G8 Summit 2007 Heiligendamm

G8 Summit Heiligendamm June 6-8 2007

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Journalists watch the US President's plane land at Rostock-Laage Airport

Airforce One lands safely in Rostock with the US President on board

Before the official part of the G8 Summit begins this evening, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be holding meetings with several of the Heads of State and Government in Heiligendamm. She will first be having lunch with US President George W. Bush.

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Actual G8 press programme

Attached you'll find the current press programme of the G8 summit as well as the press programme of the partner programme.

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G8: Message of Greeting by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel

Chancellor Angela Merkel underlines in the "Nordkurier" newspaper, that the leaders of the G8 and the key emerging countries have the unique chance to find political answers to the urgent issues of our time. One important aim is to create a cooperation between these countries which will be continued beyond the Heiligendamm meeting.

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Press conferences / briefings at the Briefing Centre Heiligendamm

Angela Merkel and Tony Blair against the backdrop of the Reichstag in Berlin

Climate protection

"We need all global players!"

The aim is to put in place a binding international process to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – under the umbrella of the United Nations. Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes to launch an initiative that will pave the way forward at the G8 Summit this week in Heiligendamm. On Saturday she discussed this with the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair.

Transcript of the policy statement of 24 May 2007 by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel on the G8 World Economic Summit in Heiligendamm from 6 to 8 June 2007

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Making the G8 Summit a Success

What can the G8 states do to help accelerate international processes and resolve problems? In the run-up to the G8 Summit, Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed a wide spectrum of subjects, from the Doha Round to the Middle East, with Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.

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Major progress on international cooperation on legal and security issues

Child pornography, international terrorism and cross-border organised crime – these were three of the main topics on the agenda of the meeting of G8 ministers of justice and home affairs in Munich. The protection of intellectual property rights too is to be strengthened.