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Earthquakes and paying AIG executives bonuses again? What is the world doing – and the G8 decisions, the UN reforms being made and the climate – global warming – pollution – nuclear power and / economic changes being made

10 Friday Jul 2009

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Report: China quake destroys 10,000 homes

  • Story Highlights
  • Quake hit Yunnan province in southwest China Thursday evening
  • Xinhua reported quake as having a 6.0-magnitude; USGS gave a figure of 5.7
  • Xinhua: More than 10,000 homes destroyed, 300 people injured

// updated 11 minutes ago

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/09/china.quake/index.html

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Reform Under Ban Ki-moon:
A Stronger United Nations
for a Better World

“Every day we are reminded of the need for a strengthened United Nations, as we face a growing array of new challenges, including humanitarian crises, human rights violations, armed conflicts and important health and environmental concerns. Seldom has the United Nations been called upon to do so much for so many. I am determined to breathe new life and inject renewed confidence into a strengthened United Nations firmly anchored in the twenty-first century, and which is effective, efficient, coherent and accountable.”

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon


REFORM A TOP PRIORITY

United Nations Headquarters BuildingReform of the United Nations – enhancing its relevance and effectiveness for the world’s people in the 21st Century –  is a priority concern of the Member States. At the 2005 World Summit world leaders reaffirmed their commitment to a strengthened United Nations with enhanced authority and capacity to effectively and rapidly respond to the full range of global challenges of our time. With the Organization engaged with a range of pressing global issues in every part of the world, a renewed, revitalized and more responsive United Nations is needed more than ever.

In January 2008, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon outlined the broad fronts on which the United Nations needs to advance if it is to meet the challenges facing the Member States and their peoples in the 21st Century. In areas like the environment, public health and human security, the world is facing threats and challenges that respect no boundaries. But by their nature, these challenges also expand the possibilities for collective action by States and other entities and actors, such as civil society and the private sector, enabling the UN to be the focus for concerted action to advance the common good. The UN is only meaningful to people if it is effective and relevant. Therefore, working to deliver concrete results in making people’s lives safer, healthier, more prosperous and free from fear and injustice must be a priority. Finally, progress on these fronts can only be assured through the full accountability of all parties to each other. Strengthening the Organization requires joint action by Member States, the UN’s senior officials and staff, and others. Member States are discussing a number of issues that fall within the remit of the respective Charter organs. Side-by-side, the Secretary-General, in consultation with Member States, is also moving forward to ensure that an efficient, relevant and accountable UN is working to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. These efforts are outlined below, with links to further information.


Contents

  1. MOVING FORWARD ON DEVELOPMENTAL CHALLENGES
    • Addressing the needs of the poorest of the world
    • Providing leadership in achieving international development goals
  2. STRENGTHENING UN EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN PEACE AND SECURITY
    • Strengthening capacity to manage and sustain peacekeeping operations
    • Strengthening capacity for preventive diplomacy, mediation, peace-making and peacebuilding
    • Countering terrorism globally
    • Re-energizing efforts on disarmament and non-proliferation
  3. BRINGING HUMAN RIGHTS TO ALL PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
    • Expanding the work of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
    • Reinvigorating the Human Rights Council
    • Protecting civilians and preventing genocide
  4. STRENGTHENING HUMANITARIAN ACTION
    • Responding to the changing face of humanitarian crises
  5. REFORMING MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS PRACTICES
    • Improving accountability and oversight
    • Setting the highest ethical standards
    • Providing an efficient, transparent and service-oriented Secretariat
    • Establishing a mobile, multi-skilled and motivated staff with access to internal justice
    • Championing a more integrated UN family approach to achieve common goals

http://www.un.org/reform/

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CLOONEY ALL’AQUILA: GIRERO’ UN FILM QUI Il ciak da settembre. Accolto da fotografi e giornalisti, l’attore era accompagnato da Veltroni e dall’altro attore Bill Murray. Il fascinoso George ha poi inaugurato un cinema in una tendopoli

