The G8 Science and Technology Ministers’ Meeting Chair’s Summary for science and technology

G8 Science and Technology Ministers' Meeting

Date : June 15, 2008 Venue : BANOKU SHINRYOKAN ( Nago, Okinawa )

1.  G8 ministers and the European Commissioner responsible for science and

technology met for the first time in Okinawa on June 15 2008, together with

ministers and senior officials from Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Philippines,

the Republic of Korea and South Africa. This meeting was held with a view to

providing appropriate inputs to the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit to be held in

July 2008.   

 

2.  The meeting highlighted that science and technology is an important key to

sustainable development all over the world and reaffirmed the importance of

promoting science and technology cooperation based on international

collaboration.  

 

3.  Discussions focused on the following three themes:

a)  Approaches to the Solution of Global Issues through International

Cooperation - Research and Development for the Realization of a

Low-Carbon Society b) Science and Technology Cooperation with African Countries and Other  Developing Countries, and c)  Cooperation in Research and Development Resources.   

Attached is a summary of our discussions which we commend to our own

communities and to other countries beyond the G8.

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