leading global policy issue, to launch a global student campaign, and to expand the online citizen membership and the cadre of leaders.

A poll conducted in 2008 in 21 countries found that 76% of over 19,000 people surveyed favored the verified elimination of nuclear weapons.^[8]

On April 7, 2009, signatory Queen Noor of Jordan gave a mock-knighthood to Stephen Colbert in exchange for his pledge to spread awareness of the program to the Colbert Nation.