Foto di gruppo al G8 dell’Aquila
Al G8 dell’Aquila accordo su agenda globale e per chiusura del Doha Round entro il 2010. Impegno futuro sul clima, manca accordo di Pechino. Fissato il limite di due gradi per l’innalzamento della temperatura. L’Onu critica: “Insufficiente”. Obama: “Costruiamo il nostro futuro o lo faranno gli eventi”. Il G14 appuntamento stabile
Napolitano, crisi occasione riforma regole globali
Gheddafi scende dall’auto e passeggia su autostrada
Africa; fame, Aids, guerre, i numeri dell’emergenza
Photostory: sicurezza, partita l’operazione Giotto
Cina vuole riforma graduale sistema valute
Videostory: la lente sul 35/o summit
Il programma del summit
G8, approvata l’agenda globale
G8, dalle tendopoli dell’Aquila a Budapest
La diretta video dal sito del G8

http://www.ansa.it/

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ay Two of the L’Aquila G8 Summit: the Press Conference

Il Presidente del Consiglio Silvio Berlusconi Amid optimism over the results achieved on the measures to be adopted to counter global warming and the shared desire to continue talks on world issues with the G5’s major emerging economies, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has given his summing up at the end of day two of the L’Aquila G8 Summit.

Statement by the G8, G5 and Egypt on Promoting the Global Agenda

09/07/2009 In their joint statement on “Promoting the Global Agenda,” the G8 and G5 Countries and Egypt have approved the more economics-specific section of the 8 July G8 statement: joint rules on international finance, boosting trade and getting the Doha negotiations back off the ground, social inclusion policies, resumption of the granting of credit and a drive for development in the poor countries.

http://www.g8italia2009.it/G8/G8-G8_Layout_locale-1199882116809_Home.htm
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UNITA’ DI INTENTI SU CLIMA, CRISI, DISARMO Secondo giorno di G8, che potrebbe essere vicino, diventando un G14, ad aprirsi anche ad altri Paesi
http://www.ansa.it/site/index.html
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Il Summit lancia l’Istituto globale per la cattura e il sequestro di carbone [in translation]

Il Premier australiano Kevin Rudd e il Presidente Usa Barack Obama 09/07/2009 Nasce all’Aquila l’Istituto globale per la cattura e il sequestro di carbone. A presentarlo al termine della riunione conclusiva del MEF, il Presidente del Consiglio Silvio Berlusconi, il Presidente Usa Barack Obama e Kevin Rudd, Premier dell’Australia, Paese che ospiterà l’Istituto.

http://www.g8italia2009.it/G8/Home/G8-G8_Layout_locale-1199882116809_News.htm

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Political Declaration Approved at G8 Working Dinner

Working session of the G8 Leaders

08/07/2009

The first day of the G8 Summit in L’Aquila ended with a working dinner devoted to international political problems.  The eight leaders’ debate focused on the problems of non-proliferation, the resolution of regional crises, the struggle against terrorism and the most important issues of global interest. At the end of the session the G8 leaders approved a declaration on political issues.

The matter of Iran, the need for a comprehensive, all-embracing approach to the peace process and transnational organized crime are the first points in the document, which goes on to analyze problems connected with piracy and security at sea, with North Korea’s missile and nuclear tests, with the Middle East and with Afghanistan.

http://www.g8italia2009.it/G8/Home/News/G8-G8_Layout_locale-1199882116809_1246708059488.htm

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Documents of the G8 Summit 2009

This page includes all published documents during the G8 Summit of L’Aquila.

The texts are available in .PDF format.

8 July

Declarations:

  • G8 Leaders Declaration: Responsible Leadership for a Sustainable Future
  • Annex: “G8 Preliminary Accountability Report”
  • Political Issues
  • L’Aquila Statement on Non-Proliferation
  • G8 Declaration on Counter-Terrorism


9 July:

Declarations:

  • Joint Declaration: Promoting the Global Agenda
  • ANNEX 1: HDP Concluding Report
  • ANNEX 2: The Agenda of Heiligendamm – L’Aquila Process (HAP)
  • Declaration of the Leaders the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate

Expert Groups Reports:

  • 09/07/2009 – G8 Intellectual Property Experts Group Meeting
  • 09/07/2009 – G8 Report on Peacekeeping/Peacebuilding
  • 09/07/2009 – Progress Report on the implementation of the G8 Water Action Plan
  • 09/07/2009 – G8 Education Experts Report 2009
  • 09/07/2009 – Report on the G8 Global Partnership
  • 09/07/2009 – ANNEX A: GPWG Annual Report 2009, Consolidated Report Data
  • 09/07/2009 – ANNEX B: Recommendations for a coordinated approach in the field of Global Weapons of Mass Destruction knowledge proliferation and scientist engagement
  • 09/07/2009 – G8 Health Experts Report and Accountability
  • 09/07/2009 – G8 Efforts towards Global Food Security

http://www.g8italia2009.it/G8/Home/Summit/G8-G8_Layout_locale-1199882116809_Atti.htm

