key issues
Employability
Asia and the International Monetary Architecture
Trade Liberalization
Bribery and Corruption
Regional Security Issues
Special Focus on Africa
Mobilizing Resources for Developing Countries
Energy
Environment
Combating International Crime and Drugs
Electronic Commerce
Millennium Bug
KEY ISSUES AT THE BIRMINGHAM G8 SUMMIT


PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND HIGH EMPLOYMENT IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY

EMPLOYABILITY
U.S. Labor Secretary Herman on Job Creation (February 1998)
London G8 Conference on Employability (February 1998)
Kobe G8 Conference on Employability (November 1997)

ASIA AND THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY ARCHITECTURE
White House Briefing with McCurry, Summers, Sperling, and Lipton (May 15, 1998)
Clinton-Hashimoto Photo Opportunity Remarks on Economic Reform and Regional Security (May 15, 1998)
G-7 Finance Ministers Report on Global Financial Reform (May 15, 1998)
White House Fact Sheet on World Financial System (May 15, 1998)
Chairman's Statement on G-7 Leaders Meeting (May 15, 1998)
White House Briefing on Birmingham Summit (May 11, 1998)
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown on Global Financial Reform (May 9, 1998)
G7 Finance Ministers Communique (May 8, 1998)
Treasury Secretary Rubin on Global Financial Architecture (May 8, 1998)
Greenspan on the Global Banking Infrastructure (May 7, 1998)
Assistant Treasury Secretary Geithner on the EMU and the World Economy (May 7, 1998)
U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers on the U.S. Role in Supporting the World Economy (May 6, 1998)
U.S. Treasury Secretary Rubin Statement before the Foreign Policy Association (April 28, 1998)
G-7 Finance Ministers Statement on Global Financial Reform (April 15, 1998)

TRADE LIBERALIZATION
McCurry Briefing on U.S.-Japan Bilateral Talks (May 15, 1998)
Barshefsky Statement, Fact Sheet on U.S.-Japan Deregulation (May 15, 1998)
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Fisher on U.S.-Japan Bilateral Talks (May 15, 1998)
Glickman on WTO Ministerial (May 7, 1998)
Barshefsky on Trade in Agriculture (May 7, 1998)
Barshefsky on Information Age Trade Policy (May 5, 1998)
Statement of U.S., EU, Japanese and Canadian Trade Ministers on the Global Trade Agenda (April 30, 1998)
OECD Ministers Statement on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (April 28, 1998)
OECD Report on the Benefits of Open Trade and Investment (April 27, 1998)
Barshefsky on the Global Trade Agenda (April 15, 1998)
WTO Director General Renato Ruggiero on the Future of the World Trading System (April 15, 1998)
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Fisher on WTO Accession for China (March 11, 1998)

BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION
U.S. Statement on Bribery and Corruption Legislation (May 5, 1998)
U.S. Secretary of State Albright at Signing of OECD Anti-Bribery Pact (December 17, 1997)



REGIONAL SECURITY ISSUES

CNN Interview with Clinton, Blair on Irish Referendum (May 17, 1998)
BBC Interview with Clinton, Blair on Irish Referendum (May 17, 1998)
Clinton on Pakistan and Russia (May 17, 1998)
Talbott on U.S.-Russian Bilateral Talks (May 17, 1998)
White House Press Briefing on G-8 Summit, Ireland, CTBT, India/Pakistan (May 16, 1998)
National Security Council Advisor Berger on G-8 Foreign Policy Issues (May 16, 1998)
Joint G-8 Statement on Northern Ireland (May 16, 1998)
President Clinton's Radio Address on Nuclear Non-Proliferation (May 16, 1998)
White House Fact Sheet on Nuclear Non-Proliferation (May 16, 1998)
G-8 Statements on Indonesia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Mideast peace process, and India (May 15, 1998)
Steinberg on G-8 Foreign Policy Discussions (May 15, 1998)
Clinton, Blair Q&A with Reporters in Birmingham on Ireland (May 15, 1998)
White House Briefing with McCurry, Summers, Sperling, and Lipton (May 15, 1998)
Clinton-Hashimoto Photo Opportunity Remarks on Economic Reform and Regional Security (May 15, 1998)
Clinton-Chirac Photo Opportunity Remarks on Pakistan, the Middle East, and Indonesia (May 15, 1998)
Clinton Remarks on Situation in Indonesia (May 15, 1998)
UK Foreign Secretary Robin Cook on G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting (May 9, 1998)
G8 Foreign Ministers Communique (May 9, 1998)

