【雙魚之論】英文拷到 G / D 找中文翻譯
As we mentioned yesterday, the Joint
Communiqué of the G7 was released under the name of either "G7" or
"G7 Leaders," suggesting that they work together as one. However, on
the same day, China revealed its attempt to establish the outdated
"Chinese Tribute system," which originated from the Han era.
In the communiqué, the G7 uses the term "illegal war" to define the
situation after Putin recently introduced the term "war" instead of
"special military operation." Both sides introduced the term
"war" sequentially, anticipating that legal consequences may arise
soon.
Furthermore, the UN General Assembly Resolution No. 2758 does not conclude that
the People's Republic of China (PRC) represents Taiwan in the UN system, and
this is also stated in the bill of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US
House of Representatives. Beijing's claim to invade Taiwan is clearly a
violation of "the acquisition of territory by force is prohibited,"
as well as "unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or
coercion." Hence, it can be regarded as an "illegal war of
aggression."
Regarding North Korea, the G7 anticipates dialogue involving the United States,
Japan, and the Republic of Korea, but not China. However, the G7 expects China
to play a role in relation to Russia.
正如我們昨天所說,七國集團的聯合公報是以一個政黨「七國集團」或「七國集團領導人」的名義發佈的,這表明他們團結一致;而在同一天,中國揭露了它試圖建立起源於漢代的過時的「中國朝貢制」。
在公報中,G7在定義普丁最近引入「特別軍事行動」以外的「戰爭」一詞後,使用「非法戰爭」一詞來定義。
雙方相繼引入的「戰爭」一詞,可能很快就會發生法律效果。
由於聯合國大會第 2758 號決議沒有得出結論認為中華人民共和國在美國眾議院外交事務委員會的法案中代表臺灣和其他國家,北京入侵台灣的主張除了「單方面試圖以武力或脅迫改變現狀」外,還明確削減了「禁止以武力獲取領土」。因此,它變成了「非法侵略戰爭」。
關於朝鮮,G7預期美國、日本和韓國之間將進行對話,但中國則沒有參與其中。然而,G7期望中國在與俄羅斯的關係中發揮一定的作用。
G7 Hiroshima Leaders’ Communiqué G7 20230520 / Taimocracy摘譯
Preamble
- We, the Leaders of the
Group of Seven (G7), met in Hiroshima for our annual Summit on May
19-21, 2023, more united than ever in our determination to meet the global
challenges of this moment and set the course for a better future. Our work
is rooted in respect for the Charter of the United Nations (UN) and international
partnership.
We are taking
concrete steps to:
- support Ukraine
for as long as it takes in the face of Russia’s illegal war of aggression;
- strengthen
disarmament and non-proliferation efforts, towards the ultimate goal of a world
without nuclear weapons with undiminished security for all;
- coordinate
our approach to economic resilience and economic security that is based on
diversifying and deepening partnerships and de-risking, not de-coupling;
- drive the transition
to clean energy economies of the future through cooperation within and beyond
the G7;
- launch the
Hiroshima Action Statement for Resilient Global
Food Security with partner countries to address needs today and into
the future; and
- deliver our
goal of mobilizing $600 billion in financing for quality infrastructure through
the Partnership for Global Infrastructure Investment (PGII)
as outlined
in the reference documents of this Communiqué.
We are determined to work together and with others to:
- support a free and open Indo-Pacific and oppose any unilateral attempts
to change the status quo by force or coercion; 支援自由開放的印太地區,反對任何以武力或脅迫改變現狀的單方面企圖
- foster a strong
and resilient global economic recovery, maintain financial stability, and promote
jobs and sustainable growth; 促進強勁而有韌性的全球經濟復甦,維護金融穩定,促進就業和可持續增長
- accelerate
achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), recognizing that reducing
poverty and tackling the climate and nature crisis go hand in hand;
- promote the
evolution of the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs);
- strengthen
our partnerships with African countries and support greater African representation
in multilateral fora;
- preserve the
planet by accelerating the decarbonization of our energy sector and the deployment
of renewables, end plastic pollution and protect the oceans;
- deepen cooperation
through Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs), the Climate Club and new
Country Packages for Forest, Nature and Climate;
- invest in global
health through vaccine manufacturing capacity worldwide, the Pandemic Fund,
the future international agreement for pandemic prevention, preparedness and
response, and efforts to achieve universal health coverage (UHC);
- cooperate on
international migration and strengthen our common effort to fight the trafficking
and smuggling of human beings; and
- advance international
discussions on inclusive artificial intelligence (AI) governance and interoperability
to achieve our common vision and goal of trustworthy AI, in line with our shared
democratic values. 根據我們共同的民主價值觀,推進關於包容性人工智慧(AI)治理和互操作性的國際討論,以實現我們值得信賴的人工智慧的共同願景和目標
2. We will
champion international principles and shared values by:
- upholding and
reinforcing the free and open international order based on the rule of law,
respecting the UN Charter to the benefit of countries, large and small;
- strongly opposing
any unilateral attempts to change the peacefully established status of territories
by force or coercion anywhere in the world and reaffirming that the acquisition of territory by force is prohibited;
強烈反對在世界任何地方以武力或脅迫手段改變和平確立的領土地位的任何單方面企圖,並重申禁止以武力獲取領土
- promoting universal
human rights, gender equality and human dignity;
- reiterating
the importance of multilateralism including the role of UN and international
cooperation in promoting peace, stability and prosperity; and
- strengthening
the rules-based multilateral trading system and keeping pace with the evolution
of digital technologies.
3. We will
work with our international partners to achieve a world that is human-centered,
inclusive and resilient, leaving no one behind. In that spirit, we welcomed the
participation of the Leaders of Australia, Brazil, Comoros,
Cook Islands, India, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, and Vietnam.
Ukraine
4. We once
again condemn in the strongest possible terms the
war of aggression by Russia against Ukraine, which constitutes a serious
violation of international law, including the UN Charter. Russia’s brutal war of
aggression represents a threat to the whole world in breach of fundamental norms,
rules and principles of the international community. We reaffirm our unwavering
support for Ukraine for as long as it takes to bring a comprehensive, just and lasting
peace. We issued the G7 Leaders’ Statement on Ukraine, and with the clear intention
and concrete actions set forth in it, we commit to intensifying our diplomatic,
financial, humanitarian and military support for Ukraine, to increasing the costs
to Russia and those supporting its war efforts, and to continuing to counter the
negative impacts of the war on the rest of the world, particularly on the most vulnerable
people.
Disarmament
and Non-proliferation
5. Together
with the G7 Leaders’ Hiroshima Vision on Nuclear Disarmament, we express our commitment
to achieving a world without nuclear weapons with undiminished security for all,
through taking a realistic, pragmatic, and responsible approach. We reaffirm the
importance of disarmament and non-proliferation efforts to create a more stable
and safer world. The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is the cornerstone of the global nuclear non-proliferation
regime and the foundation for the pursuit of nuclear disarmament and peaceful uses
of nuclear energy. We remain committed to the universalization, effective
implementation, and strengthening of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention,
as well as the Chemical Weapons Convention. We welcome the steps taken to strengthen
effective and responsible export controls on materials, technology, and research
that could be used for military purposes in a way that keeps pace with rapid technological
developments and recognize the central role of multilateral export control regimes
in this regard.
Indo-Pacific
6. We reiterate
the importance of a free and open Indo-Pacific, which
is inclusive, prosperous, secure, based on the rule of law, and that protects shared
principles including sovereignty, territorial integrity, peaceful resolution of
disputes, and fundamental freedoms and human rights. Given the importance
of the region, G7 members and our partners have taken respective Indo-Pacific initiatives
to help strengthen our engagement. We underscore our commitment to strengthen coordination
with regional partners, including the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
and its member states. We reaffirm our unwavering support for ASEAN centrality and
unity and our commitment to promoting cooperation in line with the ASEAN Outlook
on the Indo-Pacific. We also reaffirm our partnership with Pacific Island countries
and reiterate the importance of supporting their priorities and needs in accordance
with the Pacific Islands Forum’s 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent. We
welcome and further encourage efforts made by the private sector, universities and
think tanks, which contribute to realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Global Economy,
Finance and Sustainable Development
7. The global
economy has shown resilience against multiple shocks including the COVID-19 pandemic,
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, and associated inflationary pressures.
Nevertheless, we need to remain vigilant and stay agile and flexible in our macroeconomic
policy amid heightened uncertainty about the global economic outlook. In striving
for strong, sustainable, balanced and inclusive growth, we are committed to a stability-
and growth-oriented macroeconomic policy mix that supports medium-term fiscal sustainability
and price stability. Inflation remains elevated and central banks remain strongly
committed to achieving price stability, in line with their respective mandates.
Meanwhile, fiscal policy should continue to provide, as appropriate, temporary and
targeted support to vulnerable groups suffering from the increase in cost of living
and catalyze investment needed for the green and digital transformations while the
overall fiscal stance should ensure medium-term sustainability. We also reaffirm
our existing G7 exchange rate commitments. We reemphasize the importance of supply-side
reforms, especially those that increase labor supply and enhance productivity. We
also stress the crucial role of women and under-represented groups for the long-term
success of our economies through promoting inclusion, diversity and innovation.
We look forward to a successful review of the G20/Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD) Principles of Corporate Governance to strengthen sustainability
and resilience of the private sector. Recognizing that our economic and social structures
have undergone dynamic and fundamental transformation, we underscore the multidimensional
aspects of welfare and that these aspects should be brought into policymaking in
a practical and effective manner. Such efforts will help preserve confidence in
democracy and a market-based economy, which are the core values of the G7.
8. We will
continue to closely monitor financial sector developments and stand ready to take
appropriate actions to maintain financial stability and the resilience of the global
financial system. We reaffirm that our financial system is resilient, supported
by the financial regulatory reforms implemented after the 2008 global financial
crisis. We strongly support the work of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and
standard-setting bodies on enhancing the resilience of non-bank financial intermediation.
We will continue policy deliberation on digital money to harness the benefits of
innovation such as payment efficiency as well as financial inclusion while addressing
potential risks to the stability, resilience and integrity of the monetary and financial
system. Effective monitoring, regulation and oversight are critical to addressing
financial stability and integrity risks posed by crypto-asset activities and markets
and to avoid regulatory arbitrage, while supporting responsible innovation.
9. We re-emphasize
our strong political commitment towards the swift global implementation of the OECD/G20
Inclusive Framework Two-Pillar Solution to address the tax challenges arising from
globalization and the digitalization of the economy and to establish a more stable
and fairer international tax system. We recognize significant progress in the negotiation
of the Pillar 1 Multilateral Convention (MLC) and reaffirm our commitment
to the swift completion of the negotiation so that the MLC can be ready for signature
within the agreed timeline. We welcome the progresses in domestic legislation toward
the implementation of Pillar 2. We will further provide developing countries
with support for strengthening their tax capacity to build sustainable tax revenue
sources, highlighting the importance of assistance for the implementation of the
Two-Pillar Solution.
10. We recognize
that achieving the sustainable development goals by 2030, reducing poverty, responding
to global challenges including the climate crisis, and addressing debt vulnerabilities
in low and middle-income countries are urgent, interrelated and mutually reinforcing.
We are determined to do our part to mobilize the private and public resources needed
to meet these challenges and support a just transition. Recognizing the importance
of providing and protecting global public goods, we will support efforts to embed
building resilience, sustainability and inclusiveness as integral elements in MDBs’
efforts to reduce poverty and promote shared prosperity. We will strive to enhance
the development finance toolkit to mobilize additional financing from international
financial institutions, bilateral partners, and the private sector to more effectively
reduce poverty by better addressing vulnerabilities including climate change. We will work together and with partners to deliver this ambition and make
concrete progress on this agenda at key moments over the coming year starting with
the Summit organized in Paris on June 22-23 to revitalize global development financing,
and continuing the momentum through the G20 Summit in New Delhi, the SDG Summit
in New York, the 2023 World Bank Group (WBG) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Annual Meetings in Marrakech, the G20 Compact with Africa Conference in Berlin,
and the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC-COP 28) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
11, We are
determined to take on a leading role in reversing the setback of progress towards
the SDGs. Recognizing that 2023 is the halfway point
to achieve the SDGs, we highlight the importance of the SDG Summit in September
and will ambitiously contribute to a successful outcome. We reaffirm our commitment
to revitalizing international cooperation and strengthen multilateralism. We will
accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and
the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA), and will do so in a comprehensive and gender-transformative
manner including through locally-led development. We will also promote the concept
of human security in the new era aiming to realize a society that leaves no one
behind. We stress the critical role of development cooperation and international
partnerships in addressing global challenges and the need to engage with international
partners in solidarity. We also call for further domestic resource mobilization
and efficient use of existing resources as well as mobilizing private financial
assets to address financing gaps for sustainable development. We underscore the
need for continued efforts to scale up official development assistance (ODA) and
expand its catalytic use including through innovative financing mechanisms, recognizing
the importance of respective commitments, such as the 0.7% ODA/GNI target that some
countries adopted.
