summits

The Seventh East Asia Summit concluded in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The seventh East Asia Summit(EAS) was held at Peace Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 19 November 2012. Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen chaired the meeting. The Leaders of East Asia Summit adopted a joint declaration for the 7th East Asia Summit following the regional responses to control Malaria and address the resistance to anti-malarial medicines.

The Phnom Penh Declaration of the East Asia Summit Development Initiative was also taken on this occasion. Discussions and exchange of views on different regional and international issues was also done between the leaders of the member-nations.

Apart from the 10 members of the ASEAN representatives from eight different countries namely Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia and United States of America also participated in the summit.

Issues Discussed 

The leaders of the East India Summit discussed on a variety of issues to seek mutual cooperation for growth and to decide the future direction of the member nations.

Priority Areas 

1.    Environment and energy
2.    Education
3.    Finance
4.    Global health issues and pandemic diseases
5.    Natural disaster mitigation
6.    ASEAN connectivity

Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh is the capital city of Cambodia and the largest city of the country. It is located on the bank of River Mekong. Phnom Penh is the centre for all types of economic and industrial activities in the nation.

Other summits that concluded at Peace Palace

1.    4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders’ Meeting Peace Palace, 19 November 2012
2.    15th ASEAN-ROK Summit Peace Palace, 19 November 2012
3.    ASEAN Plus Three Commemorative Summit Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 19 November 2012
4.    15TH ASEAN-JAPAN SUMMIT Phnom Penh, 19 November 2012
5.    15TH ASEAN-China Summit Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 19 November 2012
6.    7th East Asia Summit (EAS) Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 20 November 2012

EUROPEAN UNION SUMMIT

11TH INDIA EUROPEAN UNION SUMMIT HELD IN DEC 10 TH AT BRUSSELS

Delhi Sustainable Development Summit

Delhi Sustainable Development Summit is an annual summit organised by The Energy and Resources Institute(TERI in New Delhi in the pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs.

since 2001. TERI has established the World Sustainable Development Forum (WSDF), which aims to emulate the DSDS, but applying its talks and research worldwide, and aiming to monitor worldwide industrial development, associated environment and sustainability analysis, and to provide interesting solutions to local industries and government, to meet the MDGs. In 2005, TERI established the Sustainable Development Leadership Award. They award to the various countries' leaders every year, as one of the special attractions at DSDS.

Nuclear Security Summit

Nuclear Security Summit

The first Nuclear Security Summit was held in Washington D.C. on April 12 and 13, 2010. U.S. President Obama, who proposed the Nuclear Security Summit in his April 2009 historical Prague speech, invited 47 heads of states and three representatives of international organizations. In the Prague speech, President Obama announced his vision for a ‘world without nuclear weapons’ and proposed nuclear security as one of three strategic goals for this vision together with nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation. President Obama also announced a nuclear security goal to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials around the world in four years.

During the Washington summit, Korea was designated as the second summit host by Present Obama and this proposal was greeted by all participants. This decision reflects the recognition of Korea’s increasing global presence by international society.^[5]

The selection of Korea as host of the 2012 Summit reflects the international community's recognition of its world-class nuclear technology, its compliance with NPT obligations and its exemplary use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The hosting of the Nuclear Security Summit on the Korean peninsula will be highly significant given its implications within the context of denuclearization.

2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit

§  Cooperative measures to combat the threat of nuclear terrorism

§  Protection of nuclear materials and related facilities

§  Prevention of illicit trafficking of nuclear materials

Washington was the venue of ‘Nuclear Security Summit 2010’







2nd Nuclear Security Summit begins in S.Korea
The 2nd Nuclear Security Summit opens in Seoul, capital of South Korea began with
an official welcome and reception for leaders attending the summit. Over 50 heads
of states will be attending the summit.
The summit aimed at reducing the risk of nuclear terrorism around the world. Leaders will review the progress made
since the first Nuclear Security Summit held in Washington in 2010.
This is the largest summit in the security field that discusses international cooperative measures to protect nuclear
materials and facilities from terrorist groups, with participation from more than 53 heads of state and international
organizations.
The main issues to be discussed at the Summit will be as follows:-
Cooperative measures to combat the threat of nuclear terrorism
Protection of nuclear materials and related facilities
Prevention of illicit trafficking of nuclear materials










World leaders set deadline to secure vulnerable nuke material at
Seoul summit
At the conclusion of the 2ndNuclear Security Summit in Seoul, the world leaders
made a joint call to secure all vulnerable nuclear material in 4 years. They also
recognized the fundamental responsibility of States to maintain effective
security of other radioactive materials.
The Seoul Communique reaffirmed that instruments to reinforce nuclear security will not obstruct the rights of States
to develop and apply nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
Leaders accorded to make every possible attempt to attain further progress in Global Nuclear Security Architecture,
International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism and the Convention on the Physical
Protection of Nuclear Material.

