19th G7 summit

Leaders at the summit

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 19th G7 summit was the first summit for US President Bill Clinton and the last summit for Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa. It was also the first and only summit for Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell and Italian Prime Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.

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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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. Issues which were discussed at this summit included:

• World Economy
• Trade
• The Environment
• Russia and Other Countries in Transition
• The Developing Countries
• International Cooperation and Future Summits

Accomplishments

In 1993, the summit leaders called for an "international agreement" to "protect forests," but there is little evidence of follow-up action.

Gallery of participating leaders

Core G7 participants

File:Prime Minister Kim Campbell of Canada (42-WHPO-P05407-13-1) (cropped).jpg|Canada Canada Kim Campbell, 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:Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (cropped).jpg|Italy Italy Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Prime Minister File:Kiichi Miyazawa 19911105.jpg|Japan Japan Kiichi Miyazawa, Prime Minister (Host) File:Major PM full (cropped).jpg|United Kingdom United Kingdom John Major, Prime Minister File:Bill Clinton.jpg|United States United States Bill Clinton, President File:Henning Christophersen June2016 (cropped).jpg|EU European Union Henning Christophersen, Commission Vice-President File:Jean-Luc Dehaene 675 (cropped).jpg|EU European Union Jean-Luc Dehaene, 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
• Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations. London: Routledge. ; ;

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