12. We remain
concerned that serious challenges to debt sustainability are undermining the progress
towards the SDGs and low-and middle-income countries are disproportionately affected
by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and wider global challenges. We reiterate
the urgency of addressing debt vulnerabilities in these countries and fully support
the G20’s effort to improve the implementation of the Common Framework for Debt
Treatments beyond the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) in a predictable,
timely, orderly and coordinated manner, providing clarity to participants. We welcome
the recent approval by the IMF board of a program for Ghana. Beyond the Common Framework,
debt vulnerabilities in middle income countries (MICs) should be addressed by multilateral
coordination. In this respect, we welcome the launch of the creditors’ meeting for
Sri Lanka under the three co-chairs, France, India, and Japan, and look forward
to a swift resolution as a successful model for future multilateral efforts to address
MICs’ debt issues. We also stress the importance of private creditors providing
debt treatments on terms at least as favorable to ensure fair burden sharing in
line with the comparability of treatment principle. We welcome the development of
Climate Resilient Debt Clauses (CRDC) to enhance the safety net for borrowers facing
the impacts of climate change. We welcome work by our finance ministers on this
topic and encourage more creditors to offer CRDC for loan agreements. In order to
enhance debt data accuracy and transparency, we invite all official bilateral creditors
to join the data sharing exercise for debt data reconciliation, including through
further advancing the G20’s initiative in the area of debt data accuracy.
13. We encourage
MDBs and Development Financial Institutions (DFIs) to accelerate their efforts to
increase their capacity to leverage private finance, including through implementing
MDB reforms. In this regard, we strongly support and encourage to expedite the ongoing
work on the evolution of the MDBs to review and transform their business models
to better address transboundary challenges such as climate change, pandemics, fragility
and conflict, which are integral to achieving poverty reduction and shared prosperity.
This evolution should come with the most efficient use of their existing capital.
To this end, we will contribute to developing an ambitious G20 Roadmap on implementing
the recommendations of the G20 MDB Capital Adequacy Framework Review and call on
MDBs to make further progress in a comprehensive manner while safeguarding MDBs’
long-term financial sustainability, robust credit ratings and preferred creditor
status. Building on key reforms to the WBG’s mission and operational model along
with financial reforms that can add up to $50 billion of financing capacity over
the coming decade, we look forward to further progress at the WBG toward the 2023
WBG and IMF Annual Meetings and beyond so that ambitious reforms can be made on
a continual basis. We encourage other MDBs to join this initiative for a coordinated
approach of MDBs as a system. We also call on MDBs to make the best use of policy
and knowledge support, and explore strengthened approaches to promote mobilizing
domestic resources and private capital as well as private sector engagement. We
have further advanced our joint efforts to support countries most in need through
the voluntary channeling of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) or equivalent contributions.
We welcome that additional pledges by Japan and France, amongst others, together
with our previous contributions and commitments, put the global ambition of $100
billion within reach and call for the delivery of existing pledges and for further
pledges from all willing and able countries to fulfill the ambition. We support
the IMF achieving its agreed 2021 fundraising targets by the 2023 WBG and IMF Annual
Meetings and identifying all available options to put the Poverty Reduction and
Growth Trust (PRGT) which supports Low Income Countries (LICs), on a sustainable
footing with a view to meeting the growing needs of LICs in the coming years. We
will further explore viable options for enabling the voluntary channeling of SDRs
through MDBs, while respecting national legal frameworks and the need to preserve
the reserve assets character and status of SDRs.
14. We stress
the importance of narrowing the infrastructure investment gap in low and middle
income partner countries, including by delivering financing for quality infrastructure,
supporting efforts to advance policy reforms needed to attract investment, operationalizing
country-led partnerships, and promoting upstream support including project preparation
support. We reaffirm our shared commitment to the G7 Partnership for Global Infrastructure
and Investment (PGII) and to working together and aiming to mobilize up to $600
billion by 2027.We will continue strengthening global partnerships for public and
private investments in sustainable, inclusive, resilient and quality infrastructure
with partner countries. We will mobilize the private sector for accelerated action
to this end. Our offer is fair and transparent and aims at accelerating global sustainable
development with the focus on delivering impact at local level. We welcome the Factsheet
on PGII that demonstrates how the G7 and partners have made concrete progress in
fostering investments that will create lasting positive impacts and promote sustainable
development. We reiterate our support to the G20 Compact with Africa as a key framework
to enhance the business environment in Africa and call on reform-oriented partners
to join and strengthen this initiative.
15. We shared
our determination to promote transparent and fair development finance and work together
to address the gap in implementing existing principles such as debt transparency
and sustainability, fair appraisal, selection, and lending practices for quality
infrastructure investment. In this regard, we call on all actors to adhere to international
rules, standards and principles, including the G20 Principles for Quality Infrastructure
Investment, the G20 Operational Guidelines for Sustainable Financing, the OECD Convention
on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. These rules, standards and
principles also include measures to safeguard the integrity of infrastructure investments.
16. We note
the importance of addressing development, humanitarian, peace and security issues
together. We are determined to address the unprecedented number of humanitarian
crises, focusing on women and girls and those in vulnerable situations. In this
regard, we commit to providing over $21 billion in total to address the worsening
humanitarian crises this year, including in response to urgent food crises. Bearing
in mind that many countries are vulnerable to disasters, including Small Island
Developing States, we will accelerate international disaster risk reduction cooperation
in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and the
output of its midterm review conducted by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
(UNDRR). We emphasize the importance of a disaster preparedness approach and investment
in human capital, goods and infrastructure that contribute not only to “risk transfer”
but also to “risk reduction,” resulting in the strengthening of anticipatory actions.
We remain committed to holding ourselves accountable, in an open and transparent
way, for the promises we have made. In this regard, we endorse the 2023 Hiroshima
Progress Report, following up on the G7’s development-related commitments on food
security and nutrition as well as refugees and migration.
17. We emphasize
the transformative power of cities worldwide as drivers for every aspect of sustainable
development. We will continue our cooperation on sustainable urban development and
task our relevant Ministers to consider the development of principles on carbon
neutral, resilient and inclusive cities and on the digitalization in cities, and
to accelerate the use of data and technologies for cities. This work will support
exchanges with our global partners, whose cities face some of the most significant
challenges relating to climate change.
Climate Change
18. Our planet
is facing unprecedented challenges from the triple global crisis of climate change,
biodiversity loss and pollution as well as from the ongoing global energy crisis.
We are steadfast in our commitment to the Paris agreement, keeping a limit of 1.5°C
global temperature rise within reach through scaled up action in this critical decade,
halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030, and ensuring energy security, whilst
leveraging synergies and recognizing the interdependent nature of these challenges.
While Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine impacts energy markets and supply
chains globally, our goal to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by
2050 at the latest remains unchanged. We emphasize our strong concern, amplified
by the latest finding of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and
its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), at the accelerating and intensifying impacts
of climate change, and highlight the increased urgency to reduce global GHG emissions
by around 43 percent by 2030 and 60 percent by 2035, relative to the 2019 level,
in light of its latest findings. We reiterate our commitment made in Elmau last
year to rapidly implement domestic mitigation measures aimed at achieving our Nationally
Determined Contribution (NDC) targets and to increase our ambition including, for
example, by adopting or strengthening sectoral targets, by developing non-CO2 sub
targets, and by adopting stringent implementation measures. Mindful of our leadership
role, and noting that emissions have already peaked in all G7 countries, we recognize
the critical role of all major economies in limiting increases in global temperature
over this critical decade and in subsequent decades. In this context, we underscore
that every major economy should have significantly enhanced the ambition of its
NDC since the Paris Agreement; already peaked its GHG emissions or indicated that
it will do so no later than 2025; and in particular, included economy-wide absolute
reduction targets and that cover all GHGs in its NDC. Accordingly, we call on all
Parties – especially major economies – whose 2030 NDC targets or long-term low GHG
emission development Strategies (LTSs) are not yet aligned with a 1.5°C pathway
and net zero by 2050 at the latest, to revisit and strengthen the 2030 NDC targets
and publish or update their LTSs as soon as possible and well before UNFCCC-COP28,
and to commit to net zero by 2050 at the latest. Furthermore, we call on all Parties
to commit at UNFCCC-COP28 to peak global GHG emissions immediately and by no later
than 2025. We reaffirm our commitment to the Global Methane Pledge and we will step
up efforts to collectively reduce global anthropogenic methane emissions by at least
30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030. We commit to actively contributing to securing
the most ambitious outcomes of the first global stocktake (GST) at UNFCCC-COP28,
which should result in enhanced, immediate and ambitious actions across mitigation,
adaptation, means of implementation and support. We call on all Parties to submit
their next round of NDCs and LTSs well ahead of UNFCCC-COP30 that are informed by
the outcomes of the GST, reflecting economy-wide absolute reduction targets including
all GHGs, sectors and categories. These should reflect significantly enhanced ambition
aligned with a 1.5°C pathway and should also include their revisited and strengthened
2030 targets.
19. Noting
the importance of increasing the pace and scale of action on climate change, biodiversity
loss and clean energy transitions, we will globally advance and promote a green
transformation, working together to realize transformation of our economies to reach
net-zero GHG emissions by 2050 at the latest. We will engage with developing and
emerging countries to accelerate emission reduction, including by supporting their
transitions to climate resilient, circular, and nature positive economies and net-zero
GHG emissions through various and practical pathways taking into account national
circumstances. To that end, we reaffirm our strong commitment to supporting developing
countries’ just energy transitions, which will be supported by coordinated actions,
including through the PGII. We welcome progress achieved on JETPs with South Africa,
Indonesia and Vietnam, and also continue our discussions with India and Senegal.
We take note of initiatives that are intended to support clean energy transition
in countries around the world, such as Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) initiative,
the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA), 2050 Pathways Platform, Net Zero World (NZW),
and the Global Carbon Pricing Challenge and underscore the importance of actions
taken through such initiatives being aligned with a 1.5°C pathway. We will take
further action on supply-side measures and recognize the need for further decarbonization
efforts on the demand-side such as promoting changes in infrastructure and material
use and end-use technology adoption as well as promoting sustainable consumer choice.
We also recognize the vital role of sub-national governments in collaboration with
other stakeholders and partners to advance climate and energy actions based on local
needs and environmental conditions. We reaffirm the important role of high integrity
carbon markets and carbon pricing to foster cost-efficient reductions in emission
levels, drive innovation and enable a transformation to net zero, through the optimal
use of a range of policy levers to price carbon. We support appropriate policy mixes
including carbon pricing, non-pricing mechanisms, and incentives that effectively
reduce emissions, and note that these could vary reflecting country-specific circumstances.
We strongly support the OECD Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches (IFCMA).
We look forward to advancing the open, cooperative, and inclusive Climate Club,
in collaboration with international partners, to advance industrial decarbonization.
We encourage private entities to commit to GHG net-zero emissions throughout the
value chain via credible net zero pledges and transparent implementation strategies.
We also encourage and promote private entities’ work to foster innovation contributing
to the emission reduction of other entities through decarbonization solutions. We
welcome the progress of the Industrial Decarbonization Agenda (IDA) that decided
to start working on implementation of the new Global Data Collection Framework for
steel production and product emissions. We reaffirm our commitment to a highly decarbonized
road sector by 2030, and recognize the importance of reducing GHG emissions from
the global fleet and the range of pathways to approach this goal in line with trajectories
required for keeping a limit of 1.5°C within reach. We are committed to the goal
of achieving net-zero emissions in the road sector by 2050. In this context, we
highlight the various actions that each of us is taking to decarbonize our vehicle
fleet, including such domestic policies that are designed to achieve 100 percent
or the overwhelming penetration of sales of light duty vehicles (LDVs) as zero emission
vehicles (ZEV) by 2035 and beyond; to achieve 100 percent electrified vehicles in
new passenger car sales by 2035; to promote associated infrastructure and sustainable
carbon-neutral fuels including sustainable bio- and synthetic fuels. We note the
opportunities that these policies offer to contribute to a highly decarbonized road
sector, including progressing towards a share of over 50 percent of zero emission
LDVs sold globally by 2030. Considering the findings of the International Energy
Agency (IEA)‘s Energy Technology Perspective 2023, we also note the opportunity
to collectively reduce by at least 50 percent CO2 emissions from G7 vehicle stock
by 2035 or earlier relative to the level in 2000 as a halfway point to achieving
net zero and to track the progress on a yearly basis. We reaffirm our commitment
to strengthen global efforts to achieve GHG lifecycle zero emissions from international
shipping by 2050 at the latest. We commit to support this target and introducing
intermediate targets for 2030 and 2040 for the revised International Maritime Organization
(IMO) GHG reduction strategy, in line with efforts to limit the temperature increase
to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels through a credible basket of measures. We
commit to accelerate global efforts to achieve the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO)’s goal of net-zero emissions in international aviation by 2050,
including making an effort for promoting and introducing sustainable aviation fuel
(SAF), introducing new technologies and improving operations, also building on ICAO’s
Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).
