20th 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 20th G7 summit was the first summit for Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama. It was also the last summit for French President François Mitterrand.

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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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.

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:

• Jobs and economic growth
• Trade
• Environment
• Developing countries
• Nuclear safety
• Ukraine
• Russia
• Other countries in transition
• Cooperation against transnational crime and money laundering

Gallery of participating leaders

Core G7 participants

File:Jean Chrétien 1993.jpg|Canada Canada Jean Chrétien, 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:Silvio Berlusconi 1996.jpg|Italy Italy Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister (Host) File:Tomiichi Murayama 19940630.jpg|Japan Japan Tomiichi Murayama, Prime Minister 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:Jacques Delors (cropped).jpg|EU European Union Jacques Delors, Commission 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. ; ;

References

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3. 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.
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7. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/09/world/summit-in-naples-japan-s-premier-is-hospitalized.html?sq=July+9+1994&scp=25&st=nyt "Summit in Naples; Japan's Premier Is Hospitalized,"] ''New York Times.'' July 9, 1994.