D-8 to Hold 7th Summit in Abuja, Nigeria, Next Month

Abuja, Nigeria | June 17, 2010 by D-8 Secretariat

The D-8 7th Summit will be launched from 4-8 July, 2010 with the theme of “Enhancing Investment Cooperation among D-8 Members”

D-8 Organization is set to hold the D-8 7th Head of States Summit in the capital of Nigeria next month. The Summit will be launched from 4-8 July, 2010 with the theme of “Enhancing Investment Cooperation among D-8 Members”. The Summit will reinforce and sharpen the economic cooperation among member countries through sharing of expertise in the fields of Energy, Transport, Tourism, Banking, Financial Institution, Infrastructural Development, Human Resources Development, Science and Technology, Migrant Workers and remittances, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises as well as Information and Communication Technology. All these corporations are with the view to improving the well being of its peoples in a global economy. Also, it is aimed at boosting the participation of member States in the process of decision making at the international level.

The Summit will draw participation from D-8 Heads of State and Government, D-8 Foreign Ministers, D-8 Technocrats, D-8 Private Sector, members of the Press and stakeholders on D-8. Among the important agenda of the summit would be the D-8 Roadmap for Economic Cooperation (2008-2018).

The roadmap which was endorsed during the Kuala Lumpur Summit in 2008, is aimed at encouraging greater economic cooperation among member states and to assist in mobilising resources from governmental and private sectors in implementing D-8 projects.

In the Summit, Malaysia is also set to hand over the chairmanship to Nigeria. Malaysia took on the D-8 chairmanship on July 8, 2008 at the 6th summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

With more than 155 million people, Nigeria is Africa’s largest democracy and has the second largest economy where the oil rich country is also known as the “Land of Opportunities” for its huge economic potential.

At the end of the Summit, Abuja Declaration would be released. This declaration, hopefully, would address issues that could help cushion the effects and challenges facing D-8 member States on: global economic recession, World Energy question, Climate change and global warming as they affect Agriculture and food security, transportation, and matters on world trade.

Representation from member countries or press-media are welcomed to download Supporting Documents to the Summit through the “Member Download Area” or “Public Download Area” of this website.

Nigerian Foreign Ministry has initiated to launch a website for the Summit, which you can visit by clicking here.

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