20. In the
face of the increasing threats posed by climate change, supporting climate-vulnerable
groups is essential for ensuring human security and achieving resilient and sustainable
development. We will continue to scale up and enhance support to strengthen the
resilience of climate-vulnerable groups through enhancing climate change adaptation
and climate disaster risk reduction, response and recovery and early-warning systems
including through the Global Shield against Climate Risks and other initiatives
related to early warning systems and the adoption of climate-resilient debt clauses.
We reaffirm our commitments to the developed country Parties’ goal of jointly mobilizing
$100 billion annually in climate finance by 2020 through to 2025 in the context
of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation. We will work
together with other developed country Parties in order to fully meet the goal in
2023. We welcome discussions on an ambitious and fit-for-purpose new collective
quantified goal (NCQG) which contributes as a global effort, from a wide variety
of sources, public and private, to reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement, including
making finance flows consistent with a pathway toward low GHG emissions and climate
resilient development. Recognizing the critical role of the G7 and that developed
country parties should take the lead in mobilizing climate finance, we underscore
the need for all countries and stakeholders, who have the capabilities and are not
yet among the current providers of international climate finance, to contribute
to global efforts in this regard.
21. We are
committed to accelerating our own efforts to making financial flows consistent with
a pathway toward low GHG emissions and climate resilient development, in line with
Article 2.1c of the Paris Agreement. We stress the importance of mobilizing finance
especially including private finance focusing on further implementation and development
of clean technologies and activities. We underline our commitment to consistent,
comparable and reliable disclosure of information on sustainability including climate.
We support the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) finalizing the
standards for general reporting on sustainability and for climate-related disclosures
and working toward achieving globally interoperable sustainability disclosure frameworks.
We also look forward to the ISSB’s future work on disclosure on biodiversity and
human capital, in line with its work plan consultation. We remain committed to supporting
the implementation and monitoring of the G20 Sustainable Finance Roadmap. We highlight
the need for corporates to implement their net-zero transitions in line with the
temperature goal of the Paris Agreement based on credible corporate climate transition
plans. We also highlight that transition finance, in line with keeping a limit of
1.5°C temperature rise within reach, avoiding carbon lock-ins and based on effective
emissions reduction, has a significant role in advancing the decarbonization of
the economy as a whole. We look forward to an ambitious and successful second replenishment
for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and reaffirm the need for robust G7 pledges. We
urge other countries to do the same and underscore the need to broaden the GCF’s
contributor base by encouraging all potential contributors. We continue to accelerate
efforts to respond to the Glasgow Climate Pact that urges developed countries to
at least double their collective provision of climate finance for adaptation to
developing countries from the 2019 level by 2025, in the context of achieving a
balance between mitigation and adaptation in the provision of scaled-up financial
resources. We also urge MDBs to commit to ambitious adaptation finance targets,
announcing revised and enhanced 2025 projections, and call on non-G7 countries to
enhance provision and mobilization including private finance for adaptation. We
stress the key role of International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in mobilizing
finance and call on them to mainstream climate and environment issues in their policies,
investments, operations and governance. We also urge MDBs to increase finance for
global public goods including climate finance and support ambitious regulatory reforms
in developing countries via policy-based finance in order to foster the transition
to net zero and enable private sector investment. Furthermore, in order to promote
the development of carbon markets while ensuring their environmental integrity,
we endorse the “Principles of High Integrity Carbon Markets” to facilitate their
implementation in carbon credit markets. We emphasize our extreme concern at the
scale of impacts that are already resulting in economic and non-economic loss and
damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change and being felt globally,
particularly by the most vulnerable. Alarmed by the adverse effects of climate change
globally, we will scale up action and support to avert, minimize and address loss
and damage, especially for the most vulnerable countries. This will include implementing
the UNFCCC-COP27/The 4th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the
Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA4) decision to establish new funding
arrangements, including a fund, for developing countries that are particularly vulnerable
to the adverse effects of climate change, in the context of article 8 of the Paris
Agreement, and providing support identified in the “G7 Inventory on Climate Disaster
Risk Reduction, Response and Recovery”.
Environment
22. We commit
to realizing the transformation of the economic and social system towards net-zero,
circular, climate-resilient, pollution-free and nature-positive economies and to
halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030, in an integrated manner, while
ensuring sustainable and inclusive economic growth and development and enhancing
the resilience of our economies. Highlighting that enhancing resource efficiency
and circularity along value chains reduces primary resource use and contributes
to achieving our climate and other environmental goals, we encourage stakeholders
and in particular businesses to strengthen their action. Thus, we endorse the Circular
Economy and Resource Efficiency Principles (CEREP). We will increase domestic and
international environmentally-sound, sustainable and efficient recovery and recycling
of critical minerals and raw materials and other applicable materials while increasing
circularity along the supply chains. We reaffirm that management and governance
of water-related ecosystems are essential for all life on earth. We are actively
engaging in relevant international fora including following up on the UN Water Conference
successfully held this year.
23. Building
on the G7 Ocean Deal, we commit to act
towards realizing clean, healthy and productive oceans. We reaffirm our commitment
to end illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing
and will take further actions to address this phenomenon in all its dimensions,
including supporting developing countries and strengthening policy coordination
among our relevant agencies and task them to take stock of their progress on this
issue by the end of this year. In particular, we encourage non-parties to the Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) to join
for further global acceptance and effective implementation of the PSMA. We welcome
the conclusion of the negotiations for an international legally binding instrument
under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas
beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) and call for its rapid entry into force
and implementation. We will continue to actively engage in the development of a
regulatory framework on deep seabed mineral exploitation under the International
Seabed Authority (ISA) that ensures effective protection for the marine environment
from harmful effects which may arise from such activities, as required under the
UNCLOS. We are committed to end plastic pollution, with the ambition to reduce additional
plastic pollution to zero by 2040. With this in mind, we are determined to continue
and step up our actions based on the comprehensive life cycle approach. We support
the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) process, look forward to the next
round of negotiation in Paris with a view to completing its work with an international
legally binding instrument covering the whole life cycle of plastics by the end
of 2024 and call for ambitious outcomes. We will make as much progress as possible
on these issues and on the broader agenda of ocean protection by the UN Ocean Conference in 2025.
24.We welcome
the adoption of the historic Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)
to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, which is fundamental to human well-being,
a healthy planet and economic prosperity, and commit to its swift and full implementation
and to achievement of each of its goals and targets. In this regard, G7 members
that are parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) commit to revise,
update and submit our National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)
aligned with the GBF and its goals and targets, or to communicate national targets
reflecting as applicable all the goals and targets of the GBF in 2023 or sufficiently
in advance of CBD-COP16. We will identify incentives, including subsidies, harmful
to biodiversity by 2025, and redirect or eliminate them while scaling up positive
incentives for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity by 2030 at the
latest, taking initial steps without delay. We call on all signatories to swiftly
implement their commitments under the GBF and stand ready to provide support to
developing countries. We reiterate our commitment to substantially increase our
national and international funding for nature by 2025. We will ensure that our international
development assistance aligns with the GBF. We call on the MDBs to increase support
for biodiversity including through leveraging financial resources from all sources
and deploying a full suite of instruments. To implement the GBF, we commit to substantially
and progressively increasing the level of financial resources from all sources,
and to align all relevant fiscal and financial flows with the GBF and call on others
to do the same. We commit to supporting the establishment of the GBF Fund within
the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and its successful launch at the GEF Assembly
in Vancouver in August 2023, noting the importance of financial contributions from
all sources to capitalize the new fund. We reaffirm our commitment to enhance synergies
between finance for climate and biodiversity, including increased funding for Nature-based
Solutions. We also commit to supporting and advancing a transition to nature positive
economies, including through sharing knowledge and creating information networks
among the G7 such as the G7 Alliance on Nature Positive Economy. We call on businesses
to progressively reduce negative and increase positive impacts on biodiversity.
We look forward to the publication of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial
Disclosures’ (TNFD’s) market framework and urge market participants, governments
and regulators to support its development. We stress our commitment to achieving
the target of effectively conserving and managing at least 30 percent of terrestrial
and inland water areas, and at least 30 percent of marine and coastal areas by 2030
(30 by 30), nationally and globally, according to national circumstances and approaches
through promoting the designation and management of protected areas and other effective
area-based conservation measures (OECMs). We commit to conserving and protecting
global marine biological diversity and sustainably using its resources based on
the best available scientific evidence. In this context, we reconfirm our commitment
under the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
to adopt, as a matter of urgency, proposals to designate Marine Protected Areas
(MPAs) in Eastern Antarctica, the Weddell Sea and the Western Antarctic Peninsula,
based on the best available scientific evidence. In this regard, we will support
other countries by sharing best practices for protected areas and OECMs to achieve
the GBF target of 30 by 30. We will enhance international cooperation on measures
against invasive alien species. We reiterate our commitment to halting and reversing
forest loss and land degradation by 2030, and are committed to conserving forests
and other terrestrial ecosystems and accelerating their restoration, supporting
sustainable value and supply chains as well as promoting sustainable forest management
and use of wood. We will work together, with high ambition to deliver integrated
solutions to support the protection, conservation and restoration of high-carbon,
high-biodiversity ecosystems, including by coordinating our offers through Country
Packages on Forests, Nature and Climate, especially in countries which host vital
reserves of carbon and biodiversity, with an initial focus on forests. We commit
to continuing our efforts to reduce risk of deforestation and forest and land degradation
linked to the production of relevant commodities and enhance cooperation with various
stakeholders on this issue. We will, if appropriate, develop further regulatory
frameworks or policies to support this.
Energy
25. We commit
to holistically addressing energy security, the climate crisis, and geopolitical
risks. In order to address the current energy crisis caused by Russia’s war of aggression
against Ukraine and achieve our common goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 at the
latest, we highlight the real and urgent need and opportunity to accelerate clean
energy transitions also as a means of increasing energy security at the same time.
While acknowledging various pathways according to each country’s energy situation,
industrial and social structures and geographical conditions, we highlight that
these should lead to our common goal of net zero by
2050 at the latest in order to keep a limit of 1.5 °C within reach. In this
regard, we invite the IEA to make recommendations by the end of this year on options
how to diversify the supplies of energy and critical minerals as well as clean energy
manufacturing. Through this, together with our partners, we seek to holistically
address energy security, climate crisis, and geopolitical risk including the expansion
of global use of renewable energy in order to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050
at the latest and keep a limit of 1.5 °C temperature rise within reach. Through
our experience in coping with past and current energy crises, we highlight the importance
of enhanced energy efficiency and savings as the “first fuel,” and of developing
demand side energy policies. We also need to significantly accelerate the deployment
of renewable energies and the development and deployment of next-generation technologies.
The G7 contributes to expanding renewable energy globally and bringing down costs
by strengthening capacity including through a collective increase in offshore wind
capacity of 150GW by 2030 based on each country’s existing targets and a collective
increase of solar PV to more than 1TW by 2030 estimated by the IEA and the International
Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) through means such as each country’s existing targets
or policy measures. We recognize that low-carbon and renewable hydrogen and its
derivatives such as ammonia should be developed and used, if this can be aligned
with a 1.5 °C pathway, where they are impactful as effective emission reduction
tools to advance decarbonization across sectors and industries, notably in hard-to-abate
sectors in industry and transportation, while avoiding N2O as a GHG and NOx as air
pollutant. We also note that some countries are exploring the use of low-carbon
and renewable hydrogen and its derivatives in the power sector to work towards zero-emission
thermal power generation if this can be aligned with a 1.5°C pathway and our collective
goal for a fully or predominantly decarbonized power sector by 2035. We will enhance
our efforts to develop the rule-based, transparent global market and supply chains
for low carbon and renewable hydrogen based on reliable international standards
and certification schemes adhering to environmental and social standards. We affirm
the importance of developing international standards and certification including
for a GHG calculation methodology for hydrogen production and mutual recognition
mechanism for carbon intensity-based tradability, transparency, trustworthiness
and sustainability. We reaffirm our commitment to achieving a fully or predominantly
decarbonized power sector by 2035, and prioritizing concrete and timely steps towards
the goal of accelerating the phase-out of domestic unabated coal power generation
in a manner consistent with keeping a limit of 1.5°C temperature rise within reach
and urge others to join us. We will work towards ending the construction of new
unabated coal fired power generation as identified in the IEA’s Coal in Net Zero
Transitions report in 2022 as one of the primary actions to be taken in line with
the IEA net zero by 2050 scenario. We call on and will work with other countries
to end new unabated coal-fired power generation projects globally as soon as possible
to accelerate the clean energy transition in a just manner. We highlight that we
ended new direct government support for unabated international thermal coal power
generation in 2021. We call on other countries, especially major economies to join
us in fulfilling their commitments to do the same. We acknowledge that Carbon Capture,
Utilization and Storage (CCUS)/carbon recycling technologies can be an important
part of a broad portfolio of decarbonization solutions to reduce emissions from
industrial sources that cannot be avoided otherwise and that the deployment of carbon
dioxide removal (CDR) processes with robust social and environmental safeguard,
have an essential role to play in counterbalancing residual emissions from sectors
that are unlikely to achieve full decarbonization.
