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The first-ever meeting of G-20 foreign ministers will discuss pressing global issues including
governance, trans-national crime, green growth, climate change and food security, US officials have
said.
Organised by Mexican Foreign Minister, Ms Patricia Espinosa, in the Mexican resort town of Los
Cabos, the meeting is to be attended by among others, the US Secretary of State, Ms Hillary Clinton,
German Foreign Minister, Mr Guido Westerwelle, and European Union foreign policy chief, Ms
Catherine Ashton.
Several other G-20 countries including France, China, Brazil and India will be represented at a lower
level. Mexico is the current chair of the G-20 countries and the meeting will be hosted on June 18-19.
A senior state department official said that the meeting is informal so it will not result in any formal
statements.
"This meeting reflects, in many ways, the evolution of the G-20 since the first summit (峰會(huì)) of
Washington in the fall of 2008, which was designed to deal with the global financial crisis," the official
said.
"This is going to focus on broad non-financial global issues, some of which have been discussed by
G-20 leaders in the past, but some of which are new to the G-20 process or at least have not been
emphasized to any great degree, including some broad economic governance issues, some
environmental issues, development policy, and green growth," the official said.
During her meetings, Ms Clinton will be emphasizing some themes that are included in the broad
G-20 rights. Although, she will not be going to get into the details of the G-20 financial part of the
process, she will call for an open, free, transparent, and fair global economic system.
Ms Clinton will address things like anti-competitive government practices or interference, which
include the ways in which governments artificially distort (歪曲) markets or create uneven economic
playing fields, the official said.
Among other things, she will also highlight issues like climate change, freedom of navigation and
shipping and sailing security to promote a well-functioning global economy; besides governance issues
like fight against corruption.
1. The passage mainly tells us about _____.
A. some pressing global issues
B. issues to be talked about by Ms Clinton
C. the possible results of the meeting
D. the meeting of G-20 foreign ministers to be held in June
2. Which will not be discussed at the meeting?
A. The evolution of G-20.
B. Issues discussed by G-20 leaders in the past.
C. Environmental issues.
D. Green growth.
3. The aim of the first summit of Washington was to _____.
A. settle the global financial crisis
B. deal with economic governance issues
C. increase the evolution of G-20
D. promote fair global economic system
4. We can infer from the fifth and the sixth paragraphs that G-20 _____.
A. hasn't changed through these years
B. is currently concerned with more than financial issues
C. holds a meeting every year
D. never discusses old issues
5. Ms Clinton will do the following except _____.
A. call for an open, free, and fair global economic system
B. talk about some details of the G-20 financial part of the process
C. highlight issues of climate change
D. call on G-20 to fight against corruption and bribery
