37th G8 Summit - Schedule and Agenda

Schedule and Agenda

The agenda for the summit included some issues which remained unresolved from previous summits. French general priorities included:

1. New common challenges: the Internet, innovation, green growth and a sustainable economy, and nuclear safety
2. The 'Arab Springs': a partnership for democracy
3. Strengthening the partnership with Africa: a long-term vision
4. Peace and security: traditional themes of the G8

Some of the specific topics on the agenda were:

• Afghanistan;
• G8 + Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA);
• The Internet: new challenges
• Non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
• The G8's Partnership with Africa
• Transatlantic Cocaine Trafficking
• Counter-terrorism
• G8 political and security issues