26. We underline
our commitment, in the context of a global effort, to accelerate the phase-out of
unabated fossil fuels so as to achieve net zero in energy systems by 2050 at the
latest in line with the trajectories required to limit global average temperatures
to 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels, and call on others to join us in taking the
same action. We reaffirm our commitment to the elimination of inefficient fossil
fuel subsidies by 2025 or sooner, and reaffirm our previous calls for all countries
to do so. In view of the emerging need for net-zero and circular industrial supply
chains in the transformation towards a 1.5°C pathway, we recognize the opportunities
associated with decarbonized, sustainably and responsibly produced non-combustion
feedstocks, and are committed to supporting our workers and communities in this
transformation. We also highlight that we ended new direct public support for the
international unabated fossil-fuel energy sector in 2022, except in limited circumstances
clearly defined by each country consistent with a 1.5 °C warming limit and the goals
of the Paris Agreement, recognizing the importance of national security and geostrategic
interests. It is necessary to accelerate the phase out of our dependency on Russian
energy, including through energy savings and gas demand reduction, in a manner consistent
with our Paris commitments, and address the global impact of Russia’s war on energy
supplies, gas prices and inflation, and people’s lives, recognizing the primary
need to accelerate the clean energy transition. In this context, we stress the important
role that increased deliveries of LNG can play, and acknowledge that investment
in the sector can be appropriate in response to the current crisis and to address
potential gas market shortfalls provoked by the crisis. In the exceptional circumstance
of accelerating the phase out of our dependency on Russian energy, publicly supported
investment in the gas sector can be appropriate as a temporary response, subject
to clearly defined national circumstances, if implemented in a manner consistent
with our climate objectives without creating lock-in effects, for example by ensuring
that projects are integrated into national strategies for the development of low-carbon
and renewable hydrogen. We will further utilize neutral and impartial statistical
data made available by international organizations such as the IEA and strengthen
their data-collection and analysis functions, with a view to stabilizing energy
markets. We emphasize the importance of strengthening forums for communication and
cooperation between producing and consuming countries with a view to stabilizing
energy markets and mobilizing necessary investment consistent with climate goals.
Those G7 countries that opt to use nuclear energy recognize
its potential to provide affordable low-carbon energy that can reduce dependence
on fossil fuels, to address the climate crisis and to ensure global energy security
as a source of baseload energy and grid flexibility. 那些選擇使用核能的七國集團國家認識到其提供負擔得起的低碳能源的潛力,可以減少對化石燃料的依賴,解決氣候危機,並確保全球能源安全作為基本負荷能源和電網靈活性的來源。They commit to maximizing the use of existing reactors safely, securely, and
efficiently, including by advancing their safe long-term operation, in addressing
the current energy crisis. 他們承諾最大限度地安全、可靠和高效地利用現有反應堆,包括推進其安全的長期運行,以應對當前的能源危機。 They also commit, domestically as well as in partner countries, to supporting
the development and construction of nuclear reactors, such as small modular and
other advanced reactors with advanced safety systems, building robust and resilient
nuclear supply chains including nuclear fuel, and maintaining and strengthening
nuclear technology and human resources. 他們還承諾在國內和夥伴國家支援核反應爐的開發和建設,例如具有先進安全系統的小型模組化和其他先進反應爐,建立包括核燃料在內的強大和有彈性的核供應鏈,以及維護和加強核技術和人力資源。 They will work with like-minded partners to reduce dependence on Russia.
他們將與志同道合的夥伴合作,減少對俄羅斯的依賴。 The G7 underlines that the highest standards of nuclear safety and security
are important to all countries and their respective publics. We welcome the steady
progress of decommissioning work at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO)’s
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, and Japan’s transparent efforts with the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) based on scientific evidence. We support
the IAEA’s independent review to ensure that the discharge of Advanced Liquid Processing
System (ALPS) treated water will be conducted consistent with IAEA safety standards
and international law and that it will not cause any harm to humans and the environment,
which is essential for the decommissioning of the site and the reconstruction of
Fukushima.
Clean Energy
Economy
27. Emphasizing
that the global climate and energy crisis highlights the urgent need to accelerate
the clean energy transition towards achieving net-zero emissions no later than 2050
and to transform our energy systems, we underline the necessity of economic diversification
and transformation, including in supply chains. In order to further promote clean energy transitions on a global scale,
we are determined to increase our efforts and, in particular, will pursue secure, resilient, affordable, and sustainable clean energy
supply chains, including those for critical minerals and clean energy technologies.
In implementing energy transitions, we also reaffirm the importance of working collectively
to avoid market distortions and ensuring a global level playing field. We will continue
to work with international partners to realize a clean energy economy through concrete
actions as laid out in the Clean Energy Economy Action Plan.
Economic Resilience
and Economic Security
28. Ensuring
economic resilience and economic security globally remains our best protection against the weaponization of economic
vulnerabilities. Recalling our commitment from the 2022 G7 Elmau Summit,
we will advance economic policies that enhance global economic resilience and economic
security to protect against systemic vulnerabilities. To this end, we will engage
in dialogue and follow a cooperative approach within the G7 as well as with partners
beyond the G7 and globally, including in collaboration with developing countries.
In so doing, we will promote international rules and norms in order to facilitate
trade and promote economic resilience, based on the
rules-based multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization (WTO)
at its core. Our efforts will include taking action to make our supply chains and
those of our partners around the world more resilient, sustainable and reliable,
as well as appropriate measures to promote prosperity for all. We will also promote
trust and security in critical infrastructure. We will
enhance ongoing collaboration to address non-market policies and practices that
exacerbate strategic dependencies and systemic vulnerabilities, harm our workers
and businesses, and can undermine international rules and norms. Building
on our resolve in Elmau to increase vigilanceand enhance our cooperation to address
risks that undermine global security and stability, we will enhance collaboration
by launching the Coordination Platform on Economic Coercion to increase our collective
assessment, preparedness, deterrence and response to economic coercion, and further
promote cooperation with partners beyond the G7. We will deepen our strategic dialogue
against malicious practices to protect global supply chains from illegitimate influence,
espionage, illicit knowledge leakage, and sabotage in the digital sphere. We affirm
our shared responsibility and determination to coordinate on preventing the cutting-edge
technologies we develop from being used to further military capabilities that threaten
international peace and security. In this context, we hereby adopt the G7 Leaders’ Statement on Economic Resilience and Economic
Security.
29. We reaffirm
the growing importance of critical minerals in various fields, especially for the
global clean energy transition, and the need to manage economic and security risks
caused by vulnerable supply chains. We support open, fair, transparent, secure,
diverse, sustainable, traceable, rules- and market-based trade in critical minerals,
oppose market-distorting practices and monopolistic policies on critical minerals,
and reaffirm the need to build resilient, robust, responsible, and transparent critical
mineral supply chains. We are committed to strengthening our preparedness and resilience
against emergencies such as market disruptions, and considering ways to jointly
address any such disruptions, including through the support of the IEA’s “Voluntary
Critical Mineral Security Program.” We welcome joint progress in efforts to diversify supply chains, including the refining and processing of critical minerals, such
as the Minerals Security Partnership (MSP). We will support local value creation
in critical minerals supply chains in line with the WTO rules. We will promote domestic
and international recycling of critical minerals in collaboration with developing
countries. We affirm that strong environmental, social
and governance (ESG) standards will ensure benefits to local communities,
including people living in the vicinity of areas with mineral reserves and refining
and processing plants, protect workers’ rights, and promote transparency, while
giving due consideration to upstream and midstream environments. In order to further
promote the clean energy transition we reiterate the need to establish sustainable
an resilient supply chains for critical mineral resources and products manufactured
using such resources. We welcome the “Five-Point
Plan for Critical Mineral Security” adopted by G7 Climate, Energy and
Environment Ministers and instruct them to implement the plan.
Trade
30. We stand
united in our commitment to free and fair trade as foundational
principles and objectives of the rules-based multilateral trading system with the
WTO at its core, which proves more important than ever in the current geopolitical
environment. We confirm that honoring these foundational principles is essential
to creating resilient global supply chains that are transparent, diversified, secure,
sustainable, trustworthy, and reliable, and that are fair for all and responsive
to the needs of global citizens. We affirm our attachment to transparency, coordination
and to the respect of WTO rules in our respective policies. This global trading
system must be inclusive and ensure that the prosperity it can bring is felt by
all, including those that have been traditionally underrepresented. To this end,
we will continue to work with non-G7 partners,
in particular developing country partners, which are integral partners in supply
chains and in the global trading system. Based on the outcome of the 12th
WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12) and looking ahead to achieving a successful MC13,
we underscore the importance of working towards WTO reform, including by conducting
discussions with the view to having a fully and well-functioning dispute settlement
system accessible to all Members by 2024 and by reinforcing deliberation to respond
to global trade policy challenges. In addition, we call on all WTO members to work
together to secure the prompt entry into force of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies,
to engage constructively on recommendations for additional provisions that would
achieve a comprehensive agreement on fisheries subsidies, and the plurilateral initiatives
including the joint statement initiatives (JSIs), and to make permanent the Moratorium
on Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions. We are committed to accelerating
the WTO JSI E-Commerce negotiations and working to conclude an ambitious outcome
by the end of 2023. The outcome should be high standard and commercially meaningful.
Free and fair trade flows, consistent with our commitment to our multilateral trading
system, play an important role in the green and just transition. We will continue
our collaboration at the WTO including to facilitate and promote trade in environmental
goods and services, and technologies. We reaffirm our shared concerns with non-market
policies and practices, including their problematic evolution, that distort global
competition, trade and investment. We will further step up our efforts to secure
a level playing field through the more effective use of existing tools, as well
as development of appropriate new tools and stronger international rules and norms.
We will seek to ensure that our responses to unfair trading practices will not create
unnecessary barriers to our partners’ industries and are consistent with our WTO
commitments. We reaffirm that export controls are a fundamental policy tool to address
the challenges posed by the diversion of technology critical to military applications
as well as for other activities that threaten global, regional, and national security.
We affirm the importance of cooperation on export controls on critical and emerging
technologies such as microelectronics and cyber surveillance systems to address
the misuse of such technologies by malicious actors and inappropriate transfers
of such technologies through research activities. We task our Trade Ministers to
deepen these discussions towards the G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting in October, and
to explore, both within and beyond the G7, coordinated or joint actions where appropriate
against trade-related challenges, including economic coercion.
Food Security
31. We remain
deeply concerned with the ongoing and worsening global
food security and nutrition situation, with the world facing highest risk
of famine in a generation. Multiple factors including the COVID-19 pandemic, soaring
energy prices, the climate crisis and shocks, biodiversity loss, land degradation,
water security and armed conflicts have contributed to the global disruption and
disorder in food systems and supply chains and the deterioration in global food
security in recent years. In particular, Russia’s illegal war of aggression against
Ukraine has drastically aggravated the global food security crisis. We are committed to continuing our efforts to
address pressing issues to improve global food security including through initiatives
already launched by the G7 and relevant international organizations, building on
the positive outcomes achieved. Stressing
that we have exceeded our joint commitment of $14 billion to the global food security
announced at the 2022 G7 Elmau Summit, we will continue to provide assistance in
the food and nutrition related sectors to vulnerable countries and regions affected
by the current food security crisis, in particular in Africa and the Middle East.