World Future Energy Summit

5th World Future Energy Summit begins in Abu Dhabi
 The fifth World Future Energy Summit begins in UAE capital Abu Dhabi.
 The 4 day long summit brings together more than 60 top leaders from 50 countries to discuss global issues
related to energy policies and the challenges.
 The theme of this year’s World Future Energy Summit is – “Sustainable Energy for All”.
 UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in his inaugural address calls upon the global community to look for and
adopt energy solutions which are viable and sustainable in the long run.

Energy Efficiency Summit

Energy Efficiency Summit 2012 was held in Hyderabad.

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) held the eleventh Energy Efficient Summit in HICC, Novotel Hyderabad. The summit was held between 22 August 2012 to 25 August 2012.

The objective of the summit was to facilitate the Indian industry to improve energy efficiency on a continuous basis and help them in achieving the target set as part of Perform Achieve and Trade under the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency.

 Also, to Create a platform for all the energy efficient technology suppliers and equipment manufacturer who could interact with industry and support them in achieving the target for energy efficiency improvement. The other objective was also to disseminate information on the latest trends and energy efficient technologies and facilitate sharing of best practices amongst the Industries.

The conference involved the following four parallel conferences.
•    EnCon in Electrical systems
•    EnCon in Thermal systems
•    Compressors & Compressed air system
•    Energy efficiency in buildings

Also while the summit was going on, The Swedish Energy Agency, CII and the Cleantech Scandinavia entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) of understanding for cooperation in the energy sector.

nam summits

NAM------FOUR RUNNER OF NON ALIGNMENT MOVEMENT WAS BANDUNG CONFERENCE




NON ALIGNED--- TERM COINED BY KRISHNAN MENON





FIRST OFFICIAL NAM SUMMIT----BELGRADE, 1961





Non-Alignment Movement and 16th NAM Summit
 Its 16th summit
took place in Tehran, Iran in 2012 and representatives of 120 nations attended it.
 The main agenda were the Syrian crisis, nuclear disarmament and human rights. Iran supports the
Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria and is fending off United States sanctions because of its nuclear
programme, which it insists is peaceful.
 Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi criticised the Assad regime and declared “solidarity with the Syrian
people”.
 Amnesty International called on the Iranian government to release all political prisoners and named
nine prominent people who remain in jail, often in bad conditions, including trade unionists, lawyers
and Christian and Baha’i religious leaders.’
 The main resolutions of the summit were to condemn US sanctions against Iran, support the Palestinian
struggle and combat Islamophobia and racism globally.
India’s stand:
For a country like India, whose two decades of economic growth have made it an important player on the global
stage, the non-aligned movement remains a necessary reflection of its anti-colonial heritage. But it is no longer
the only, or even the principal, forum for its international ambitions. Amidst controversial Nonalignment 2.0, it
can’t be denied that India is moving increasingly beyond non-alignment as "multi-alignment" - maintaining a
series of relationships, in different configurations, some overlapping, some not, with a variety of countries for
different purposes.
Thus India is simultaneously a member of the Non-Aligned Movement and of the Community of Democracies,
where it serves alongside the same imperial powers that NAM decries. It has a key role in both the G-77 (the
"trade union" of developing countries) and the G-20 (the "management" of the globe's macro-economic issues).
An acronym-laden illustration of what multi-alignment means lies in India's membership of IBSA (the South-
South cooperation mechanism that unites it with Brazil and South Africa), of RIC (the trilateral forum with Russia
and China), of BRICS (which brings all four of these partners together) and of BASIC (the environmentalnegotiation
group which adds China to Ibsa but not Russia). India belongs to all of these groupings; all serve its
interests in different ways. That is the manner in which India pursues its place in the world, and the non-aligned
movement is largely seems to more incidental than historical to it.

apec

In which among the following countries, the 24th APEC summit
was held recently----Russia
Russia The 24th APEC summit was recently held in Vladivostok of Russia.