SEA ISLAND, Georgia, June 10 (AFP) - World leaders at the Group of Eight summit adopted a series of measures during their three-day summit here. Here is a brief rundown:
MIDDLE EAST: The leaders called for the international diplomatic "quartet" on the Middle East to meet by the end of this month to revive moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.
They adopted a US-sponsored Broader Middle East and North Africa initiative to promote political, social and economic reforms in the volatile region. The plan calls for G8 members to encourage and assist homegrown liberalization in the Islamic world through financial, vocational, educational and human rights programs.
PEACEKEEPING: The leaders endorsed a plan to train, equip and help deploy up to 75,000 soldiers and police for peacekeeping missions around the world, primarily in Africa, by 2010.
ANTI-CORRUPTION: The G8 announced that it had concluded pacts with the governments of Peru, Nicaragua, Nigeria and Georgia to cooperate on fighting corruption and promoting transparency. The leaders said the agreements were intended to boost the countries' economies by encouraging foreign direct investment there.
FOREIGN DEBT: The leaders agreed to seek a two-year extension to the life of an expiring IMF-managed debt-reduction scheme for the world's poorest countries, known as HIPC. Due to fold by the end of this year, the four-year-old program had been due to relieve 100 billion dollars in debt but has so far only cancelled 31 billion dollars.
GLOBAL TRADE TALKS: The summit vowed to resolve by the end of July differences blocking a free-trade deal under the so-called Doha round of global negotiations. It pledged to "move expeditiously" to complete a framework accord on key issues to put the talks back on track.
NON-PROLIFERATION: The G8 expressed "serious concerns" about North Korea's nuclear weapons program, chastised Iran and unveiled measures meant to halt the spread of unconventional arms. Steps included curbing the transfers of nuclear technology, enhancing the powers of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and boosting safeguards to prevent and respond to biological weapons attacks.
AIRLINE SECURITY: The leaders endorsed 28 measures to improve international airline security in the face of increased terrorist threats. They include boosting passenger screening and information exchanges, tightening the security of travel documents, enhancing intelligence sharing and accelerating the destruction of shoulder-launched missiles.
POVERTY: Agreement was reached on a four-point plan to use free enterprise to promote development in poor countries. The steps included measures to make it cheaper for migrant workers to send money home, improving the climate for businesses and investors, developing local financial markets, and more small loans for people in developing countries.
FOOD SECURITY: The leaders agreed to an action plan to prevent the frequent recurrence of famine in the Horn of Africa, where some five million people in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan are "chronically food insecure." The plan includes improving famine assessment and response programs and initiatives to boost agricultural production.
HEALTH: The G8 called for the establishment of a Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, a "virtual consortium" that would enhance global coordination and information sharing, and establish a strategic plan. It pledged to take "take all necessary steps" to eradicated polio by 2005.
SUDAN: Participants called on Sudan to disarm militias they blamed for "massive human rights violations" in that country's troubled Darfur region where some 10,000 people have died since rebels launched an uprising in February 2003.
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