Given the scale of the needs across the Horn of Africa, we have collectively met
our commitment from Elmau and have effectively delivered assistance to tackle one
of the worst droughts in the region’s history. We also call on other international
donors to step up their contributions in this regard. We further call on Russia to lift its measures
that hinder the exports of Russian grain and fertilizers. Given Ukraine’s essential
role as a major exporter of food to the world, we are
seriously concerned about the current and future impact of Russia’s deliberate disruption
of Ukraine’s agricultural sector on food security in the most vulnerable countries. Building on our commitment made at Elmau, we continue
to provide support for the restoration of Ukraine’s agriculture sector, including
support to its efforts in identifying and evidencing illegal seizure of Ukrainian
grains by Russia, through the creation of a grain database which can be used to
verify the origin of grain shipments. We reaffirm the importance of the EU-Ukraine
Solidarity Lanes and President Zelenskyy’s Grain from Ukraine Initiative. We reiterate
the critical importance of continued and scaled-up implementation of the UN and Türkiye-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative
(BSGI) in order to further facilitate grain exports from Ukraine and enable stable
supply to those in need. We call on Russia to stop threatening global food supplies
and to allow the BSGI to operate at its maximum potential and for as long as necessary.
We reiterate the importance of ensuring rules-based, open, fair, transparent, predictable,
and non-discriminatory trade and avoiding unjustified restrictive trade measures
to keep the food and agricultural markets open and call on our G20 partners to do
the same. We welcome the Ministerial Decision on World Food Programme (WFP) Food
Purchases Exemption from Export Prohibitions or Restrictions adopted at the MC12
and call for its full implementation. We call for more concrete actions to address
export restrictions imposed by agricultural producer countries on global food security,
recognizing that such measures have a disproportionate effect on countries at greater
risk of famine and acute food insecurity. We emphasize the necessity of market transparency
and accurate information backed by neutral and impartial data and analysis to prevent
arbitrary measures and reduce market volatility in addressing ongoing and future
food crises, and commit to strengthening the G20 Agricultural Market Information
System (AMIS) as well as various efforts by international organizations in this
regard. We underscore the importance of strengthening the capacity of low and lower-middle
income countries to collect, analyze and use high quality agricultural, market and
food security data and maintain the quality of data. We also recognize the value
of dialogue between food exporting countries and importing countries to develop
a shared understanding on crisis responses.
32. We share
the view that it is essential to focus on each human and enable stable access to
affordable, safe, sufficient and nutritious food for each and every individual.
In our pursuit to ensure that all people can progressively realize their right to
adequate food, we affirm the need to protect and assist members of the most vulnerable
populations, including women and children, in all aspects of food security from
short-term food crisis responses through medium to long-term efforts to make food
systems sustainable. Nutrition is also fundamental from the viewpoint of a human
centered approach, and we highlight the importance of improving access to healthy
diets, including through school meal programs. We recognize the urgent need of establishing
inclusive, resilient and sustainable agriculture and food systems including through
enhancing, diversifying and ensuring sustainability of local, regional and global
food supply chains as well as through solving structural bottlenecks. This includes
increasing local production capacities by making use of existing domestic agricultural
resources and by facilitating trade, sustainable productivity growth with climate
adaptation and mitigation and biodiversity conservation, and sustainable food consumption.
We promote a wide range of innovations and technology which is suitable for local,
environmental and farming conditions and benefits all stakeholders including smallholder
farmers. We also underscore the role of the private sector, including small and
medium enterprises and startups, in research and development (R&D) as well as
responsible investment. We recognize the need to maintain the availability, affordability
and accessibility of fertilizers, to diversify the production to reduce the impact
of supply chain disruptions, and to promote more efficient and responsible use of
fertilizers and soil health, including through the use of appropriate and safe fertilizers,
for stable and sustainable agricultural production. We acknowledge the importance
of supporting fertilizer value chains including local fertilizer production in line
with WTO rules and through supporting the use of local sources of energy in consistency
with a 1.5°C warming limit and the goals of the Paris Agreement. We strengthen broader
partnerships on those efforts including through the UN Food Systems Stocktaking
Moments. We commit to taking concrete steps with partner countries as outlined in
the annexed “Hiroshima Action Statement for Resilient Global Food Security”, and
call for broader cooperation in the international community.
Health
33. We renew
our strong commitment to developing and strengthening the global health architecture
(GHA) with the World Health Organization (WHO) at its core for future public health
emergencies to break the cycle of panic and neglect, recognizing that the COVID-19
pandemic has made an unprecedented impact on the international community. To this
end, we commit to further enhancing political momentum toward more coordinated and
sustained leader-level governance for health emergency prevention, preparedness
and response (PPR) that ensures legitimacy, representation, equity, and effectiveness,
noting the ongoing discussions including on a new instrument on pandemic PPR (WHO
CA+), targeted amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR), and the
UN General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Meeting (HLM) on pandemic PPR in September
2023 and the need to avoid duplication and ensure coherence between these processes,
stressing the leading role of WHO. We also applaud the landmark decision at the
75th WHA to work towards increasing the share of assessed contributions to 50 percent
of WHO’s 2022-2023 base budget, and which takes into account the importance of monitoring
of budgetary proposals as well as progress on reforms, with a view to sustainably
finance the organisation to fulfil its leading and coordinating role in global health.
We also reaffirm our commitment to strengthening collaboration between Finance and
Health Ministries for pandemic PPR including through the ongoing and essential work
of the G20 Joint Finance and Health Task Force (JFHTF). We welcome the launch of
the Pandemic Fund (PF), look forward to the successful execution of its first call
for proposals, and encourage active participation and increasing contributions to
the PF from a broader donor base. We also commit to working together, including
by sharing work plans and tracking, encouraging efforts and progress in priority
countries to achieve the G7’s target of supporting at least 100 Low and Middle Income
Countries (LMICs) in implementing the core capacities required in the IHR, for another
5 years until 2027 as committed in 2022. We also highlight the need for strengthening
financing for pandemic response. To this end, we commit to thoroughly assess how
existing financing sources can be used in pandemic response and to explore a surge
financing framework that allows us to complement existing mechanisms through better
coordination and deploy necessary funds quickly and efficiently in response to outbreaks
without accumulating idle cash. In this respect, we welcome the G7 Shared Understanding
on Finance-Health Coordination and PPR Financing endorsed by the G7 Finance and
Health Ministers at their joint session. Reaffirming that strengthening international
norms and regulations is essential to enhance pandemic PPR, guided by equity, we
reiterate our commitment to contributing to and sustaining momentum on the negotiations
of WHO CA+ with a view to adopting it by May 2024 and on the negotiations of targeted
amendments to strengthen the IHR, together with all stakeholders. Furthermore, we
reiterate the importance of timely, transparent and systematic sharing of pathogens,
data and information in a safe and secure manner, ensuring the respect of relevant
data protection rules, for multisectoral and integrated surveillance of emerging
and ongoing health threats both in ordinary times and in emergencies, in line with
the G7 Pact for Pandemic Readiness. We also recognize the importance of strengthening
and maintaining sufficient and high-quality human resources for health worldwide
at all times, such as the public health and emergency workforce including consideration
of Global Health Emergency Corps. We will support the further enhancement of a global
network of experts and trainings, including through initiatives such as the WHO
Academy, promote decent work with equal payment for work of equal value and protect
health workers during emergencies and conflicts among others. We recognize the integral
role civil society plays, including by reaching those in vulnerable situations,
and recommit to working together for a healthier future for all.
34. We commit to reverse the first global decline in life expectancy in more
than seven decades emphasizing the importance of achieving UHC by 2030 and accelerating
progress toward SDG 3. We recommit to working alongside global partners to assist
countries to achieve UHC by supporting primary health care (PHC) and developing
and restoring essential health services, to achieve better than pre-pandemic levels
by the end of 2025, as part of our effort to strengthen health systems in ordinary
times. We commit to supporting countries to strengthen PHC delivery, including through
health workforce strengthening We also commit to support bringing survival rates
back to better than pre-pandemic levels, including by reducing maternal, newborn
and child mortality, and consistent with the full range of SDG targets and indicators
related to UHC on which we will also support progress. We recognize the importance
of financial risk protection to prevent people from slipping into poverty due to
health care costs. To this end, we endorse the “G7 Global Plan for UHC Action Agenda”
and note the importance of a global hub function, in support of relevant international
organizations, including for financing, knowledge management, and human resources
on UHC. We reaffirm the essential role of UHC in addressing various health challenges
significantly set back by the pandemic, including in humanitarian contexts, such
as tackling communicable diseases including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, hepatitis, malaria,
polio, measles, cholera, and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), antimicrobial resistance
(AMR), non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including mental health conditions, realizing
comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all, and promoting
routine immunization, healthy ageing, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).
We are committed to spearheading research in this regard, including with a focus
on understanding post COVID-19 conditions. We noted the historic outcome of the
Global Fund’s 7th replenishment and welcome the financial support from the G7 and
further countries towards ending the epidemics of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
We call for continued support to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)
to stay on track for polio eradication by 2026. We will build on the success of
the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit in 2021 for the Paris N4G in 2024 to
improve nutrition. We also commit to further promoting comprehensive sexual and
reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all individuals, including maternal, newborn,
child and adolescent health, especially in vulnerable circumstances. Recognizing
the increasing need for overarching, system-level coordination and alignment of
global health partnerships including the Global Health Initiatives and their interface,
we will take collective actions to avoid fragmentation and duplication, ensure accountability,
maximize impacts, and reinforce country leadership with a view to enhancing governance
in global health and to supporting the achievement of UHC. In this regard, we look
forward to the outcome of the Future of Global Health Initiatives. We reiterate
our determination to further contribute to achieving UHC, including through making
the most of and ensuring synergies among the upcoming UNGA HLMs on UHC, tuberculosis,
and pandemic PPR. In order to contribute to global health towards the post COVID-19
era, with a view to supporting the achievement of UHC as well as strengthening PPR,
we highlight our financial contributions totaling more than $48 billion from the
public and private sectors. We also call for further domestic resource mobilization
as well as efficient use of existing resources. We emphasize the important role
of the private sector towards sustainable financing in global health, including
through impact investments and endorse the Triple I (Impact Investments Initiative)
for
Global Health
35. We reaffirm
that innovative initiatives including those related to digital health are keys to
strengthening GHA and achieving UHC. We will reiterate the urgent need to foster
innovation and to strengthen research and development of safe, effective, quality-assured
and affordable medical countermeasures (MCMs) as underlined by the 100 Days Mission.
We commit to enhancing equitable access to MCM, including by addressing issues relating
to manufacturing and delivery. In this regards, we will continue to contribute to
ongoing processes, including in the G20, on an end-to-end MCM ecosystem, aligned
with the ongoing discussions on the WHO CA+ and which should actively contribute
to the diversification of MCM production and address the priority of the most vulnerable
partner’s needs and expectations, including in terms of global governance, in cooperation
with relevant partners including the WHO, the WB, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the
Global Fund, Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT)
Fund, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the Foundation for
Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) and Unitaid and Medicines Patent Pool, regional
organizations and the private sector. To this end, we announce the G7 Hiroshima
Vision for Equitable Access to MCMs and launch the MCM Delivery Partnership for
equitable access (MCDP) to contribute to more equitable access to and delivery of
MCMs based on the principles of equity, inclusivity, efficiency, affordability,
quality, accountability, agility and speed. We commit to work across providers of
development finance, for the purpose of identifying concrete options this summer
for providing for the liquidity for global health organizations to procure and deliver
MCMs earlier in a crisis. This supports the mapping exercise for surge financing
to be conducted by the WHO and World Bank and presented at the G20 Finance and Health
Task Force and the UNGA HLM, contributing to ongoing negotiations on the WHO CA+.
We also reiterate our commitment to addressing global health threats including those
exacerbated by climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution through integrated
measures and by applying a holistic One Health approach. Recognizing the rapid escalation
of AMR globally, we continue to commit to exploring and implementing push and pull
incentives to accelerate R&D of antimicrobials as well as promoting antimicrobial
access and stewardship for their prudent and appropriate use toward the UNGA HLM
on AMR in 2024. We remain committed to promoting policies and resources to care
for people living with dementia and welcome the development of potentially disease
modifying therapies for the various types of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.
Labor
36. We emphasize
the importance of investment in human capital to ensure a just transition, in response
to structural changes such as digital and green transformations as well as demographic
changes including societies that are ageing, in part due to declining birth rates.
