| 2012 G20 Los Cabos summit 7th G20 summit | |
|---|---|
 The logo of the G20 Mexico 2012 summit | |
| Host country |  Mexico |
| Motto | Promoting Growth and Job |
| Cities | San José del Cabo,Los Cabos |
| Venues | Los Cabos Convention Center[1] |
| Participants | G20 member states Guest Invitees:Benin,Cambodia,Chile,Colombia,Ethiopia,Spain Invited Organizations:Food and Agriculture Organization[2] |
| Chair | Felipe Calderón |
The2012 G20 Los Cabos Summit was theseventh meeting of theG20 heads of government/heads of state.[3]
The final draft ofG20 Toronto summit communique became the public announcement that the 2011 summit inFrance would be followed by a 2012 summit inMexico.[3]
Pre-planning for the summit began in 2010. In January, Mexican Deputy Foreign MinisterLourdes Aranda hosted a preliminary meeting inMexico City. It was attended by"sherpas" (representatives) of the G20 foreign ministries.[4][5]
The convention center was designed and constructed by Mexican architectFernando Romero in a time span of seven months.[6] It houses the largest green wall in the world, covering an area of 2,700 square meters.[7]
Mexico believes the forum can better represent developing countries in both vision and policy. Under the leadership of PresidentFelipe Calderón, Mexico will seek to expand the scope of the G20's development focus.[8] Calderon also said of funding for theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) that "it’s going to be the first time the fund is capitalized without the U.S., which reflects the importance of emerging markets." Brazilian Finance MinisterGuido Mantega added that theBRICS countries were "going to make an additional contribution to the IMF that will be announced at the leaders’ meeting," in relation to similar amount announced by the group in April of about US$75 billion.[9] European leaders were pressured by major economies to resolve theEuropean sovereign-debt crisis afterNew Democracy won a pluralityGreek legislative election in June.[10]
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The list below shows the leaders that have attended the 2012 G20 Leaders Summit.
U.S. PresidentBarack Obama planned, first, a meeting with Russian PresidentVladimir Putin[12] which was expected to run for one-and-a-half hours and cover "projected deployment of missile shield in Europe, prospects of peace settlement in Syria and bilateral ties [including the]Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act".[13] Obama and Putin made a joint statement about theSyrian uprising that read: "In order to stop the bloodshed in Syria, we call for an immediate cessation of all violence. We are united in the belief that the Syrian people should have the opportunity to independently and democratically choose their own future." It also followed Russia's intention to send twoRussian warships,Nikolai Filchenkov andTsezar Kunikov, with marines to its naval base inTartus.[14] As a result of the June Greek election, a bilateral meeting between German ChancellorAngela Merkel and the U.S. President Barack Obama on the situation in theeurozone was also planned.[15]
10 Downing Street issued a statement that said British Prime Minister David Cameron had confronted Argentine PresidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner with a letter she had sent him in regards to the sovereignty of theFalkland Islands. She told him the issue should be resolved under the terms ofUnited Nations General Assembly resolution 40/21 of November 1985. Cameron was reported to have said that "I am not proposing a full discussion now on the Falklands but I hope you have noted that they areholding a referendum and you should respect their views. We should believe in self determination and act as democrats here in the G20." The statement said that Cameron had confronted her "with vigour;" however, Argentine Foreign MinisterHéctor Timerman said: "The president had the UN resolutions and she said to Cameron: 'Let's respect the United Nations'. The prime minister refused to accept the documents, turned his back and walked away without a farewell. After years of acting as a colonial power they have forgotten that they are responsible for the existence of colonialism, and that it is countries like Argentina that defeated most of the colonial projects in the world." The Prime Minister's Office later said that "we don't need an envelope from Fernandez to know what the UN resolutions say....All the UN resolutions do refer to the UN charter, which enshrines the principle of self-determination and that is what we are asking the Argentines to respect."[16]
The Convention Center, located in Los Cabos, Mexico, was designed by the Mexican architectFernando Romero. The distinctive element of the center is thegreen wall, the largest in the world, with an area of 2,700m2
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