From 2nd to 9th of April, 80 young diplomats convened in St. Petersburg for a simulation of the upcoming G8 summit of the head of states. Karsten Wenzlaff from the Global Marshall Plan Initiative took part as German Minister for Education and Social Care.

The young people committed themselves to a fairer distribution of basic resources such as sustainable energy and water, social resources such as education and health safety and institutional resources such as the promotion of good governance and official law enforcement. They affirmed the importance of the UN millennium goals and stressed the need to reform the global institutions, such as UN and WTO, to enter into a fair dialogue between developed and developing countries. They stressed that the global problems, such as poverty, climate change, and violent conflicts can only be solved in a global, multilateral framework.

The German delegation reported about their work at their online blog (www.blog.g8youth.org).