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A quick look at how the G-7 met commitments from last year's summit


GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — A report released Sunday said the Group of Seven, or G-7, countries complied with an average 80% of commitments made by its members at last year's summit.

The high overall finding relates to the 16 priority pledges made by the world's major industrial economies when the European Union hosted the summit in Brussels in June 2014.

The commitments include the issues of tax evasion, reproductive health, Syrian refugees, climate change finance, as well as peace and security in Libya. The compliance rate ranged from 100% (tax evasion) to 44% (Libya).

The report was conducted by the G-7 Research Group, a policy analysis unit based at the University of Toronto.

The G-7 member that scored the highest compliance rate since the tracking began in 1996 was the European Union (90%). Italy scored lowest (67%). The United States has complied with 87% of its summit commitments, the report said.

Leaders from the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States are holding the G-7 talks Sunday and Monday at a luxury hotel in the Bavarian mountains.

The leaders are discussing such topics as the conflict in Ukraine, Greece's debt crisis, the rise of the Islamic State, climate change, international trade and more.