21st G7 summit
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Host country | Canada |
Dates | June 15–17, 1995 |
Follows | 20th G7 summit |
Precedes | 22nd G7 summit |
The21st G7 summitwas held on June 15–17, 1995 inHalifax,Nova Scotia,Canada.The venue for this summit meeting was Summit Place in Halifax.[1]It was labelled by Prime MinisterJean Chrétienas a "Chevrolet Summit", using a utilitarian automobile as a metaphor for the summit being less expensive than previous summits inVersaillesandVenice.[2]
TheGroup of Seven(G7) is an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries:France,Germany,Italy,Japan,theUnited Kingdom,theUnited States,Canada(since 1976),[3]and thePresident of the European Commission(starting officially in 1981).[4]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 first Group of Six (G6) summit in 1975.[5]
Leaders at the summit
[edit]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.[4]Boris Yeltsin was also in attendance representing Russia.
The 21st G7 summit was the first summit forFrench PresidentJacques Chiracand the last summit forJapanese Prime MinisterTomiichi Murayama.It was also the first and only summit forItalian Prime MinisterLamberto Dini.
Participants
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These summit participants are the current "core members" of the international forum:[6][1][7]
Core G7 members Host state and leader are shown in bold text. | |||
Member | Represented by | Title | |
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Canada | Jean Chrétien | Prime Minister |
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France | Jacques Chirac | President |
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Germany | Helmut Kohl | Chancellor |
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Italy | Lamberto Dini | Prime Minister |
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Japan | Tomiichi Murayama | Prime Minister |
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United Kingdom | John Major | Prime Minister |
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United States | Bill Clinton | President |
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European Union | Jacques Santer | Commission President |
Jacques Chirac | 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.[5]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
[edit]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 byDalhousie Universityin Halifax, the summit site, and the other created by teachers and students ofCornwallis Junior High Schoolthere.[8]
Gallery
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ab"MOFA: List of Summit Meetings".mofa.go.jp.Retrieved2022-10-17.
- ^"U.S., Japan Still on Collision Course Over Trade: Diplomacy: Clinton and Murayama meet at summit, but neither budges on sanction threat".Los Angeles Times.1995-06-16.Retrieved2022-10-17.
- ^Saunders, Doug."Weight of the world too heavy for G8 shoulders,"Archived2008-10-11 at theWayback MachineGlobe and Mail(Toronto). July 5, 2008; the G7 evolves into the G8 with the addition 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),"ArchivedJune 3, 2010, at theWayback MachineBrookings. March 27, 2009;"core" members (Muskoka 2010 G-8, official site).ArchivedJune 2, 2010, at theWayback Machine
- ^MOFA:Summit (21);European Union:"EU and the G8"ArchivedFebruary 26, 2007, at theWayback Machine
- ^Sanger, David."International Business; A Glum Unity: The Group of 7 Sees Downhill,"New York Times.June 15, 1995.
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
- Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998).Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations.London:Routledge.ISBN978-0-415-16486-3;ISBN978-0-203-45085-7;OCLC 39013643
External links
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- Official G8 website:Halifax summit, 1995;n.b., no official website is created for any G7 summit prior to 1995.
- University of Toronto:G8 Research Group,G8 Information Centre