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Proposed climate change measures insufficient, Ban tells major economies

9 July 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions proposed by the world’s largest economies are not deep enough, and warned that much more effort is needed if governments are to reach a meaningful agreement on climate change by the end of the year.Speaking in L’Aquila, Italy, where the annual summit of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations is taking place, Mr. Ban said the climate change commitments made by the leaders of those countries and other participants in this week’s Major Economies Forum (MEF) meeting, “while welcome, are not sufficient.”

“The time for delays and half-measures is over,” he said. “The personal leadership of every head of State or government is needed to seize this moment to protect people and the planet from one of the most serious challenges ever to confront humanity.”

G8 leaders agreed this week to a long-term goal of reducing emissions by 2050, but Mr. Ban said that this target was not credible without “ambitious mid-term targets, and baselines.

“In order to achieve such a global goal, developed countries must lead by example in making firm commitments to reduce their emissions by 2020 on the order of the 25 to 40 per cent below 1990 levels that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) tells us is required. It is disappointing to note that thus far, the mid-term emissions targets announced by developed countries in the MEF are not in this range.”

The Secretary-General noted that the countries represented in L’Aquila are responsible for more than 80 per cent of global emissions, “and that is why they bear special responsibility for finding a solution to the political impasse. If they fail to act this year, they will have squandered a unique historical opportunity that may not come again… We stand at a historical crossroads. Business as usual is no longer viable.”

Mr. Ban is convening a global summit on climate change in New York in September, when world leaders converge for the annual opening of the General Assembly, in a bid to build momentum ahead of talks in Copenhagen in December that are supposed to result in a far-reaching new pact on greenhouse gas emissions.

He stressed that every country must play its part, “based on the principle of equity.” Affluent countries can provide funding and technological assistance to poorer States so they can reduce or mitigate the impact of emissions, while those developing countries can step up their own efforts to reduce emissions.

Mr. Ban also urged world leaders to work harder to deal with other pressing global challenges, especially food insecurity and the (A)H1N1 influenza pandemic.

He welcomed the G8’s pledge to spend $15 billion over the next three years to tackle food insecurity and improve agriculture, but noted that “now we need to deliver on that pledge, and work together to boost national action plans, in an integrated manner.”

Turning to influenza, the Secretary-General said the pandemic was “starting to accelerate in a disturbing way” and G8 members therefore should commit to at least $1 billion in additional spending to assist struggling countries with overloaded health-care systems.

“We have a small window of opportunity to help poor countries access what they need to get ready for the virus,” he said.

News Tracker: past stories on this issue

Secretary-General en route to Italy to meet with G8 leaders

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31421&Cr=climate+change&Cr1=

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17 June 2009

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

press conference on launch of advisory group on energy and climate change

Strategies to promote clean, renewable energy, especially in the developing world, where poor communities remained heavily reliant on wood and charcoal for most of their fuel, must be included in the global climate change deal expected to be reached in Copenhagen in December, Kandeh Yumkella, Chairman of the Secretary-General’s newly-launched Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change, said at Headquarters today.

Speaking at a press conference following the Advisory Group’s first meeting, he said the body would consider ways to comprehensively address climate change and boost energy efficiency and clean production, all with an eye on the developing world.  Mr. Yumkella is also Chairman of UN-Energy, an inter-agency mechanism, and Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

He said the Advisory Group was unique because its members were from both the public and private sectors and included top executives from Tata ( India), Suntech Holdings ( China), Edison International ( United States), the New Energy and Technology Development Organization ( Japan), and ESKOM Holdings ( South Africa).  It also featured renowned political figures, including Jose Figueres, former President of Costa Rica, as well as officials from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

The participants were involved in or concerned with aspects of renewable energy development and clean energy production, energy research, and environmental sustainability, he said.  They had been chosen because it had become clear that a significant amount of climate change discussion must centre on energy, not only in terms of new technology, but also energy security and protecting developing countries from future spikes in the prices of fuels and commodities similar to those that had caused such turmoil a year ago.

