By: Dylan C. Robertson May 18, 2012 (Chicago) — When asked what aspects of the G8 he’s covering, Hans de Bruijn looks up and pouts. “I’m not really here for that; I’m here for NATO mostly,” said the reporter with the Netherlands Press Association wire service. “For the G8, I’m just filing one general story.” [...]
By: Kate Bruce-Lockhart May 18, 2012 (Chicago International Media Centre) In a press release this morning, World Vision responded to President Barack Obama’s speech on food security delivered at the 2012 G8 Summit in Camp David. It called Obama’s new food security initiative a “welcome and significant step in the right direction,” but argued that [...]
By: Niamh Fitzgerald Camp David (May 18, 2012) — U.S. President Barack Obama opened the 2012 G8 Camp David Summit with an address on the issue of food security, and a commitment to the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. This shared commitment between the G8 and African leaders aims to achieve sustainable agricultural [...]
May 18, 2012 (Camp David, The Telegraph) – The UK Prime Minister said the G8 has often appeared “out of touch” and leaders need to adopt a more relaxed style to get to know each other. Mr Cameron said the US President’s official residence at Camp David was the perfect location to give “space for leaders [...]
May 18, 2012 (Camp David, The Globe and Mail) –U.S. President Barack Obama welcomes Canada’s prime minister and five other world leaders today to this bucolic presidential retreat as he kicks off two international summits. Prime Minister Stephen Harper joins the leaders of the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Japan at the G8 meeting at [...]
