21st 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. Boris Yeltsin was also in attendance representing Russia.

The 21st G7 summit was the first summit for French President Jacques Chirac and the last summit for Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama. It was also the first and only summit for Italian Prime Minister Lamberto Dini.

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:

• Growth and Employment
• Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century
• Strengthening the Global Economy
• Promoting Sustainable Development
• Reducing Poverty
• Safeguarding the Environment
• Preventing and Responding to Crises
• Reinforcing Coherence, Effectiveness and Efficiency of Institutions
• Creating Opportunities through Open Markets
• Economies in Transition
• Nuclear Safety

Accomplishments

This was the first year that the G8 summit was marked by an official World Wide Web site on the Internet sponsored by the Canadian Government. Two unofficial web pages were also created, one set up by Dalhousie University in Halifax, the summit site, and the other created by teachers and students of Cornwallis Junior High School there.

Gallery of participating leaders

Core G7 participants

File:Jean Chrétien 1993.jpg|Canada Canada Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister (Host) File:Jacques Chirac (1997) (cropped).jpg|France France Jacques Chirac, President File:Helmut Kohl (1996) cropped.jpg|Germany Germany Helmut Kohl, Chancellor File:Lamberto Dini 1996.jpg|Italy Italy Lamberto Dini, Prime Minister 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

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. ; ; OCLC 39013643

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