Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander has said Prime Minister David Cameron must «urgently consider reversing his decision» to attend the Commonwealth
Heads of Government summit in Sri Lanka this week.
The Commonwealth
Heads of Government summit — CHOGM — has limped lamely along, only augmented by an announcement of a possible ban on plastic straws (none of which are made in Britain).
Not exact matches
That would follow a meeting Abe had last week with the
head of Toyota Motor Corp, as the
government compiled a plan to ward off U.S. criticism
of Japanese trade policy before the
summit.
A central aspect
of this accountability framework is the principle
of the «responsibility to protect» — endorsed by
heads of state and
government at the 60th anniversary
summit of the UN in 2005.
According to a statement issued in New York last Thursday, President Mahama was one
of the more than 100
Heads of State and
Governments who had confirmed to attend the
summit.
The Prime Minister will meet
heads of government of the 28 EU states for a scheduled
summit in Brussels this evening which will be dominated by the political «earthquake»
of Sunday night.
The meeting during a two - day
summit involved 46
heads of Commonwealth
governments and foreign ministers from the remaining seven countries.
«President Buhari who is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with other participating
heads of state and
government on the sidelines
of the GECF
summit, will also meet with Nigerians resident in Iran.
The joint letter by the three
heads of state, to UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon, calls for the
summit to take place before the end
of the year «right after the inauguration
of the new Afghan
government».
The
summit will be hosting 25
Heads of State and
Government, and will provide a platform for co-operation amongst solar resource - rich countries, with the purpose
of realising «the common goals
of increasing the use
of solar energy in meeting the energy needs
of ISA member countries in a safe, convenient, affordable, equitable and sustainable manner»
Attended by 114
heads of state and
government, the
summit in Rio de Janeiro approved the giant Agenda 21 document, intended as a blueprint for a sustainable future, plus the Rio Declaration and a statement
of forest principles.
The meeting, billed as the highest - level
summit on climate ever convened, brought together more than 100
heads of government and dignitaries.
On 21 and 22 March,
heads of state and
governments will hold a dedicated EU
summit aimed at reaching agreement.
The
summit brought together
Heads of States and
Government, businesses, financial actors and institutions, cities, civil society, local and regional authorities as well as celebrities to discuss and share efforts towards scaled up climate action.
The earlier
summit will bring together officials from more than 150 countries, including 70
heads of state and
government, making it the largest - ever meeting on climate change by world leaders.
Europe's plan to decarbonise its economy by 2050 could be turned on its
head at a
summit today if EU
heads of state and
government sign off on measures prioritising industrial competitiveness over climate change in draft conclusions seen by EurActiv.
That message has more relevance than ever as hundreds
of thousands
of people, us among them, marched Sunday in the streets
of New York demanding their leaders take urgent action to address climate change, and as
heads of government, industry, and civil society gather at the United Nations for an unprecedented global - warming
summit.
The European Union's 28
heads of state and
government discussed climate and energy targets for 2030 for the first time at a
summit in Brussels today.
The
Summits of the Americas are institutionalized gatherings
of the 35
Heads of State and
Government of the members
of the Organization
of American States (OAS) where leaders discuss common policy issues, affirm shared values and commit to concerted actions at the national and regional level to address continuing and new challenges faced in the Americas.