In order to facilitate these transformations, we commit to supporting individuals
through reskilling and upskilling measures, along with a combination of appropriate
social protection and active labor market policies. As reskilling and upskilling
to support workers to adapt to these changes are investments in human capital and
should not be seen as a cost, we must continue to provide adequate investment necessary
to address workforce transition needs including vocational training and life-long
learning. We commit to efforts towards achieving a virtuous cycle of workers’ well-being
and social and economic vitality, which will lead to sustainable growth and real
wage growth in line with productivity, contributing in turn to further investment
in human capital. We emphasize that freedom of association and the right to collective
bargaining play an important role in promoting decent work and wage growth. We are
resolved to build an inclusive labor market that ensures decent and good quality
jobs for all and leaves no one behind, especially, women and under-represented groups,
including persons with disabilities, older persons and youth, while engaging constructively
with social partners and other stakeholders. We also work towards quality job creation,
universal access to social protection, and further improving gender equality in
the labor market. The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected women and
girls, and has highlighted the unequal distribution of care work as a key cause
of gender inequalities, while showing the essential role paid and unpaid care work
plays in the functioning of our societies and economies. We commit to addressing
underlying discriminatory social and gender norms, such as unequal sharing of paid
and unpaid care-work and housework, promoting and protecting social security including
parental leave, providing support for childcare and other field of care work and
care economy, including by facilitating access to infrastructures and long-term
care. In particular, we reaffirm the need to support and promote parenthood protection
to ensure parents can combine work and family and personal life and actively contribute
to all spheres of our society. We also highlight the need to recognize, reduce and
redistribute unpaid care, reward care workers fairly, while generating sufficient
care jobs to meet the demand for care, and give care workers representation in social
dialogue and collective bargaining. We recognize the importance of enhancing work
engagement and worker retention through various measures such as promoting health
and well-being at work, ensuring occupational safety and health, and supporting
the inclusive and equitable career development of workers. We commit to promoting
decent work in line with SDG 8, including through technical cooperation, as well
as ensuring respect for international labor standards and human rights in global
value chains, in particular the fundamental conventions adopted by the International
Labor Organisation (ILO). We reiterate our
commitment to the effective abolition of all forms of forced and compulsory labor
and child labor. We reaffirm our commitment to taking measures to strengthen our
cooperation and collective efforts towards eradicating all forms of forced labor
from global supply chains. We commit to continuing to promote decent work and protect
rights-holders in global supply chains through a smart mix of mandatory and voluntary
measures, including through legislation, regulations, incentives and guidance for
enterprises and to engage constructively in discussions at the UN and the ILO in
close consultation with all relevant stakeholders to explore ideas and options for
a consensus-based legally binding instrument at the international level that adds
value to the existing legal and policy approaches and is implementable. We endorse
the Action Plan for Promoting Career Development and Greater Resilience to Structural
Changes developed by Labor and Employment Ministers.
Education
37. We commit
to making progress for ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education, including
vocational education, and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all to build
resilient, just and prospering societies. Recent crises have led to decreased access
to education and increased learning loss amongst children and youth, especially
girls, and those in the most marginalized and vulnerable situations. As education
is a catalyst to achieving all of the SDGs, we reaffirm the importance of upholding
education and building more resilient education systems, especially following the
COVID-19 pandemic. We reiterate our firm determination to uphold the G7’s previous
commitments to protecting educational opportunities for all learners, and to promoting
gender equality as well as the empowerment of all women and girls in all their diversity,
in and through education including by prioritizing global ODA in this regard. We
welcome the UNSG’s Transforming Education Summit (TES) in September 2022, and call
for continued support to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), Education Cannot
Wait (ECW) and UN agencies including the UNESCO and UNICEF as key partners in helping
countries to build stronger education systems for the most marginalized children.
We also reiterate the importance of foundational learning and the need for the G7
to increase investment in people in a more equitable and efficient way to provide
quality learning opportunities that prepare all learners, especially children with
the knowledge and skills they need to thrive and improve their own well-being, noting
that education is a human right. We continue to break down gender-related barriers
and underlying discriminatory social norms from pre-primary through higher education
for more resilient, inclusive and gender-transformative education. We continue to
encourage international exchanges between youth and international talent mobility
and circulation among academics, students, and researchers, as well as cooperation
between higher education and research institutions. We acknowledge the importance
of investment in support of human resources that can contribute to resolving social
issues while simultaneously achieving economic growth through education. We will
strive for an educational environment and lifelong learning opportunities where
every child can fulfil their own potential, including through the improvement of
instruction. This could include promoting small class size, an improved Information
and Communication Technology (ICT) environment and the effective use of digital
technology to support teaching and learning, while not exacerbating the digital
equality gaps.
Digital
38. We recognize
that, while rapid technological change has been strengthening societies and economies,
the international governance of new digital technologies has not necessarily kept
pace. As the pace of technological evolution accelerates, we affirm the importance
to address common governance challenges and to identify potential gaps and fragmentation
in global technology governance. In areas such as AI, immersive technologies such
as the metaverses and quantum information science and technology and other emerging
technologies, the governance of the digital economy should continue to be updated
in line with our shared democratic values. These include fairness, accountability,
transparency, safety, protection from online harassment, hate and abuse and respect
for privacy and human rights, fundamental freedoms and the protection of personal
data. We will work with technology companies and other relevant stakeholders to
drive the responsible innovation and implementation of technologies, ensuring that
safety and security is prioritized, and that platforms are tackling the threats
of child sexual exploitation and abuse on their platforms, and upholding the children’s
rights to safety and privacy online. We continue to discuss ways to advance technology
for democracy and to cooperate on new and emerging technologies and their social
implementation, and look forward to an inclusive, multi-stakeholder dialogue on
digital issues, including on Internet Governance, through relevant fora, including
the OECD Global Forum on Technology. We commit to further advancing multi-stakeholder
approaches to the development of standards for AI, respectful of legally binding
frameworks, and recognize the importance of procedures that advance transparency,
openness, fair processes, impartiality, privacy and inclusiveness to promote responsible
AI. We stress the importance of international discussions on AI governance and interoperability
between AI governance frameworks, while we recognize that approaches and policy
instruments to achieve the common vision and goal of trustworthy AI may vary across
G7 members. We support the development of tools for trustworthy AI through multi-stakeholder
international organizations, and encourage the development and adoption of international
technical standards in standards development organizations through multi-stakeholder
processes. We recognize the need to immediately take stock of the opportunities
and challenges of generative AI, which is increasingly prominent across countries
and sectors, and encourage international organizations such as the OECD to consider
analysis on the impact of policy developments and Global Partnership on AI (GPAI)
to conduct practical projects. In this respect, we task relevant ministers to establish
the Hiroshima AI process, through a G7 working group, in an inclusive manner and
in cooperation with the OECD and GPAI, for discussions on generative AI by the end
of this year. These discussions could include topics such as governance, safeguard
of intellectual property rights including copy rights, promotion of transparency,
response to foreign information manipulation, including disinformation, and responsible
utilization of these technologies. We welcome the Action Plan for promoting global
interoperability between tools for trustworthy AI from the Digital and Tech Ministers’
Meeting. We recognize the potential of immersive technologies, and virtual worlds,
such as metaverses to provide innovative opportunities, in all industrial and societal
sectors, as well as to promote sustainability. For this purpose, governance, public
safety, and human rights challenges should be addressed at the global level. We
task our relevant Ministers to consider collective approaches in this area, including
in terms of interoperability, portability and standards, with the support of the
OECD. We express our interest in possible joint cooperation in research and development
on computing technologies. We also task our relevant Ministers to consider ways
to further promote digital trade.
39. We reaffirm
that cross-border data flows, information, ideas and knowledge generate higher productivity,
greater innovation, and improved sustainable development, while raising challenges
related to privacy, data protection, intellectual property protection, and security
including that of data and cloud infrastructure. We reiterate the importance of
facilitating Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT) to enable trustworthy cross-border
data flows and invigorate the digital economy as a whole, while preserving governments’
ability to address legitimate public interest. We stress our intention to operationalize
this concept and our support for cooperation within the G7 and beyond to work towards
identifying commonalities, complementarities and elements of convergence between
existing regulatory approaches and instruments enabling data to flow with trust,
in order to foster future interoperability such as through supporting multi-stakeholder
engagement, leveraging the role of technologies, and clarifying domestic and municipal
policies and due processes. In this regard, we endorse the Annex on G7 Vision for
Operationalising DFFT and its Priorities from the Digital and Tech Ministers’ Meeting,
and the establishment of the Institutional Arrangement for Partnership. We task
our relevant Ministers to continue working to deliver substantive outcomes and subsequently
report back to us. We welcome the OECD Declaration on Government Access to Personal
Data Held by Private Sector Entities as an instrument to increase trust in cross-border
data flows among countries committed to democratic values and the rule of law. We
emphasize our opposition to internet fragmentation and the use of digital technologies
to infringe on human rights. In this context, we should counter unjustified obstacles
to the free flow of data, lacking transparency, and arbitrarily operated, which
should be distinguished from our measures implemented to achieve the legitimate
public policy interests of each country. We seek to increase trust across our digital
ecosystem and to counter the influence of authoritarian approaches. We recognize
the importance of secure and resilient digital infrastructure as the foundation
of society and the economy. We are committed to deepen our cooperation within the
G7 and with like-minded partners to support and enhance network resilience by measures
such as extending secure routes of submarine cables. We welcome supplier diversification
efforts in ICTS supply chains and continue to discuss market trends towards open,
interoperable approaches, alongside secure, resilient and established architecture
in a technology neutral way. Under the Japanese G7 Presidency and against the background
of early deployments of Open Radio Access Network (RAN), we have exchanged views
on open architectures and security-related aspects and opportunities. We recognize
the need to bridge the digital divides, including the gender digital divide, and
the importance of initiatives to use data and technology for cities, such as smart
city initiatives, to promote digital inclusion and address challenges in urban development.
We will facilitate inclusive development and enable greater employability and movement
of digital experts, and restate our commitment to supporting other countries to
increase digital access under principles of equity, universality and affordability
while ensuring that security, interoperability, the protection of personal data
and respect for human rights including gender equality are built into global connectivity.
Science and
Technology
40. We support
the development of advanced technologies, research infrastructures and highly-skilled
human resource networks that will drive innovation to solve global challenges and
enable the next stage of economic growth. To this end, we promote international
talent mobility and circulation. The G7 will promote open science by equitably disseminating
scientific knowledge, publicly funded research outputs including research data and
scholarly publications following the Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable
(FAIR) principles. This will enable researchers and people to benefit from and contribute
to creating knowledge, innovation and solutions to global challenges. We further
commit to working together to promote responsible global science and technology
cooperation and use of emerging technologies such as advanced computing and biotechnology
with partners sharing common values and principles in research and innovation. This
includes a better understanding of the seas and the ocean in the context of climate
change and utilizing very large research infrastructures. We are committed to fostering
and promoting a common understanding of values and principles in research and innovation
through dedicated multilateral dialogues, including in the area of research security
and research integrity, and international joint research based on the philosophy
of open science. We welcome the forthcoming launch of the G7 Virtual Academy and
release of the Best Practices Paper on Research Security and Integrity. These efforts
will contribute to addressing the various challenges that arise at the intersection
of security, economy, and scientific research.
41. We reiterate
our commitment to promoting the safe and sustainable use of outer space, given our
ever-greater reliance on space systems. Restating the importance of addressing the
issues of space debris, we strongly support the implementation of international
guidelines adopted at the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space as urgent
and necessary. We welcome national efforts to develop further solutions for space
debris mitigation and remediation as well as further research and development of
orbital debris mitigation and remediation technologies. Furthermore, we commit not
to conducting destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite missile testing and encourage
others to follow suit in order to ensure the security, stability and sustainability
of outer space.
Gender
42. Achieving
gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls is fundamental for a
resilient, fair, and prosperous society. We endeavor to work with all segments of
society to ensure full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in
all their diversity as well as LGBTQIA+ persons in politics, economics, education
and all other spheres of society, and to consistently mainstream gender equality
in all policy areas. In this respect, we commit to redoubling our efforts to overcome
longstanding structural barriers and to addressing harmful gender norms, stereotypes,
roles, and practices through such means as education and achieve a society where
diversity, human rights and dignity are respected, promoted and protected and all
people can enjoy vibrant lives free from violence and discrimination independent
of gender identity or expression or sexual orientation. We welcome the work of the
Gender Equality Advisory Council (GEAC) and look forward to strengthening it further.
We look forward to the first revision of the G7 Dashboard on Gender Gaps and the
publication of the first implementation report this year, which aims to monitor
past G7 commitments to make progress on gender equality.
43. We express
our strong concern about the rollback of women’s and girls’ rights in particular
in time of crisis and we strongly condemn all violations and abuses of human rights
and fundamental freedoms for women and girls and LGBTQIA+ people around the world.
