G7 leaders give green light to the summit conclusions. The declarations of the ‘big names’, 36 pages in total, have been adopted and now appear on the website of the Italian-led summit. There The word ‘abortion’ does not appear, but the commitments made at the Hiroshima summit are confirmed in the draft from a year ago which also concern the voluntary termination of pregnancy. “We reiterate our commitments made in the Hiroshima Leaders’ Communiqué for universal access to adequate, affordable and quality health services for women, including sexual and reproductive health and rights for all.”
“Full support for Biden plan, Hamas accepts it”
The G7 expressed full and unanimous support for the agreement worked out by US President Joe Biden for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the release of all hostages, a significant and lasting increase in the flow of humanitarian assistance throughout Gaza and the lasting end to the conflict, we read in the draft of the final G7 declaration which explains that Israel’s security interests and the safety of Palestinian civilians in Gaza must be guaranteed”.
The G7 leaders therefore appealed to Hamas to ”accept and implement fully and unequivocally the ceasefire proposal, as outlined in resolution 2735”, asking the ”countries with influence on Hamas” to ”contribute to ensure that it does so”. The draft conclusion welcomes the fact that Israel has accepted the proposal developed by the US Administration and the willingness to move forward with it.
The G7 expressed ”great concern at the unacceptable number of civilian victims, in particular women and children”, due to the conflict between Israel and Hamas. And he ”asked all parties to take every possible step to protect the lives of civilians”. The leaders reiterate their ”strongest condemnation of the brutal terrorist attacks conducted by Hamas and other terrorist groups against Israel on 7 October 2023”. The G7 therefore expressed ”full solidarity and support for Israel and its people” and reiterated ”the commitment to its security”. But, at the same time, the G7 called on Israel to ”fully respect its obligations under international law in all circumstances, including international humanitarian law”.
The G7 leaders said they were ”deeply concerned about the consequences on the civilian population of the ground operations underway in Rafah and the possibility of a large-scale military offensive which would have further disastrous consequences for civilians”. For this reason, as stated in the draft of the final declaration of the G7 of Borgo Egnazia, the G7 leaders asked ”the Israeli government to refrain from this offensive”.
The G7 also expressed ”the importance of unifying the Gaza Strip with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority” and underlined that ”the recognition of a Palestinian state, at the appropriate time, would be a crucial component”.
“50 billion to Kiev from Russian asset profits”
On Ukraine, in a passage in the preamble of the draft final declaration, we read that in the presence of President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a gesture of solidarity and support “for Ukraine’s fight for its freedom and for its reconstruction, we decided to make available approximately $50 billion by leveraging windfall revenues from tied Russian sovereign assets, sending an unmistakable signal to President Putin. We are intensifying our collective efforts to disarm and defund the Russian military-industrial complex.”
Furthermore, “we are committed to increasing the costs of war for Russia, building on the overall package of sanctions and economic measures already in place. While our measures have had a significant impact on Russia’s ability to build its war machine and finance its invasion” of Ukraine, “its armed forces continue to pose a threat not only to Ukraine, but also to international security,” the G7 leaders say in the final draft summit declaration.
“Russia – they underline – must end its war of illegal aggression and pay for the damage it has caused to Ukraine. According to the World Bank, these damages today exceed 486 billion dollars”.
The leaders “welcome the Ukraine peace summit planned in Switzerland on 15-16 June to build a peace framework based on international law, the United Nations Charter and its principles, respecting sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. We will continue to work to gain the broadest international support possible for the key principles and objectives of President Zelensky’s Peace Formula.”
G7 leaders then announce their intention to impose sanctions against Chinese and third-country entities that support Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“The reduction of LGBT rights is worrying, with a gap of 20 billion for women in 3 years”
The leaders then reiterate their commitment to ‘rainbow’ rights, unlike some rumors that emerged today: “We reaffirm our commitment to achieving gender equality and the emancipation of women and girls in all their diversity, through full, equal and meaningful participation in all spheres of society. We express our strong concern about and condemn the reduction of the rights of women, girls and LGBTQIA+ people around the world, particularly in times of crisis. firmly all violations and abuses of their human rights and fundamental freedoms.”
“We will continue to promote and protect their rights in all spheres of society and constantly integrate gender equality in all political areas – it continues – We will work with global partners to promote gender equality in multilateral forums”. To fill the gap that affects women, “together with international financial institutions, we will unlock at least 20 billion dollars over three years in investments to promote emancipation”.
“Equal partnership with Africa, Mattei Plan is good”
The draft conclusions speak of “engagement with the countries of Africa, in a spirit of strategic and equitable partnership”. “As they work to achieve sustainable development and industrial growth for their people, we strengthen our respective efforts to invest in sustainable infrastructure, including with the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (GPII), and launch the Energy for Growth initiative in Africa, together with several African partners”. The leaders, from this perspective, welcome “the Mattei Plan for Africa launched by Italy”.
“Determined to face the climate crisis and respect the 1.5° limit”
On the climate front, the G7 countries remain committed to “taking concrete measures to address the triple crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss”. The G7 countries “remain committed to respecting the Paris Agreement and maintaining a limit of 1.5°C increase in global temperature”. The draft underlines that the objective remains “unchanged” i.e. “to provide a substantial contribution to efforts to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 43% in this critical decade and 60% by 2035, compared to the 2019 level “. The G7 countries stress “that this is a collective effort and that further action is needed by all countries, in particular major economies, to reach peak global greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and net zero by 2050”.
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