Thu, July 09, 2009
L'AQUILA, Italy, July 8 (Xinhua) -- The Group of Five (G5), consisting of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa, said here on Wednesday that it will continue to support efforts that promote global security based on international law, and seek to strengthen the international framework through constructive dialogue and diplomacy.
The G5 leaders issued a political declaration after they held a summit meeting. In the declaration, they said: "We remain committed to supporting the role of the United Nations in global governance and further undertake to intensify international cooperation, especially in the multilateral arena."
"We will continue to strive for a comprehensive reform of the United Nations that includes strengthening the General Assembly, revitalizing ECOSOC, reforming the Secretariat, strengthening the UN gender architecture and, in particular, achieving an early reform of the UN Security Council, that properly reflects the current economic and political realities," they said.
"We unequivocally condemn in the strongest terms terrorism in all its forms and manifestations," the G5 leaders stressed.
They said that the international community needs strongest collective action to prevent terrorist acts and punish perpetrators, financiers and others involved in such acts. They pointed out that the UN member states should conclude and adopt the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism as early as possible, in order to provide a comprehensive international legal framework against terrorism.
"We reiterate our commitment to ensure a world free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and welcome the strengthening of multilateral dialogue on disarmament issues," said the G5 leaders. In particular, "we support the implementation of the Work Program of the Conference on Disarmament for its 2009 sessions and expect a substantive outcome of these meetings," they said.
Finally, the G5 leaders emphasized that they would continue engaging in all multilateral efforts leading to achieve the improved global economic governance and other major changes required to ensure that globalization and interdependence work for the benefit of all.
"Our strategic objective is to continue promoting an action-oriented global partnership for truly equitable and sustainable development," they said.
