Energy Charter Treaty

22 ANNEX: OUTCOME DOCUMENTS OF ENERGY-RELATED REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND OTHER EVENTS AS WELL AS INITIATIVES REFERRED TO ON PAGE 2 • The Energy Charter Protocol on Energy Efficiency and Related Environmental Aspects which entered into force on 16 April 1998 establishing an international framework encouraging cooperation in the field of energy efficiency in a way compatible with sustainable development; • The Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development adopted in Johannesburg on 4 September 2002, calling for enhancing international and regional cooperation to improve access to reliable, affordable, economically viable, socially acceptable and environmentally sound energy services, as an integral part of poverty reduction programmes, by facilitating the creation of enabling environments and addressing capacity-building needs, with special attention to rural and isolated areas, as appropriate; • The declaration “Global Energy Security” of the Summit of the G8 in St. Petersburg on 16 July 2006 where the G8 Leaders expressed their support for the principles of the Energy Charter and the efforts of participating countries to improve international energy cooperation; • The “Riyadh Declaration” of the Third OPEC Summit of 18 November 2007 in which the heads of State and Government underscored the interrelationships between global security of energy supply and security and predictability of demand. They also expressed their decision to strengthen and broaden the dialogue between energy producers and consumers through the relevant/competent international and regional fora, for the benefit of all; • The Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), signed at the Conference on the Establishment of the IRENA in Bonn on 26 January 2009, in which the parties express their desire to promote the increased adoption of renewable energy with a view to sustainable development and their firm belief in the vast opportunities offered by renewable energy for addressing and gradually alleviating problems of energy security and volatile energy prices; Editor’s note: Page 2 in this title refers to the document of the International Energy Charter, which corresponds to page 11 of the present document (see paragraph 2 of page 11).