The document summarizes several global summits taking place in 2015: 1) The Summit of the Americas in Panama in April will discuss democracy, growth, and security in the Americas and may increase tensions between the US and Latin American countries over drug policy and Cuba. 2) The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference meets every five years with 189 signatories to discuss nuclear weapons and tensions are high around discussions on North Korea, Iran, and Russia. 3) The G7 Summit in Germany will focus on macroeconomic coordination, energy security, diseases like Ebola, and empowering women. 4) The UN General Assembly in September will see world leaders evaluate progress on global poverty reduction and

1. GLOBAL SUMMITS
2015

2. 2015 Summits
Summit of the Americas
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference
Group of Seven Summit
Opening of UN General Assembly
Group of Twenty Leader’s Summit

3. This April will make for the seventh time
leaders throughout the Western
Hemisphere will convene in Panama to
discuss the roles of democracy, growth and
security. In the past tension between the
United States and Latin America has arisen
due to war on drugs and the US stance on
Cuba. This April should be no different in
terms of putting the US government in the
hot seat especially now that the current
President of Cuba, Raúl Castro ,will be
making an appearance.
S U M M I T O F T H E A M E R I C A S

4. This conference with its 189 signatories
meets every five years to discuss the use of
atomic weapons across the globe. Attendees
are expecting a somewhat uncomfortable
atmosphere compared to the 2009
conference. Tensions surrounding nuclear
warfare have only escalated during the last
5 years. This year, discussions over North
Korea, Israel, Iran, South Asia and Russia
will be at the forefront of the conference.
N U C L E A R N O N P R O L I F E R A T I O N T R E A T Y ( N P T ) R E V I E W
C O N F E R E N C E

5. At a castle in the Bavarian Alps, Germany
will invite other Western leaders to
convene on the promotion macroeconomic
coordination, the enhancement of energy
security, the fight against diseases such as
Ebola and the empowerment of women
across the world. This summit acts as a
symbol of western leaders and thinkers
grouping together, showing their solidarity
for the western way of life.
G R O U P O F S E V E N S U M M I T

6. In mid September, New York will be
brimming with the leaders of the world as
they once again discuss the global fight to
end poverty. The leaders will evaluate what
is left to be done and examine how they
have done in terms of meeting the
Millennium Development Goals which
were implemented in 2000.
O P E N I N G O F U N G E N E R A L A S S E M B L Y

7. Following the opening of the UN General
Assembly, the world leaders will meet in
Antalya, Turkey. The Turkish government
has expressed their intention to make the
following global issues the priorities for
discussion topics: climate change, energy,
trade, development and investment.
G R O U P O F T W E N T Y L E A D E R ’ S S U M M I T

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