Recommendations of Astana Economic Forum for G20 countries

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Recommendations of Astana Economic Forum

for G20 countries

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ASTANA, Kazakhstan, NEW YORK and MEXICO CITY, June 7, 2012

ASTANA,

Kazakhstan

,

NEW YORK

and

MEXICO CITY

,

June 7, 2012

/PRNewswire/

--

Representatives of the Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists are on a business

trip in

New York (USA

).

The purpose of the visit is the presentation of the final document of the V

Astana Economic Forum - an Open letter for G20 countries' governments at the

UN briefing, regarding the UN Conference on Sustainable Development

(Rio+20), with recommendations for improvement and development of the

world economy, as well as discussion of hosting the World Anti-Crisis

conference in Astana in

May 2013

.

Besides the participants of V AEF, more than 70 experts from 40 countries

prepared the Open Letter, with its recommendations for the G20 countries.

More than 200 recommendations were received through the virtual G-Global

communication platform. These recommendations include five key directions of

Mexico's

Chairmanship in the G-20 in 2012:

1. Economic stabilization and structural reforms as foundations for growth and employment.

2. Strengthening the financial system and fostering financial inclusion to promote economic

growth.

3. Improving the international financial architecture in an interconnected world.

4. Enhancing food security and addressing commodity price volatility.

5. Promoting sustainable development, green growth and the fight against climate change.

In the course of the meeting, Serik Nugerbekov, First Deputy Chairman of the

Coordination Council of Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists, presented and

discussed the

Open Letter

with recommendations for G20 and

the Message

of the participants of the V Astana Economic Forum to the

UN Secretary

General Ban Ki-moon

. In this message, the participants from over 97

countries asked the UN to support the initiative to hold the World Anti-Crisis

Conference in Astana.

During the meeting with Ban Ki-moon, issues such as delivery of the AEF

Recommendations on the G20 Summit and Astana's hosting of the World Anti-

Crisis conference next year were discussed. In general, UN Secretary General

Ban Ki-moon and other senior UN officials noted the importance and relevance

of the recommendations, and expressed interest in holding the World Anti-Crisis

Conference.

"I want to thank the distinguished ambassador of Kazakhstan for delivering

this reminder through very good recommendations that were an outcome

of theVAstana Economic Forum

,

held last month. I'm sure that note has truly

been taken, and will be reflected in my deliberations, discussions with G20

Leaders, agendas, and the G20 Presidency of Mexico

," noted Ban Ki-moon.

In the meantime, Nugerbekov S. and Murat Karimsakov, Chairman of the

Eurasian Economic Club of scientists, held meetings with

Lourdes Aranda

,

Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of

Mexico

, G20 Sherpa for

Mexico

and Roberto

Marino, Special Representative for

Mexico's

G20 Presidency, to present and

discuss the AEF recommendations. During the meeting, Lourdes Aranda

expressed interest in holding a conference for the Eurasian region to discuss

the outcome of the Mexican presidency in G20 and the upcoming Russian

chairmanship in G20 in Astana (

Kazakhstan

) by results of the G20 summit in

Mexico

.

Additionally, a number of business meetings were conducted, including a

meeting with Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary General, United

Nations Department for Social and Economic Affairs (DESA), G-20 Sherpa for

the Secretary General of UN, Alexander Trepelkov, Director, Department of

Finance of Millennium development goals, Robert Vos, Director of Development

Policy and Analysis Division of UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs,

and many others.

On

June 6

, several important meetings were held with Min Zhu, Deputy

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Amar

Bhattacharya, Director of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on

International Monetary Affairs and Development and with other high ranking

representatives of World Bank and FRS on discussion of AEF recommendations

and hosting World Anti-Crisis Conference in Astana.

References:

Astana Economic Forum (AEF)

is an annual interactive platform for

discussions and solutions of global problems, one of the largest in its scope and

level around the Eurasian region.

In 2012 with the support and active participation of the President of the

Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev the Forum gathered together

more than 8,000 delegates from 93 countries worldwide, including Nobel Prize

winners, leaders of countries, journalists, world class scholars and

representatives of business elite to discuss the issues facing Kazakhstan and

the world.

The main organizers of the Forum are theEurasian Economic Club of

Scientists and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

G-Global online:

G-Global is an online forum athttp://www.g-global.aef.kz where anyone can

discuss ways to overcome dysfunction in the global economic and financial

systems. Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev came up with the idea.

Governments can offer ideas onG-Global, as can individual public figures,

experts and scholars. G-Global operates in conjunction with the Astana

Economic Forumweb site.G-Global online has attracted hundreds of thousands

of visitors from 147 countries.The Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists reports

that more than 9,000 users a day visit thesite.

The Organizers of the V Astana Economic Forum

- "Eurasian Economic

Club of Scientists" Association, 14 Ministries of the Republic of

Kazakhstan

,

National Bank of the Republic of

Kazakhstan

, Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare

Fund, UN, World Intellectual Property Organization, Reinventing Bretton Woods

Committee, Club de

Madrid

, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and others.

COORDINATORS CONTACTS

Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists

Ms. Albina Jenisbek

Acting Head of Organization and Information Department, PR Coordinator

Tel.:[phone]

e-mail: [e-mail], [e-mail]