12th G7 summit
1986 international leader meeting in Japan
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::summary 1986 international leader meeting in Japan ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| summit_name | 12th G7 summit |
| image | 2019 Akasaka Palace 02.jpg |
| caption | State Guesthouse, Akasaka Palace |
| country | Japan |
| dates | May 4–6, 1986 |
| cities | Tokyo |
| venues | Tokyo Imperial Palace |
| follows | 11th G7 summit |
| precedes | 13th G7 summit |
| :: |
| summit_name = 12th G7 summit | image = 2019 Akasaka Palace 02.jpg | caption = State Guesthouse, Akasaka Palace | country = Japan | dates = May 4–6, 1986 | cities = Tokyo | venues = Tokyo Imperial Palace | follows = 11th G7 summit | precedes = 13th G7 summit
The 12th G7 Summit was held in Tokyo, Japan between May 4 and May 6, 1986. The venue for the summit meetings was the State Guesthouse in Tokyo, Japan.
The Group of Seven (G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, West Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada (since 1976), and the President of the European Commission (starting officially in 1981). 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 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and West Germany's chancellor Helmut Schmidt as they conceived the first Group of Six (G6) summit in 1975.
Leaders at the summit
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/G-7_Economic_Summit_Leaders_at_the_Imperial_Palace_Gardens.jpg" caption="Summit leaders at the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]] Gardens: (left to right) [[Jacques Delors]], [[Bettino Craxi]], [[Ruud Lubbers]], [[Helmut Kohl]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Yasuhiro Nakasone]], [[François Mitterrand]], [[Margaret Thatcher]], and [[Brian Mulroney"] ::
The G7 is an unofficial annual forum for the leaders of Canada, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The 12th G7 summit was the last summit for Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi.
Participants
These summit participants are the current "core members" of the international forum:
The format order of this section mirrors the order of the Muskoka 2010 G8 official website -- see http://g8.gc.ca/about/member-states/
This format order is also congruent with "Summit Meetings of the Past" at website of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- see http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/past_summit/table_e/index.html
- Canada
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Japan
- United Kingdom
- USA
- European Union
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| Member | Represented by | Title | CAN | FRA | West Germany | Italy | Japan | UK | US | European Union |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Brian Mulroney | Prime Minister | ||||||||
| France | François Mitterrand | President | ||||||||
| West Germany | Helmut Kohl | Chancellor | ||||||||
| Italy | Bettino Craxi | Prime Minister | ||||||||
| Japan | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Prime Minister | ||||||||
| United Kingdom | Margaret Thatcher | Prime Minister | ||||||||
| United States | Ronald Reagan | President | ||||||||
| European Community | Jacques Delors | President of the Commission | ||||||||
| Netherlands Ruud Lubbers | President of the Council | |||||||||
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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.
Gallery of participating leaders
Core G7 participants
File:Brian Mulroney (cropped).jpg|Canada Canada Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister File:President François Mitterrand in 1983.jpg|France France François Mitterrand, President File:Helmut Kohl (1996) cropped.jpg|Germany Germany Helmut Kohl, Chancellor File:Bettino Craxi Official Portrait.jpg|Italy Italy Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister File:Yasuhiro Nakasone 19821127.jpg|Japan Japan Yasuhiro Nakasone, Prime Minister (Host) File:Margaret Thatcher (1983).jpg|United Kingdom United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister File:Ronald Reagan 1985 presidential portrait (cropped).jpg| United States United States Ronald Reagan, President File:Jacques Delors (cropped).jpg|EU European Community Jacques Delors, Commission President File:Ruud Lubbers 1985.jpg|EU European Community Ruud Lubbers, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, rotating Council President
Notes
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. ; OCLC 43186692( 2009-04-29)
- Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations. London: Routledge. ; ;
References
- Cabinet Office, Government of Japan; [http://www8.cao.go.jp/geihinkan/akasaka/akasaka-e.html State Guest House, Akasaka Palace] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-11-04 ; retrieved 2013-6-19.)
- Japan, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan). Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] ([[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan). MOFA]]): [http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/past_summit/table_e/index.html Summit Meetings in the Past.]
- Saunders, Doug. [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080704.wG8-analysis05/BNStory/International/columnists "Weight of the world too heavy for G8 shoulders,"] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-10-11 ''Globe and Mail'' (Toronto). July 5, 2008 -- n.b., the G7 becomes the [[G8). Group of Eight]] ([[G8#History. G7]]) with the inclusion of [[Russia]] starting in 1997.
- Reuters: [https://web.archive.org/web/20081023185037/http://uk.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUKB26280520080703?sp=true "Factbox: The Group of Eight: what is it?"], July 3, 2008.
- Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt3AzOHtXwgC&dq=G7+summit&pg=PA205 ''Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations,'' p. 205.]
- Rieffel, Lex. [http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2009/0327_global_governance_rieffel.aspx "Regional Voices in Global Governance: Looking to 2010 (Part IV),"] {{webarchive. link. (June 3, 2010 Brookings. March 27, 2009; [http://g8.gc.ca/about/member-states/ "core" members (Muskoka 2010 G-8, official site).] {{webarchive). link. (June 2, 2010)
- MOFA: [http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/past_summit/table_e/index.html Summit (12)]; [[European Union]]: [http://www.deljpn.ec.europa.eu/union/showpage_en_union.external.g8.php "EU and the G8"] {{webarchive. link. (2007-02-26)
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