Targeting developing countries was critical, he said, because although they certainly required help in tackling climate change, they also needed access to options for promoting better, cleaner consumption patterns.  Indeed, many parts of the developing world, especially urban areas, experienced the burning of charcoal, fuelwood and other biomass, which caused ecological damage and was now seen as a prime driver of pulmonary diseases and other respiratory-health complications, particularly among women and children.

Responding to questions, Mr. Yumkella said the Advisory Group would produce policy briefs which would be transmitted to the Secretary-General and his climate change team “to synthesize and see what is useful heading into Copenhagen”, where global stakeholders are set to meet in December to agree on a successor pact to the Kyoto Protocol, the first commitment period of which expires in 2012.  Those policy options would focus on integrating energy capacity, renewable energy and energy-efficiency applications in whatever deal emerged from Copenhagen.

He went on to say that the Advisory Group believed the talks on climate change and energy security were not moving fast enough, and that innovative ideas and initiatives generated by the private sector would be important in helping the Secretary-General use his “bully pulpit” to mobilize more –- and faster — action.

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For information media • not an official record

http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2009/090617_Yumkella.doc.htm

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» 2009-07-09 20:32
SVILUPPO: DDL E’ LEGGE, TORNA IL NUCLEARE
ROMA – Il ritorno del nucleare in Italia, l’arrivo della Class Action, la liberalizzazione delle Ferrovie: sono questi i punti qualificanti del disegno di legge sullo sviluppo, uno dei collegati alla finanziaria, che è stato definitivamente approvato dal Senato con 154 voti a favore, un solo voto contrario e un solo astenuto. Ha votato a favore anche l’Udc mentre Pd e Idv hanno annunciato il no, scegliendo però di abbandonare l’Aula al momento del voto nel tentativo di far mancare il numero legale viste le assenze nei banchi della maggioranza. Ecco le misure principali di un ddl che ha avuto un iter tormentato: approvato dalla Camera il 4 novembre 2008, modificato dal Senato il 14 maggio, nuovamente modificato dalla Camera il primo luglio e ora approvato senza modifiche dal Senato.

NUCLEARE – Il governo potrà pilotare l’Italia nel ritorno al nucleare. Avrà sei mesi di tempo per localizzare i siti degli impianti, potrà definire i criteri per lo stoccaggio dei rifiuti radioattivi, dovrà individuare le misure compensative per le popolazioni che saranno interessate dalle nuove strutture. Per la costruzione di centrali, è noto, saranno necessari anni, ma l’iter sarà velocizzato. Viene poi creata una agenzia per la sicurezza del nucleare.

CLASS ACTION – E’ stata modificata la normativa sulla class action che però esclude la possibilità di avviare cause collettive da parte dei cittadini coinvolti nei crac finanziari del passato. L’entrata in vigore della class action, anche se in questo provvedimento è prevista al primo luglio, è stata posticipata, con l’ultimo decreto ‘anti-crisi’, al primo gennaio 2010.

Google Translation of Nuclear Information –

NUCLEAR – The government will pilot the return in Italy to nuclear power. Will have six months to locate the sites of the plant, will define the criteria for the storage of radioactive waste, will identify measures for the populations that will be affected by new structures. For the construction of power plants, is known, will take years, but the process will be speeded up. Is then set up an agency for the safety of nuclear power.

http://www.ansa.it/opencms/export/site/visualizza_fdg.html_1616684751.html

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Ansalive – Primo Piano

L’Italia ritorna al nucleare

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G8: IL SUMMIT 2009 ALL’AQUILA

Il terremoto in Abruzzo, lo speciale

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http://www.ansa.it/site/index.html

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My Note –

CNNI just reported on their news broadcast at just before midnite thirty – 12.14 EDT – that AIG is about to give 40 top executives bonuses of $2.4 million each –

I could not have heard that right . . .

