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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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G8 foreign ministers reiterate Africa peacekeeping commitments

MOSCOW, June 29 (RIA Novosti) - Foreign ministers from the G8 confirmed their previous commitments Thursday to assist with bringing peace to troubled regions of Africa.

Ministers from the group of leading industrialized nations said in a statement following talks in Moscow that they had made progress in the implementation of commitments made at the 2005 G8 summit in the U.K. to train and equip some 75,000 peacekeepers, mostly Africans.

The top diplomats from the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, Japan, Germany, Italy, France and Canada reiterated their course toward contributing to the creation of peacekeeping forces in Africa, including by coordinated technical assistance, and help to establish regional training centers in Africa and other continents.

The ministers also stressed the necessity to assist the reconstruction of Sudan after a conflict with Chad that had led to the exodus of some 200,000 Sudanese, and its humanitarian improvement, and called on the governments of Chad and Sudan to prevent border clashes, ensure the protection of refugee camps in Chad and solve problems through dialogue and cooperation.

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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