Italy has been awarded a score of 0.75 for its efforts to promote its agenda on nuclear non-proliferation. The G8 expressed strong support for the strengthening of the NPT regime, encouraging all states to “follow on actions” recommended by the recent NPT Review Conference. The communiqué strongly urged “all states to remedy all outstanding non-compliance [...]
Italy has been awarded a score of 0.25 for its efforts to promote its energy security agenda at the 2010 summit. The G8 communiqué made no mention of the need to counter speculation on energy prices and promote energy diversification – with the exception of a passing mention of “bioenergy” as a means of ensuring [...]
Italy has been awarded a score of 1 for its three-fold agenda on regional security. With regards to Iran, the communiqué emphasized that, while Iran has a “right to a civilian nuclear program,” the G8 stood firm on its position that Iran must satisfy the international community of the “peaceful nature” of its nuclear program. [...]
Italy has been awarded a score of 0.75 for its efforts to promote its vision of development with a special focus on Africa. The communiqué released at the end of the summit mentioned both the need to increase local ownership over the development process and the need to enhance efforts aimed at attaining the MDGs, [...]
At the 2010 G8 Muskoka Summit, Italy will focus on the following five priority areas: the promotion of sustainable development (with a special focus on Africa); regional security (in particular Iran, the Middle East peace process, and Afghanistan); energy security; nuclear non-proliferation; and global financial governance. Italy is hoping to create a consensus around its [...]