– cricketdiane, 07-10-09

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US and Global Economic Crisis – a very different view of capitalism from World Economic Forum

09 Thursday Jul 2009

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Shaping the New Values of Capitalism

• Fredrik Atting • Pierre E. Cohade • Yoshito Hori
• Tunku Badlishah
Moderated by • Robert Greenhill

Thursday 18 June

In recent decades, divergent modes of capitalism – based on different models of growth, ownership structures, incentive systems and regulatory approaches – have emerged in geographies around the world. But the global economic crisis has called certain shared elements of the existing capitalist system into question. The panellists were asked to identify some of the fundamental flaws in the system and suggest what values ought to underpin capitalism in the wake of the crisis. While they sounded no calls for a radical transformation of the system, they did highlight lessons to be drawn from the crisis and offered specific prescriptions, from the perspective of regulation and corporate governance and not just values, on how capitalism might be reshaped into something more sustainable.

Key points

• Capitalism is alive, if not alive and well, panellists agreed. As the only viable economic system, it will survive the downturn – albeit in a profoundly different form.

• Corporations need to recognize that their shareholders are not their only stakeholders. They need to shift their emphasis from simply delivering shareholder value to also fulfilling their role as employers, community members and taxpayers. And they need to recognize that they are part of a value chain that includes their suppliers and customers.

• Management decisions based on coldly rational, data-driven financial models are narrow and myopic. “A management with conscience” should supplant the all-too-common, bottom-line obsessed management style. Decisions need to be made in a more holistic fashion that will better serve to attract and retain the best talent, satisfy customers and maintain market share.

• The role of corporate boards of directors, which are supposed to approve executive pay among other responsibilities, has too often been compromised, with chief executives commonly taking on the role of board chairpersons. These roles need to be kept separate, lest the chief executive fill the board with his or her own cronies.

• Panellists agreed that wage differential-based executive compensation caps, based on some multiple of lowest employee pay, will become more commonplace. However, given existing disparities between wages from country to country, no standard multiple is practicable, and caps will likely be determined in individual labour markets.

• Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and clear corporate strategies on sustainability and environmental impact will not be mere trappings for public relations gain, but will become de rigueur and increasingly demanded by stakeholders. Companies with the foresight to implement these policies will be long-term winners – just as Toyota and Honda, with their early move into hybrid automobiles, have reaped rewards.

• Revamped rules and tightened regulatory oversight are not of themselves sufficient to lend longevity to capitalism. An embrace of ethics, rooted in the ethical or religious traditions that exist in all geographies, needs to be incorporated into company culture, especially at the executive level.

http://www.weforum.org/en/knowledge/Industries/AutomobileAerospaceDefenceTechnology/KN_SESS_SUMM_28864?url=/en/knowledge/Industries/AutomobileAerospaceDefenceTechnology/KN_SESS_SUMM_28864

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L’Aquila G8 Summit underway right now – well continuing in a few hours and some info they are getting from the International Energy Agency and the continuing saga of financial and economic crisis in the US over toxic assets they are now going to replace with good ones and money and whatever those poor little bankers need – (after they’ve screwed everybody)

09 Thursday Jul 2009

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IEA’s G8 Programme – Aiming at a Clean, Clever and Competitive Energy Future

Following up on its participation in G8 events during the past four years, the IEA has been invited by the Italian G8 Presidency to take part in the G8 Environment Ministers meeting in April, the G8 Energy Ministers meeting in May and the G8 Summit in July. See the official Italian G8 web site: http://www.g8italia2009.it for more details.

Attending the G8 Energy Ministers meeting, in Rome from 24-25 May, the IEA presented its analysis on the impact of the financial crisis on global energy investments (read executive summary). The Agency also provided a background paper on climate policy (read report).

At the G8 Environment Ministers’ meeting in Siracusa on 22-24 April 2009, IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka presented a paper on presented a paper to the Ministers on the RD&D and investment needed to ensure that low-carbon technologies become viable, commercial technologies in the future. The IEA presentation emphasised that low-carbon technologies must play a key role in climate change mitigation. See Mr. Tanaka’s remarks, slide presentation and G8 paper.

The IEA G8 programme has identified new strategies for greater energy security and climate protection. IEA points to policies for speeding development and deployment of cleaner, more efficient energy technologies. The IEA has submitted a set of concrete policy recommendations for promoting energy efficiency that could reduce global CO2 emissions by 8.2 gigatonnes by 2030.

The IEA work focuses on: alternative energy scenarios and strategies; energy efficiency in buildings, appliances, transport and industry, including indicators; cleaner fossil fuels; carbon capture and storage; renewable energy; and enhanced international co-operation.

The IEA G8 programme was initiated following the G8 leaders’ request at their 2005 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland.

