10th G7 summit
10th G7 summit | |
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Host country | United Kingdom |
Dates | June 7–9, 1984 |
Venue(s) | Lancaster House |
Cities | London,England |
Follows | 9th G7 summit |
Precedes | 11th G7 summit |
The10th G7 Summitwas held inLondon,England,United Kingdomfrom 7 to 9 June 1984. The venue for the summit meetings wasLancaster Housein London.[1]
TheGroup of Seven(G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries:France,West Germany,Italy,Japan,theUnited Kingdom,theUnited States,Canada(since 1976),[2]and thePresident 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 presidentValéry Giscard d'Estaingand West Germany's chancellorHelmut Schmidtas they conceived the firstGroup of Six(G6) summit in 1975.[4]
Leaders at the summit
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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.[3]
The 10th G7 summit was the first summit forItalian Prime MinisterBettino Craxi.It was also the last summit forCanadian Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau.
Participants
[edit]These summit participants are the current "core members" of the international forum:[5][1][6]
Core G7 members Host state and leader are shown in bold text. | |||
Member | Represented by | Title | |
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Canada | Pierre Trudeau | Prime Minister |
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France | François Mitterrand | President |
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West Germany | Helmut Kohl | Chancellor |
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Italy | Bettino Craxi | Prime Minister |
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Japan | Yasuhiro Nakasone | Prime Minister |
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United Kingdom | Margaret Thatcher | Prime Minister |
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United States | Ronald Reagan | President |
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European Community | Gaston Thorn | Commission President |
François Mitterrand | Council President |
Issues
[edit]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:
- economic problems, prospects, and opportunities for countries and for the world
- world recession
- enduring growth and the creation of new jobs
- growing strain of public expenditure
- unemployment
- political and economic challenges for developing countries
- debt burdens of developing countries and role for theInternational Monetary Fund(IMF)
- policies to reduce inflation and interest rates
- control monetary growth and reduce budgetary deficits
- business innovations
- labour issues and opportunities
- economic stability and management
- development assistance and assistance through the international financial and development institutions to the developing countries
- third world debt
- trade liberalization
- poverty and drought
- oil and the Persian Gulf
- the Eastern Bloc
- job creation innovations in Italy
- the environment
- manned space stations
Gallery
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^abJapan,Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MOFA):Summit Meetings in the Past.
- ^Saunders, Doug."Weight of the world too heavy for G8 shoulders,"Archived2008-10-11 at theWayback MachineGlobe and Mail(Toronto). July 5, 2008 -- n.b., the G7 becomes theGroup of Eight(G7) with the inclusion ofRussiastarting in 1997.
- ^abReuters:"Factbox: The Group of Eight: what is it?",July 3, 2008.
- ^abReinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998).Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations,p. 205.
- ^Rieffel, Lex."Regional Voices in Global Governance: Looking to 2010 (Part IV),"Archived2010-06-03 at theWayback MachineBrookings. March 27, 2009;"core" members (Muskoka 2010 G-8, official site).ArchivedJune 2, 2010, at theWayback Machine
- ^MOFA:Summit (10);European Union:"EU and the G8"Archived2007-02-26 at theWayback Machine
References
[edit]- Bayne, Nicholas and Robert D. Putnam. (2000).Hanging in There: The G7 and G8 Summit in Maturity and Renewal.Aldershot, Hampshire, England:Ashgate Publishing.ISBN978-0-7546-1185-1;OCLC 43186692(Archived2009-04-29)
- Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998).Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations.London:Routledge.ISBN978-0-415-16486-3;ISBN978-0-203-45085-7;OCLC39013643
External links
[edit]- No official website is created for any G7 summit prior to 1995 --seethe21st G7 summit.
- University of Toronto:G8 Research Group,G8 Information Centre
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