page_title: 2010 G20 Seoul summit
section_title: Security
hierarchical_section_title: 2010 G20 Seoul summit / Security
caption_attribution_description: English: Demonstrators converged on downtown Seoul, South Korea Sunday for the first of a promised series of protests against the G20 leaders' summit. A squad of riot police in front of the Korea Press Center in downtown Seoul.
context_page_description: The 2010 G20 Seoul Summit was the fifth meeting of the G20 heads of government/heads of state, to discuss the global financial system and the world economy, which took place in Seoul, South Korea, on November 11–12, 2010. South Korea was the first non-G8 nation to host a G20 leaders' summit.
  The G20 is the premier forum for discussing, planning, and monitoring international economic cooperation.
  The theme of the summit was "Shared Growth Beyond Crisis".
context_section_description: Security for the G20 summit presented a unique array of problems. In addition to the security of the main venue, COEX, South Korea was more broadly responsible for providing a safe venue for the delegations who come to the summit. The National Police Agency led the security detail for the summit, both at the convention venue and the airport as well. Other police and security agencies involved were:
  Presidential Security Service
  National Intelligence Service
  Ministry of National Defense
  National Emergency Management Agency
  In preparation, anti-terrorism drills were held by members of the South Korean police, military, special forces and private sector as part of the 2010 Ulchi-Freedom Guardian exercises against simulated hostage situations and chemical, biological and radiological attacks as a preparation for the summit.
  Plans for accommodating peaceful protesters were paired with plans for mitigating disruptive demonstrations.
  The G20 raised security concerns unrelated to demonstrators protesting the presence of the leaders of 20 economies in Seoul. For example, some analysts projected that anything perceived as a success for South Korea would be simultaneously construed in Pyongyang as a threat to North Korea.
  Despite public endorsements by attending leaders, most commentators looking back on the summit have argued that only limited progress was made, especially on the headline issue of currency war and addressing trade imbalances. Leaders were generally unable to agree on key issues, with commentators such as economist Eswar Prasad noting the absence of the sense of unity that had been present at summits during the worse of the global financial crisis of 2007–2009. IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said this particular summit was "more of a G20 debate than a G20 conclusion".
  Relating to the need to rebalance the world economy, agreement had been reached to work on indicative guidelines which will set suggested maximum limits for current account surpluses and deficits, though these are not due to be fleshed out until 2011. G20 leaders also agreed to endorse the Seoul Development Consensus, a set of guidelines and principles for working together with less development nations to improve economic growth and reduce poverty. In contrast to the older Washington Consensus which it supersedes, the Seoul Consensus is less free market–orientated, allowing a larger role for state intervention.
caption: A squad of riot police in front of the Korea Press Center in downtown Seoul — November 7, 2010
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