EXPANDING THE BENEFITS OF INTEGRATION

SPECIAL FOCUS ON AFRICA
Treasury Secretary Rubin on Economic Reforms in Africa (April 21, 1998)
State Department Official on Trade and Investment in Africa (April 16, 1998)
G-7 Finance Ministers Statement on Africa (April 15, 1998)
IMF Press Release on Debt Relief for Uganda and the HIPC Initiative (April 8, 1998)
USAID Administrator Atwood on U.S.-African Partnership
(April 7, 1998)
World Bank President James Wolfensohn on African Development (January 27, 1998)

MOBILIZING RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
White House Fact Sheet on Birmingham Summit Results (May 17, 1998)
G-8 Statement on Debt Relief for Developing Countries (May 16, 1998)
Joint G8 Foreign and Finance Ministers Communique (May 9, 1998)



21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES

ENERGY
Communique of G-8 Energy Ministers (April 1, 1998)

ENVIRONMENT
G8 Foreign Ministers Communique (May 9, 1998)
UK Foreign Secretary Robin Cook on G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting (May 8, 1998)
Under Secretaries of State Eizenstat and Pickering on G8 Meetings (May 8, 1998)
G-8 Environment Ministers Communique (April 5, 1998)
OECD Environment Ministers Shared Goals for Action (April 3, 1998)
President Clinton's Remarks to UNGASS (June 27, 1997)

Climate Change
Under Secretary of State Eizenstat on Global Climate Change (May 5, 1998)
U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright on Earth Day 1998: Global Problems and Global Solutions (April 21, 1998)
U.S. Under Secretary of State Stuart Eizenstat on Implications of the Climate Change Treaty for U.S. International Competitiveness (April 14, 1998)
Kyoto Protocol Fact Sheet, U.S. Department of State (January 16, 1998)

Forest Management
State Department on G-8 Approval of Forest Action Program (May 11, 1998)
Joint G8 Statement on Forest Management (May 9, 1998)
Oceans
What is the International Year of the Ocean? (A fact sheet from the U.S. National Oceans and Atmospheric Administration)

COMBATING INTERNATIONAL CRIME AND DRUGS
Transnational Crime
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Winer on Transnational Crime (May 16, 1998)
Joint G-8 Statement on Crime (May 16, 1998)
White House Fact Sheet on International Crime Control Strategy (ICCS) (May 12, 1998)
White House Fact Sheet on Proposed International Crime Control Act (ICCA) (May 12, 1998)
President Clinton on International Crime Enforcement (May 12, 1998)
U.S. Officials on International Crime Control Effort (May 12, 1998)
Communique of G-8 Justice and Interior Ministers (December 10, 1997)
U.S. Secretary of Justice Janet Reno on G-8 Justice and Interior Ministers Meeting (December 10, 1997)

Money Laundering
G7 Finance Ministers Communique (May 8, 1998)
OECD Ministerial Statement on Money Laundering (April 28, 1998)
FATF: The Global Fight Against Money Laundering

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
U.S., Japan Joint Statement on Electronic Commerce (May 15, 1998)
Joint G8 Foreign and Finance Ministers Communique (May 9, 1998)
The Emerging Digital Economy -- A U.S. Department of Commerce report (4/15/98)
Deputy USTR Hayes on U.S. Electronic Commerce Proposal to WTO (2/19/98)
Executive Summary, The Framework for Global Electronic Commerce (July 1997)

MILLENNIUM BUG
U.S. Federal Reserve Board Governor Edward Kelley on the Millennium Bug (4/28/98)