2010 G20 Seoul summit

G20 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy
Host countrySouth Korea
DateNovember 11–12, 2010
Venue(s)COEX Convention & Exhibition Center, Seoul, South Korea
ParticipantsG20
Invited states: Ethiopia, Malawi, Singapore, Spain, Vietnam
Invited organizations: ASEAN, AU, FSB, 3G, ILO, IMF, NEPAD, OECD, UN, WBG, WTO
Follows2010 G20 Toronto summit
Precedes2011 G20 Cannes summit
Websiteseoulsummit.kr
World leaders at the 2010 G20 Seoul summit

The 2010 G20 Seoul Summit was the fifth meeting of the G20 heads of government/heads of state, to discuss the global financial system and the world economy,[1] which took place in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, on November 11–12, 2010. South Korea was the first non-G8 nation to host a G20 leaders' summit.[2]

The G20 is the premier forum for discussing, planning, and monitoring international economic cooperation.[3]

The theme of the summit was "Shared Growth Beyond Crisis".[4]

  1. ^ Cho Jin-seo. "Seoul unveils G20 summit's symbol," Archived March 23, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Korea Times (ROK). July 8, 2010; retrieved Nov 10, 2010.
  2. ^ Oliver, Christian. "Seoul: S Korea looks forward to its own party," Financial Times (UK). June 25, 2010.
  3. ^ Parliament (UK): Townsend, Ian. "G20 & the November 2010 Seoul summit" (SN/EP/5028) Archived November 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, October 19, 2010, retrieved 2011-04-07; excerpt, "Today, we designated the G-20 as the premier forum for our international economic cooperation" citing "Pittsburgh G20 Leaders’ summit communiqué," ¶50 September 29, 2009, retrieved 2011-04-07; excerpt, "Today, we designated the G-20 as the premier forum for our international economic cooperation. We have asked our representatives to report back at the next meeting with recommendations on how to maximize the effectiveness of our cooperation. We agreed to have a G-20 Summit in Canada in June 2010, and in Korea in November 2010. We expect to meet annually thereafter, and will meet in France in 2011.
  4. ^ "G-20 preparation committee adopts catchphrase 'Shared growth beyond crisis'," Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Yonhap News Agency. July 20, 2010; retrieved Mar 5, 2011.

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