G20 Summit on Global Financial Crisis


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Africa:   How South Africa Should Handle G20 Summit
allAfrica.com
14 November 2008

South Africa is the only country from Africa represented at Saturday's summit of the heads of state of the G20 grouping of countries, called to discuss the global financial crisis emanating from the ...

Africa:   President Kgalema Motlanthe Concludes Deliberations at the Group of 20 Leaders Summit On Financial Markets, Washington, DC
South African Government (Pretoria)
15 November 2008

Reforms to the international financial system agreed on at the summit of leaders of the G20 grouping of countries would entail far better representation for African countries in the international ...

Africa:   Ban Urges Swift Action To Prevent Financial Crisis From Spinning Into 'Human' One
UN News (New York)
15 November 2008

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the leaders of the so-called Group of 20 (G-20) nations to take speedy steps to ensure that the current financial turmoil does not deepen human suffering ...

Africa:   Statement by World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick on the Summit of G20 Leaders
World Bank (Washington, DC)
15 November 2008

This summit of G-20 leaders and the G-20 meeting of finance ministers last weekend have begun to lay a productive foundation of discussion, input, and agreement. What matters now are the follow up ...

South Africa:   Leaders in Last-Ditch Bid to Beat Recession
Business Day (Johannesburg)
14 November 2008

GLOBAL markets continued to tumble yesterday as world leaders prepared for a meeting in Washington tomorrow to consider additional measures to stave off a prolonged global downturn as more companies ...

South Africa:   ICC, Oxfam Call for Action From G-20
Business Day (Johannesburg)
13 November 2008

THE International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Oxfam have called on the leaders of the Group of 20 (G-20) states to take bold and responsible action to restore confidence in the world economy, ...

Africa:   Declaration of the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy
The White House (Washington, DC)
15 November 2008

The G20 group of industrialized and developing countries issued this declaration after a summit called in Washington, DC, on November 15 to discuss the global financial crisis. South Africa was the ...

South Africa:   Motlanthe, Manuel to Attend G-20 Summit
BuaNews (Tshwane)
13 November 2008

South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, together with Finance Minister Trevor Manuel, will on Thursday depart for Washington where they will participate in the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit.


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