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	03.12.06 Victoria Panova G8 research group, University of Toronto, Director for Russia
	03.12.06 Mona Bricke German NGO Forum Environment and Development
	03.12.06 Nigel Martin Montreal International Rorum (FIM)
	02.12.06 John Kirton Head of G8 Research Group, University of Toronto
	02.12.06 Regina Gunter Head of the WWF Germany

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Energy safety document to be approved at G8 summit

RBC, 15.06.2006, Moscow 13:41:37.The first comprehensive document on energy safety is to be passed at G8 summit, Andrei Kondakov, Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Economic Cooperation Department andRussia's Foreign Affairs Sous Sherpa, told a press conference today. The document will consist of two sections - a political declaration and an action plan describing the specific steps to solve energy safety problems. The document will cover the questions of energy sources and markets diversification, development of energy saving technologies, energy supply and demand safety, the problem of energy-lacking countries.

Kondakov noted that discussions on including the nuclear energy section in the document were underway. Germany is against including this section in the document, he said. Still, he hopes that parties will agree on the document in St. Petersburg next week.

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	02.12.06 Halter Marek Le College de France
	02.12.06 Olivier Giscard d’Estaing COPAM, France
	02.12.06 Mika Ohbayashi Institute for Sustainable Energy Poliсy
	02.12.06 Bill Pace World Federalist Movement - Institute for Global Policy
	01.12.06 Peter I. Hajnal Toronto University, G8 Research Group