G8 Summit Concludes

ANCHOR:
The Group of Eight summit has come to an end in northern Japan. World leaders say they will address global inflation, particularly elevated oil and food prices. Here's more from Sapporo, Japan.

STORY:
At the close of the three-day G8 summit, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo
Fukuda reiterated the group's commitment to climate change. 


[Yasuo Fukuda, Japanese Prime Minister]:
"The G8 agreed to work to bring the whole world behind the long-term goal of cutting carbon emissions by at least 50 percent by the year
2050."

The countries at the summit also realize the importance of tackling inflation worldwide.

Meanwhile, the United States and other Western countries pushed the U.N. Security Council to vote this week to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe but Russia opposes sanctions. But at the G8, the nations were in agreement on what to do.

[Yasuo Fukuda, Japanese Prime Minister]:
"On Zimbabwe, we agreed to strongly request the authorities to take swift and appropriate action to solve this crisis humanely and peacefully and cooperate with the opposition party. And asked the SADC, the South African Development Community and the AU, the African Union, to show some leadership in this field. And also we agreed to go beyond and take certain measures. In this case, this is being debated right now in the United Nations. And going further, that means that if agreed upon, it will mean sanctions."

The G8 members are Russia, Japan, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, the United States and Britain.

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[yahoovisitor]

Global inflation arises mainly by a man due to his excessive greed leading to misplanning, deficit financing ceasing his ability to follow the basic principles of controlling it. Its based on dogmatism & confiscation of the basic rights. When a man becomes inhumane acquiring the worst characters devil is after him to follow. When he tries to deprive the other members of the society from the rights they all deserve. Chaos & anarchy with suicide bombing & global destruction are the end results