We further recognize the essential and transformative role of comprehensive SRHR
in gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment, and in supporting diversity,
including of sexual orientations and gender identities. We reaffirm our full commitment
to achieving comprehensive SRHR for all , including by addressing access to safe
and legal abortion and post abortion care. We are committed to championing, advancing
and defending gender equality and the rights of women and girls in all their diversity,
at home and abroad, and will work together to thwart attempts to undermine and reverse
hard-won progress in this area. In this regard, we commit to advancing, implementing
and strengthening the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda including its application
to disaster risk reduction (DRR), through partnership with the WPS-Focal Points
Network and support for National Action Plan development, and to promote intersectional
approaches. We highlight the leading role of women in preventing violent conflict,
delivering relief and recovery efforts, and forging lasting peace, and pledge to
champion the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in peace and political
processes. We commit to strengthening our efforts to eliminate conflict-related
sexual and gender-based violence, and the importance of providing comprehensive
support and meaningful participation for victims and survivors, using a survivor-centered
approach. We further commit to eliminating all forms of sexual and gender-based
harassment and abuse both offline and online as well as aid-related sexual exploitation
and abuse. We are committed to ensuring the right to education for all, and emphasize
the importance of promoting equitable access to safe, gender-transformative quality
education as well as to taking measures to close the gender gap in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) sectors and education, and close the gender
digital gap. We see this as key to promote women’s entrepreneurship, which is an
essential building block to address the climate, nature and development challenges.
We also commit to promoting reskilling and upskilling, fostering decent work conditions,
strengthening financial inclusion of women in all their diversity, and eliminating
the gender pay gap. We further reiterate our commitments to promoting women’s full
empowerment as well as their full and equal participation in decision-making processes
at all levels, including in leadership positions. We recognize that quality care
plays an essential role in the functioning of our societies and economies, but is
a key cause of gender inequalities due to its gender unequal distribution.
44. To advance
our commitments, we emphasize the need to overcome the fragmentation and marginalization
of gender equality issues by enhancing our efforts to integrate and deepening gender
mainstreaming for a substantial transformation of our societies. In this regard,
we call for a continuous, holistic and comprehensive approach to promote gender
equality by creating a “nexus” that bridges the political and security, economic
and social spheres and advocate for maximizing the efficiency and the impact of
multi-sectorial policies and of our actions across diverse dimensions of policy
implementation. We stress the importance of such a nexus approach in our foreign
and sustainable development policy and in our ODA and endeavor to support the nexus.
We reaffirm our commitment to make every effort to collectively increase the share
of our bilateral allocable ODA advancing gender equality and women’s and girls’
empowerment over the coming years. In this regard, we welcome “the Fact Sheet: Promoting
Gender Mainstreaming through the nexus approach” made by our experts and look forward
to further progress in this area.
Human Rights,
Refugees, Migration, Democracy
45. We reaffirm
our commitment to upholding human rights and dignity of all, as set out in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, so that everyone can participate fully and equally
in society. We commit to firmly speaking out against human rights violations and
abuses, and at the same time, listening to and assisting the countries and civil
society organizations that seek to defend and promote human rights through dialogue
and cooperation. Recognizing the need to deepen discussions within and beyond the
G7 on business and human rights, we intend to strengthen cooperation and collective
efforts, including by accelerating exchange of information, towards ensuring respect
for human rights and international labor standards in business activities and global
supply chains, and further enhancing resilience, predictability and certainty for
businesses, and call upon others to join us in these efforts. We reaffirm our commitment
to protecting refugees, supporting forcibly displaced persons and supporting host
countries and communities, ensuring the full respect for human rights and fundamental
freedoms of refugees and displaced persons, and defending and promoting the rights
of marginalized people or persons facing vulnerable conditions exacerbated by conflict,
crisis, and displacement, including freedom from sexual and gender-based violence.
We call upon the international community to follow suit. We commit to fighting against
impunity and holding perpetrators to account for the most serious crimes of international
concern, including conflict-related sexual violence, together with improving documentation.
In this regard, we recall the need to strengthen international architecture to prevent
conflict-related sexual violence in the future. We acknowledge the importance of
the discussions of the International Law Commission’s draft articles on the prevention
and punishment of crimes against humanity. We continue to work with the international
community towards the second Global Refugee Forum in December 2023. We reaffirm
our commitment to support the full inclusion of refugees, in the spirit of international
cooperation and in line with the Global Compact on Refugees, national policies,
legislation, and circumstances, ensuring full respect for their human rights and
fundamental freedoms.
46. We reaffirm
our commitment to ensuring the safe, orderly, and regular migration around the world.
We recognize the important economic and social benefits that migrants can bring
to our countries. We commit to ensure full respect for their human rights and fundamental
freedoms regardless of their migration status. We remain committed to preventing
irregular and often highly dangerous migration whether by land or sea. We commit
to joint efforts to tackle the organized criminal networks which facilitate illegal
migration and the dangerous journey of migrants and asylum seekers, profiting off
some of the most vulnerable. We call for firmness in dealing with this ruthless
criminality that puts lives in danger and poses risks to the internal security of
G7 partners. In this regard, we will intensify efforts to break the business model
of organized criminal networks, including through cooperation to disrupt the supply
chains that enable the criminal and exploitative operations of those engaged in
the trafficking and smuggling of human beings. To this end, we will task relevant
Ministers to deepen partnerships to enhance our understanding of the root causes
and work together with partners around the world to address this complex challenge.
47. We reaffirm
our shared belief that democracy is the most enduring means to advance peace, prosperity,
equality and sustainable development. We reaffirm our commitment to protecting the
information environment by supporting media freedom and online freedom, including
protection from online harassment and abuse, internet shutdowns and disruptions,
as well as addressing foreign information manipulation and interference, including
disinformation, which is designed to undermine trust in democratic institutions,
and sow discord in the international community. We strongly condemn the widespread
use of information manipulation and interference by Russia in order to gain support
for its war of aggression against Ukraine and to obscure the facts of its aggression.
Through the G7 Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM), we will work to strengthen our collective
efforts to counter threats to democracy, including such manipulation, with full
respect for international human rights law, in particular freedom of expression.
We will work towards ensuring that fact-based, quality and trustworthy information
is promoted, and call on digital platforms to support this approach. We will increase
cooperation on these issues with government and non-governmental partners from all
regions who share the determination to promote access to such information, including
through supporting relevant international initiatives, such as the Partnership for
Information and Democracy, and efforts by the UN and OECD.
Countering Terrorism,
Violent Extremism and Transnational Organized Crime / Upholding the Rule of Law
/ Anti-Corruption
48. We reiterate
our strong commitment to working together with all relevant actors to counter all
forms of terrorism and violent extremism, both online and offline, as well as transnational
organized crime, including drug trafficking, human trafficking, child sexual abuse
and exploitation, corruption, fraud, intellectual property theft, ransomware threats,
cybercrime and environmental crimes, as well as money laundering and terrorist financing
in a unified, coordinated, inclusive, transparent and human-rights-based, gender-responsive
manner. In countering the exploitation of new and emerging technologies for terrorist
purposes and countering the misuses of technologies for criminal purposes, we will
continue our utmost efforts to enhance global cooperation and digital response capacity.
In this regard, building on our collaboration and on efforts through existing frameworks
such as the Christchurch Call, and recalling previous commitments, including maintaining
tightly controlled lawful access, we call on the private sector to step up their
efforts to address the problem of dissemination of terrorist and violent extremist
content online and to prioritize safety by design, and stop, in particular, child
sexual exploitation and abuse on their platforms. We support the efforts of our
partner countries to sign and ratify the relevant international agreements such
as the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the UN Convention
against Corruption (UNCAC), and those of the Council of Europe such as the Budapest
Convention on Cybercrime, in the wide spectrum of cooperation by criminal justice
and other relevant authorities that form the basis for efficient cross-border cooperation.
We also recognize the significant public health and security threat of illicit synthetic
drugs and will strengthen our cooperation to address it, engaging with other willing
countries and the private sector.
49. We will
also strengthen bilateral, regional and multilateral coordination and cooperation
in the field of law and justice, such as providing technical assistance to countries
to develop and implement laws, and capacity building related to the justice sector.
We will continue to step up our fight against corruption, promoting good governance
and strengthening accountable, transparent, equitable and community-oriented law
enforcement to make progress on many of our shared priorities, which will lead to
safer and more secure societies and thus contribute to the promotion of the rule
of law and respect for human rights. We further recognize that corruption and related
illicit finance and proceeds of crime drain public resources, can often fuel organized
crime, enable kleptocratic systems to accumulate wealth and power at the expense
of citizens, and undermine democratic governance. We will pursue a stronger and
more unified approach in rigorously enforcing international anti-corruption obligations
and standards, and enhancing law enforcement cooperation, including through relevant
regional and international organizations, and holding corrupt actors accountable.
Recalling the importance of beneficial ownership transparency for the integrity
and transparency of democratic systems, we reaffirm the importance of supporting
African partners in establishing and strengthening registers of beneficial ownership.
Regional Affairs
50. We stand
together on core foreign policy and security challenges to build a more secure and prosperous
future. We also reaffirm our determination to work with a wide range of partners
to address pressing global challenges and to ensure that the international system
is able to respond effectively to these issues. 我們共同應對核心外交政策和安全挑戰,以建設一個更安全和繁榮的未來。我們還重申,我們決心與廣泛的夥伴合作,應對緊迫的全球挑戰,並確保國際體系能夠對這些問題作出有效反應。
51. We stand together
as G7 partners on the following elements, which underpin our respective relations
with China:
- We stand prepared
to build constructive and stable relations with China, recognizing the importance
of engaging candidly with and expressing our concerns directly to China. We
act in our national interest. It is necessary to cooperate with China, given
its role in the international community and the size of its economy, on global
challenges as well as areas of common interest. 我們隨時準備與中國建立建設性和穩定的關係,認識到與中國坦誠接觸並直接向中國表達我們關切的重要性。我們的行動符合我們的國家利益。鑒於中國在國際社會中的作用和經濟規模,有必要與中國在全球挑戰和共同關心的領域進行合作。
- We call on
China to engage with us, including in international fora, on areas such as
the climate and biodiversity crisis and the conservation of natural resources
in the framework of the Paris and Kunming-Montreal Agreements, addressing vulnerable
countries’ debt sustainability and financing needs, global health and macroeconomic
stability. 我們呼籲中國在〈巴黎協定〉和〈昆明-蒙特利爾協定〉框架內,就氣候和生物多樣性危機以及自然資源保護等領域與我們合作,包括在國際論壇上,解決脆弱國家的債務可持續性和融資需求、全球健康和宏觀經濟穩定等問題。
- Our policy
approaches are not designed to harm China nor do we seek to thwart China’s
economic progress and development. A growing China that plays by international
rules would be of global interest. We are not decoupling or turning inwards.
At the same time, we recognize that economic resilience
requires de-risking and diversifying. We will take steps, individually
and collectively, to invest in our own economic vibrancy. We will reduce excessive
dependencies in our critical supply chains. 我們的政策方針不是為了傷害中國,也不是為了阻撓中國的經濟進步和發展。一個日益壯大、遵守國際規則的中國將引起全球利益。我們沒有脫鉤或轉向內部。與此同時,我們認識到,經濟韌性需要去風險和多樣化。我們將單獨和集體地採取措施,投資於我們自己的經濟活力。我們將減少關鍵供應鏈中的過度依賴。
- With a view
to enabling sustainable economic relations with China, and strengthening the
international trading system, we will push for a level playing field for our
workers and companies. We will seek to address the challenges posed by China’s
non-market policies and practices, which distort the global economy. We will counter malign practices, such as
illegitimate technology transfer or data disclosure. We will foster resilience
to economic coercion. We also recognize the necessity of protecting certain
advanced technologies that could be used to threaten our national security
without unduly limiting trade and investment. 為了與中國建立可持續的經濟關係,並加強國際貿易體系,我們將為我們的工人和公司爭取一個公平的競爭環境。我們將努力應對中國扭曲全球經濟的非市場政策和做法帶來的挑戰。 我們將打擊惡意行為,例如非法技術轉讓或數據披露。我們將培養抵禦經濟脅迫的能力。我們還認識到,有必要保護某些可用於威脅我們國家安全而又不過度限制貿易和投資的先進技術。
- We remain seriously
concerned about the situation in the East and South China Seas. We strongly
oppose any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion.
