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*{{flagicon|EU}} '''[[European Union]]''' - [[President of the European Commission|President]] [[Jacques Santer]]<ref>[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)]]: [http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/past_summit/table_e/index.html Summit (24)]; [[European Union]]: [http://www.deljpn.ec.europa.eu/union/showpage_en_union.external.g8.php "EU and the G8"]</ref> |
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 Royal Palace in Naples | |
| Host country | Italy |
| Dates | July 8-10 |
The 20th G7 Summit was held in Naples, Italy between July 8 to 10, 1994. The venue for the summit meetings was the former Royal Palace in Naples.[1]
The Group of Seven (G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada (since 1976)[2] and the President of the European Commission (starting officially in 1981).[3] The summits were not meant to be linked formally with wider international institutions; and in fact, a mild rebellion against the stiff formality of other international meetings was a part of the genesis of cooperation between France's President Giscard d'Estaing and Germany's Chancellor Helmut Schmidt as they conceived the first Group of Six (G6) summit in 1975.[4]
Leaders at the Summit
The G8 is an unofficial annual forum for the heads of Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Japan, the United States, Canada, and the European Commission.[3]
Core G7 participants
Canada - Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.[1]
European Union - President Jacques Santer[5]
France - President François Mitterrand.[1]
Germany - Chancellor Helmut Kohl.[1]
Italy - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.[1]
Japan - Prime Minister Murayama Tomiichi.[1]
United Kingdom - Prime Minister John Major.[1]
United States - President Bill Clinton.[1]
Agenda
The first night of the summit included a working dinner for the international leaders. The event was organized in the dramatic setting of Castel dell'Ovo at the waters' edge of the Bay of Naples.[6]
Issues
The summit was intended as a venue for resolving differences among its members. As a practical matter, the summit was also conceived as an opportunity for its members to give each other mutual encouragement in the face of difficult economic decisions.[4] Issues which were discussed at this summit included:
- Jobs and economic growth
- Trade
- Environment
- Developing Countries
- Nuclear safety
- Ukraine
- Russia
- Other countries in transition
- Cooperation against transnational crime and money-laundering
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA): Summit Meetings in the Past.
- ^ Saunders, Doug. "Weight of the world too heavy for G8 shoulders," Globe and Mail (Toronto). July 5, 2008 -- n.b., the G7 becomes the Group of Eight (G7) with the inclusion of Russia starting in 1997.
- ^ a b Reuters: "Factbox: The Group of Eight: what is it?", July 3, 2008.
- ^ a b Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations, p. 205.
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan): Summit (24); European Union: "EU and the G8"
- ^ "Summit in Naples; Japan's Premier Is Hospitalized," New York Times. July 9, 1994.
References
- Bayne, Nicholas and Robert D. Putnam. (2000). Hanging in There: The G7 and G8 Summit in Maturity and Renewal. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate Publishing. 10-ISBN 0-754-61185-X; 13-ISBN 978-0-754-61185-1; OCLC 43186692
- Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations. London: Routledge. 10-ISBN 0-415-16486-9; 13-ISBN 978-0-415-16486-3
External links
- No official website is created for any G7 summit prior to 1995 -- see the 21st G7 summit.
- University of Toronto: G8 Research Group, G8 Information Centre