Access the IEA Press Release following the G8 Hokkaido meetings.

http://www.iea.org/g8/index.asp

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http://www.iea.org/textbase/npsum/G8_EE_2008.pdf

Executive Summary of IEA suggestions 2008 – to G8 summit

25 Energy Efficiency Policy Recommendations by IEA to G8– 2008
2008
Executive Summary Size: KB
ISBN:
No. of Pages: 68
Download the PDF Type of Document: Paper
The IEA recommends that G8 leaders adopt and urgently implement this package of measures to significantly enhance energy efficiency. This package was developed underthe Gleneagles G8 Plan of Action, which mandates the pursuit of a clean, clever and competitive energy future.

Feedback, comments suggestions on this publication? Please contact us at this link.

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http://www.iea.org/Textbase/publications/free_new_Desc.asp?PUBS_ID=2047

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    Highlights of the latest OMR
    dated: 11 June 2009

    Forecast global 2Q09 crude runs are raised 0.2 mb/d to 71.3 mb/d, as a result of higher April preliminary data in OECD countries, reports of high crude runs in China and marginally stronger global demand. But 3Q09 crude runs are forecast at 72.8 mb/d, representing an annual decline of 1.2 mb/d.

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    Day One of the L’Aquila G8 Summit: the press conference

    Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during the press conference Prime Minister Berlusconi has summed up the first day’s proceedings at the Abruzzo Summit, stressing the agreement reached on fighting climate change, which is to be submitted to the G5 countries during the forthcoming sessions. The other topics on the agenda included the economic crisis and the need for new rules, development and food security.

    Summit Documents: the first day

    The G8 meeting in the Main Conference Hall 08/07/2009 A new page entitled “Summit Documents” is now available online in the “Summit” section of the website. This new item on the menu, the first item in the “Summit” section, will contain all of the Declaration and documents from the L’Aquila Summit in Pdf format ready for downloading and printing.

    http://www.g8italia2009.it/G8/G8-G8_Layout_locale-1199882116809_Home.htm

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    http://www.g8italia2009.it/G8/Home/Media/Foto/G8-G8_Layout_locale-1199882116809_1246707983758.htm


    The People Working on Our Behalf at the G8 Summit in L’Aquila, Italy right now – July 8 – 10, 2009

    Foto di famiglia G8

    High Resolution Download

    Da sinistra: il Presidente giapponese Taro Aso, il Premier canadese Stephen Harper, il Presidente degli Stati Uniti Barack Obama, il Presidente francese Nicolas Sarkozy, il Presidente del Consiglio italiano Silvio Berlusconi, il Presidente russo Dmitry Medvedev, il Cancelliere tedesco Angela Merkel, il Premier del Regno Unito Gordon Brown, il Primo Ministro del Regno di Svezia Fredrik Reinfeldt e il Presidente della Commissione Europea José Manuel Barroso durante la foto di famiglia nel primo giorno del vertice G8 a L’Aquila. SitoG8/ANSA foto: Maurizio Brambatti

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    About Italy

    Welcome to Italy, and Welcome to Abruzzo

    Poppies on the Amiternum's Archaeological site background Many of the guests who will be coming to Italy during this year of the Italian G8 duty Presidency are already familiar with the country and its landscapes, its artistic heritage and the wide variety of cultures, dialects and aspects of the various italian regions. Many of them are admirers of the goods produced by italian creativity in sectors ranging from fashion to design and from machinery to traditional agricultural produce and leading-edge technologies. Connoisseurs of italian wine and cuisine, with their extraordinary variety of flavours and aromas, are also legion worldwide.

    For several reasons, however, Italy is also a country that faces a large number of hazards due to the forces of nature and the way the land has been managed.

    Around 40% of its population lives in highly seismic areas, and Abruzzo, the region that is to host the summit, was struck by a violent earthquake in April. The quake left 300 dead and razed a considerable portion of the architectural heritage of L’Aquila and the surrounding province to the ground.

    The italian G8 Presidency decided to move the Summit venue from its original site in Sardinia to L’Aquila, both as a sign of sympathy and support for the people of Abruzzo and to draw the world’s attention, at this time of hardship, to an italian region with a wealth of history, culture and natural beauty.

    http://www.g8italia2009.it/G8/Home/G8-G8_Layout_locale-1199882116809_ConoscereItalia.htm

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    G-8 leaders have ambitious environmental goals

    L’AQUILA, Italy (CNN) — Leaders of the world’s most powerful economies pledged to seek huge cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions at a summit in Italy on Wednesday.

