G8 Outdated

G8 should be G13 or G16

 

The Group of Eight major industrialized countries should be doubled to include

Brazil, China and India and other nations to better.

 

tackle global challenges like climate change and economic stability, a blue chip panel said on Thursday.

The panel, which included European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, former US Secretary of

State Madeleine Albright and former World Bank President James Wolfensohn, argued that the G8 has become "outdated."

 

The leadership and mandates of key international institutions, from the G8 to the UN Security Council,

have not kept pace with the new powerholders and dynamic threats of a changed world," the Managing

Global Insecurity Project said in a report.

 

The report recommended expanding the G8, which is comprised of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy,

Japan, Russia and the United States, to include Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa.

It also proposed adding Indonesia, Turkey, Egypt or Nigeria to create a Group of 16.

:\: RAAR