Press release: Join the debate ahead of the London Summit

The London Summit, to be held on 2 April, will be a follow-up meeting to the G20 meeting held in Washington last November. It will bring together leaders of the world’s advanced and emerging economies, including the G20 and representatives of international financial institutions.
The London Summit represents another important step in the ongoing international discussions aimed at working co-operatively to restore stability and stimulate economic growth.
Speaking at the Foreign Press Association earlier this week, Gordon Brown, Britain’s Prime Minister, outlined what he believed to be the three key priorities which need to be agreed at the London Summit.
The first key priority is the need for co-ordinated actions to revive the global economy and to stimulate growth and employment.
The second priority is for reforming and improving financial sectors and systems to deliver progress on the actions agreed at the G20 Washington Summit.
The third priority is to agree a set of principles for reforming international financial institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund, the Financial Stability Forum and the World Bank.
Conscious that the issues to be discussed at the London Summit touch everyone’s lives, a new website – www.londonsummit.gov.uk - was launched today by the British Prime Minister, while attending the World Economic Forum. The website will provide an important gateway where one can learn more about the issues to be discussed at the London Summit and where one actively get engaged in the debate.