    The Group of Eight leaders said they would “join a global response to achieve a 50 percent reduction in global emissions by 2050 and to a goal of an aggregate 80 percent or more reduction by developed countries by that date.”

    [Etc.]

    http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/08/g8.summit/index.html

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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8141561.stm

    BBC slide show G8 Summit in photos – 07-08-09 – Amazing.

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    http://www.abruzzo2000.com/abruzzo/laquila/laquila.htm

    See below toward bottom of this post for some general info from this site about L’Aquila and the surrounding area – (before the earthquake, April 6).

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    9 firms to run toxic assets program

    Among those selected: BlackRock and Invesco. Program will be kickstarted with $30 billion government investment.

    By David Ellis, CNNMoney.com staff writer
    Last Updated: July 8, 2009: 7:04 PM ET

    NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The government on Wednesday tapped nine financial firms to manage a scaled-down program aimed at helping the nation’s banks and said it would invest up to $30 billion to get it started.

    Among those selected to serve as asset managers of the so-called Public-Private Investment Program were BlackRock (BLK, Fortune 500), AllianceBernstein (AB), Oaktree Capital Management, Invesco (IVZ), Angelo, Gordon & Co., Marathon Asset Management, RLJ Western Asset Management, The TCW Group and Wellington Management Company.

    [ . . . ]

    “While utilization of legacy asset programs will depend on how actual economic and financial market conditions evolve, the programs are capable of being quickly expanded if these conditions deteriorate,” Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and FDIC Chair Sheila Bair said in a statement.

    [ Etc. ]

    Treasury has said the program is intended to generate a return for private investors and protect taxpayers.

    Under the program, banks and other qualified firms looking to rid themselves of assets will sell commercial mortgage-backed securities and certain residential mortgage-backed securities issued before 2009 and originally considered ‘AAA’-rated by two or more recognized agencies.

    Each of the nine selected fund managers are required to invest a minimum of $20 million in firm capital in the funds they manage. At the same time, no single investor will be able to own more than a 9.9% stake in the PPIP funds.

    It remains to be seen how effective the program will be in helping shore up banks’ finances.

    [there’s more – but the next little bit says that a “key industry group” has long advocated for the program – gee, wonder who that is? – my note]

    http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/08/news/companies/ppip/index.htm?cnn=yes

    First Published: July 8, 2009: 4:31 PM ET

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    25 charged in $100 million mortgage fraud

    (also on CNN – and the news tonight)

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    http://www.abruzzo2000.com/abruzzo/laquila/laquila.htm

    L’Aquila History and Region Information site – (not the most current – but very interesting and good information).

    Altitude: 714 m a.s.l — Population: ca. 67000 inhabitants — Zip code: 67100 — Phone Area Code: 0862

    L’Aquila

    province of L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy

    L’Aquila (surface area 466,96 kmq, about 67,000 inhabitants on the whole territory of the Commune, about 45,000 only the town and suburbs), the capital town of Abruzzi and of the Province of L’Aquila, is situated on the left bank of the Aterno River, at an elevation of 2,150 feet (655 meters), in a valley surrounded by the highest mountains of the Appennines, the Gran Sasso and the Velino-Sirente, 58 miles (93 km) northeast of Rome. For its geographical position in the middle of high mountains the city has long, cold winters and abundant rainfall throughout the year, even if autumn is the wettest season. L’Aquila is the main historical and artistic centre of Abruzzi, has an archbishopry and is renowned for its University, Musical Conservatory, Arts Academy, Theatre and Concert Society, National Museum of the Abruzzi and the ancient Salvatore Tommasi library.Formerly a center for handicraft and agriculture, L’Aquila has nowadays become primarily an administrative center for its large province and partly for the region (regional bodies are divided between L’Aquila and Pescara). The economy of the town is characterized by chemical, mechanical and farming industries, the production of wine, cereals, saffron and dairy products, traditional delicatessen and craftswork; the nearby mountains also offer facilities for winter sports and excursions.

    (more info on history and sites in the region found on this page – I don’t think it is the official site but it is a good one.)

    http://www.abruzzo2000.com/abruzzo/laquila/laquila.htm
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