我們仍然嚴重關切東海和南海局勢。我們堅決反對以武力或脅迫改變現狀的任何單方面企圖。
- We reaffirm
the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait as indispensable
to security and prosperity in the international community. There is no change
in the basic positions of the G7 members on Taiwan, including stated one China
policies. We call for a peaceful resolution of cross-Strait issues. 我們重申台灣海峽和平與穩定的重要性,認為這是國際社會安全與繁榮所不可缺少的。七國集團成員在台灣的基本立場沒有改變,包括一個中國政策。我們呼籲和平解決兩岸問題。
- We will keep
voicing our concerns about the human rights situation in China, including in
Tibet and Xinjiang where forced labor is of major concern to us. We call on
China to honor its commitments under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and
the Basic Law, which enshrine rights, freedoms and a high degree of autonomy
for Hong Kong. 我們將繼續表達我們對中國人權狀況的關切,包括西藏和新疆,強迫勞動是我們主要關注的問題。我們呼籲中國履行其在〈中英聯合聲明〉和〈基本法〉下的承諾,這些承諾規定了香港的權利、自由和高度自治。
- We call on
China to act in accordance with its obligations under the Vienna Convention
on Diplomatic Relations and the Vienna Convention on Consular relations, and
not to conduct interference activities aimed at undermining the security and
safety of our communities, the integrity of our democratic institutions and
our economic prosperity. 我們呼籲中國履行〈維也納外交關係公約〉和〈維也納領事關係公約〉規定的義務,不要進行旨在破壞我們社區的安全保障、民主體制的完整性和經濟繁榮的干涉活動。
- We call on
China to press Russia to stop its military aggression, and immediately, completely
and unconditionally withdraw its troops from Ukraine. We encourage China to
support a comprehensive, just and lasting peace based on territorial integrity
and the principles and purposes of the UN Charter, including through its direct
dialogue with Ukraine. 我們呼籲中方施壓俄羅斯停止軍事侵略,立即、全部、無條件地從烏克蘭撤軍。我們鼓勵中國支援在領土完整和〈聯合國憲章〉原則和宗旨的基礎上實現全面、公正和持久的和平,包括通過與烏克蘭的直接對話。
52. There
is no legal basis for China’s expansive maritime
claims in the South China Sea, and we oppose China’s militarization activities in the region.
We emphasize the universal and unified character of the UNCLOS and reaffirm UNCLOS’s
important role in setting out the legal framework that governs all activities in
the oceans and the seas. We reiterate that the award rendered by the Arbitral Tribunal on July 12, 2016, is a significant
milestone, which is legally binding upon the parties to those proceedings, and a
useful basis for peacefully resolving disputes between the parties. 中國在南海的擴張性海洋主張沒有法律依據,我們反對中國在該地區的軍事化活動。我們強調〈聯合國海洋法公約〉的普遍性和統一性,重申〈聯合國海洋法公約〉在制定指導所有海洋活動的法律框架方面的重要作用。我們重申,仲裁庭於2016年7月12日作出的裁決是一個重要的里程碑,對訴訟各方具有法律約束力,也是和平解決雙方爭端的有用基礎。
53. We strongly
condemn North Korea’s unprecedented number of unlawful
ballistic missile launches, each of which violated multiple UN Security Council
Resolutions (UNSCRs). We demand that North Korea refrain from any other destabilizing
or escalatory actions, including any further nuclear tests or launches that use
ballistic missile technology, which undermine regional stability and pose a grave
threat to international peace and security. Such reckless actions must be met with
a swift, united, and robust international response. This must include further significant
measures to be taken by the UN Security Council. We reiterate our unwavering commitment
to the goal of North Korea’s complete, verifiable, and irreversible abandonment
of its nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs, and any other weapons of mass
destruction (WMD) and ballistic missile programs in accordance with relevant UNSCRs.
We are concerned about North Korea’s choice to prioritize its unlawful WMD and ballistic
missile programs over the welfare of the people in North Korea. We call on North
Korea to accept repeated offers of dialogue, including
from Japan, the United States, and the Republic of Korea. We
urge North Korea to respect human rights, facilitate access for international humanitarian
organizations, and resolve the abductions issue immediately.
54. We remain
deeply concerned about the deteriorating security, humanitarian, human rights, and
political situation in Myanmar, and we express
our solidarity with its people. We continue to support ASEAN’s efforts including
its continued engagements with all stakeholders in Myanmar to implement the Five-Point
Consensus, including through Indonesia as the ASEAN Chair and ASEAN special envoy
to Myanmar. We continue to call on the Myanmar military to immediately cease all
violence, release all political prisoners and those arbitrarily detained, create
an environment for an inclusive and peaceful dialogue, and return the country to
a genuinely democratic path. We reiterate our call on all states to prevent the
flow of arms into Myanmar. We also call for full, safe, and unimpeded humanitarian
access to all people, especially the most vulnerable.
55. We note
with grave concern increased threats to stability and the dire humanitarian and
economic situation in Afghanistan. We call on the Taliban to uphold its counterterrorism
commitments and to ensure the territory of Afghanistan cannot be used to threaten
or attack any country, to plan or finance terrorist acts, or to shelter and train
terrorists. We express our strongest opposition to the Taliban’s systematic violations
on human rights and fundamental freedoms, and call for the immediate reversal of
unacceptable decisions, especially those against women and girls. All Afghans must
enjoy full, equal, and meaningful participation in all spheres of public life, and
have access to humanitarian assistance and basic services. We call upon the Taliban
to respect UNSCR 2681/2023 and the UN Charter, including Article 8, and to ensure
unrestricted operations of the UN in Afghanistan. To remedy the persistent lack
of political inclusivity and representation, we urge the Taliban to take significant
steps to engage in credible, inclusive and Afghan-led national dialogue, in which
all Afghans can be involved. We recognize the need for conveying unified messages
to the Taliban in coordination with other international partners.
56. We reiterate
our clear determination that Iran must never develop a nuclear weapon. We remain
deeply concerned about Iran’s unabated escalation of its nuclear program, which
has no credible civilian justification and brings it dangerously close to actual
weapon-related activities. A diplomatic solution remains the best way to resolve
this issue. In that context, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action continues to
provide a useful reference. We call on Iran to take prompt and concrete actions
to fulfill its legal obligations and political commitments, including nuclear non-proliferation
and safeguards obligations. We reiterate our profound concern over Iran’s systemic
human rights violations and abuses, including its repression of popular feminist
protest as well as the targeting of individuals, including women, girls, minority
groups, and journalists, in and outside of Iran. We call on Iran’s leadership to
end all unjust and arbitrary detentions.
57. We express
our grave concern regarding Iran’s continued destabilizing activities, including
the transfer of missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and related technologies
to state and non-state actors and proxy groups, in breach of UNSCRs including 2231
and 2216. Iran must stop supporting Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
In particular, we call upon Iran to cease transferring armed UAVs, which have been
used to attack Ukraine’s critical infrastructure and kill Ukrainian civilians. We
welcome initiatives to improve bilateral relations and de-escalate tensions in the
region, including Iran and Saudi Arabia’s recent agreement to restore ties. We emphasize
the importance of ensuring maritime security in the Middle East’s waterways and
call on Iran not to interfere with the lawful exercise of navigational rights and
freedoms by all vessels.
58. We call
on Israelis and Palestinians to take steps to
build trust toward the realization of a two-state solution.
To this end, all parties must refrain from unilateral actions, including settlement
activities and incitement to violence. We reiterate our support for the historic
status quo in Jerusalem. We welcome the recent meetings between Egypt, Israel, Jordan,
the Palestinian Authority, and the United States and hope their commitments will
be fulfilled in good faith. We will continue our support for Palestinian economic
self-reliance and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near
East.
59. We remain
firmly committed to an inclusive, UN-facilitated political process consistent with
UNSCR 2254 in Syria. We reaffirm that the international community should only consider
normalization and reconstruction assistance once there is authentic and enduring
progress towards a political solution. We express our continued support for the
work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and are
committed to accountability for those responsible for the use of chemical weapons
and violations of international law, including international humanitarian law and
international human rights law, as applicable. We call for full and unhindered humanitarian
access to all Syrians in need, particularly through UN cross-border aid for which
there is no alternative in scope or scale. We remain committed to the enduring defeat
of ISIS, including durable solutions for ISIS detainees and displaced persons remaining
in Northeast Syria.
60. We further
express our support to preserve stability and prosperity in other parts of the Middle
East and North Africa. Regarding Yemen, we call on all parties to secure a durable
ceasefire and work towards a comprehensive, durable, and inclusive Yemeni-led political
process under UN auspices. We encourage the Tunisian government to meet the democratic
aspiration of its people, to address its economic situation and to reach an agreement
with the IMF. We also support efforts to achieve stability and unity in Libya under
the auspice of the UN in coordination with the African Union and the Arab League.
We urge all Libyan stakeholders to work constructively on the political process
in order to hold free, fair, and inclusive presidential and parliamentary elections
by the end of 2023.
61. We reaffirm
our engagement with Central Asian countries to
address various regional challenges, including the consequences of Russia’s war of aggression, the destabilizing effect
of the situation in Afghanistan, food and energy
security, terrorism, and climate change. We are determined to foster trade and energy
links, sustainable connectivity and transportation, including the “Middle Corridor”
and associated projects to enhance regional prosperity and resilience.
62. We are
deepening our partnerships with African countries and regional organizations, including
the African Union. We have each expressed support to African calls for stronger
representation in international fora, notably the G20. We reiterate our strong commitment
to supporting governments in the region to address, in a manner consistent with
international law, the underlying conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism,
violent extremism, and instability across Africa. We are seriously concerned about
the growing presence of the Russia-affiliated Wagner
Group forces on the continent and their destabilizing impact and human rights abuses.
Keeping in mind the situations in West Africa and the Sahel, the Horn of Africa,
and the Great Lakes regions, we will work together to support African-led efforts
on peace, stability and prosperity on the continent. In this regard, we welcome
the positive developments stemming from the cessation of hostilities agreement between
the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, and call on
both parties to remain committed to full implementation. We also call for international
support for the Somali President’s reform priorities and the fight against al-Shabaab.
We reaffirm our commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial
integrity of the Democratic Republic of Congo. We welcome the cessation of hostilities
agreed in March and call for its full implementation. We condemn the advance of
the UN-sanctioned March 23 Movement armed group (M23) and join African leaders in
calling for M23 to withdraw unconditionally from all territories it controls. We
are also seriously concerned about the spread of terrorist threats and activities
towards coastal countries in West Africa, and are available to lend our support
in addressing those threats.
63. We strongly
condemn the ongoing fighting between the Sudanese Armed
Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. This threatens the security and safety
of civilians, undermines efforts to restore Sudan’s democratic transition, and could
affect the stability of the region. We urge the parties to end hostilities immediately
without pre-conditions and return civilian-led democratic government. We call on
all actors to renounce violence and take active steps to reduce tensions, and ensure
the safety of all civilians, including humanitarian personnel. The parties to the
conflict must uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law, ensure
the safety of all civilians, including humanitarian personnel, and not impede or
restrict the delivery of life-saving aid. We commend the bravery and fortitude of
humanitarian agencies working in Sudan. We acknowledge the generosity of Sudan’s
neighbors who, despite facing significant humanitarian challenges of their own,
host a growing number of Sudanese refugees. We commit to supporting response operations
in Sudan and across East and North Africa and the Sahel region for refugees and
returnees.
64. We highlight
the importance of enhancing cooperation with countries in Latin America and the
Caribbean to uphold shared interests as well as values. We are committed to working
with regional partners to address economic challenges, climate change, biodiversity
loss, natural disasters, and other global issues. We reiterate our commitment to
strengthen coordination with Latin American and Caribbean partners and other actors
to promote the rule of law, respect for human rights, and meet the elevated humanitarian
and security needs in the region, especially in Venezuela, Haiti, and Nicaragua.
With respect to the ongoing crisis in Haiti, we underscore the importance of working
towards Haitian-led solution for a return to stability and need to hold accountable
those who cultivate violence, corruption and instability.
65. We welcome
the Agreement on the path to normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia and
its Implementation Annex, reached under the EU facilitated dialogue in Brussels
on February 27 and in Ohrid on March 18 respectively. In order to unlock its full
potential for the citizens of Kosovo and Serbia and for advancing good-neighbourly
relations in the Western Balkans, we call on both parties to implement expediently
and in good faith their respective obligations.
Conclusion
66. We appreciate
the exchanges with and the inputs from the G7 Engagement Groups. We are furthermore
grateful for the valuable contributions from the Heads of the IEA, the IMF, the
OECD, the UN, the WB, the WHO and the WTO who joined us in Hiroshima.
Reference
documents:
- G7 Leaders’
Hiroshima Vision on Nuclear Disarmament
- G7 Leaders’
Statement on Ukraine
- G7 Clean Energy
Economy Action Plan
- G7 Leaders’
Statement on Economic Resilience and Economic Security
- Hiroshima Action
Statement for Resilient Global Food Security
- Factsheet on
the G7 Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment
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