And there's plenty of pressure from the G8 and G20 directives to keep them busy.
All this will also be the subject of discussions at the G8 in France.
The media coverage of the G8 is expected to boost Northern Ireland's image across the world.
Northern Ireland's very association with the G8 will send out a message about its stature.
The issue will be discussed by foreign ministers of the G8 group this week.
The meeting was ahead of President Obama's trip to NI for the G8 summit.
The G8 countries are the US, the UK, Germany, Japan, Italy, France, Canada and Russia.
The G8 finance ministers had previously agreed on these measures, and Wolfowitz enthusiastically endorsed them.
Pressure groups have expressed disappointment over the G8's failure to honour those previous commitments.
No, not the G8 - Obama, Sarkozy, Cameron et al meet in Deauville later.
While the G7 tends to focus on economic affairs, the G8, with Russia's inclusion, covers geopolitics.
Obviously economic issues are on the table for the meetings both here and at the G8.
Having the G8 get-together in the remote Ontario resort community of Huntsville was fine.
But the G8 leaders said the door to dialogue with Iran must remain open.
He hopes that soon Spain will become a member of the G8 group of rich countries.
What he wants to see coming out of the G8, the coming meetings at the summit?
Ms Moyo rightly complains at the exclusion of big emerging economies (except Russia) from the G8.
He is also unlikely to contemplate anything so drastic as expelling Russia from the G8.
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He will be welcomed at the White House before the G8 conference gets underway.
Expanding the G8 to include China is not a step to be taken lightly.
All the G8 countries besides the US already pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels.
Before Obuchi's illness, it was believed that the election would be called just after the G8 summit.
The G8 nations agreed Thursday to work through the United Nations for a successor to the protocol.
Mr Aso also appears to crave the prestige of attending the G8 summit in Italy in July.
And at the G8 summit next week, I'm going to urge other nations to do the same.
The G8 group of rich countries published a wordy declaration in May, but has done little since.
Jennifer Morgan of the World Wildlife Fund spoke to us from Scotland, where she was attending the G8.
The G8 summit itself is due to take place at Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, in two months' time.
The United States is taking the lead, and that's the message I'm going to take to the G8.
At the G8 summit in 2005, I promised our assistance to Africa would double once again by 2010.
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