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26th G8 summit

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2000G8"family photo" atBankoku Shinryokan.From left to right:Giuliano Amato,Tony Blair,Vladimir Putin,Bill Clinton,Yoshiro Mori,Jacques Chirac,andJean Chrétien.

The26thG8Summitwas a meeting in 2000 for the leaders of Canada, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.[1]

This meeting of theGroup of Eight(G8) was the 26th meeting in a series which began in 1976. The G8 and the summit are part of a "consultative process and not an international organization".[2]

The meeting took place inJapanatNahaon the sothern island ofOkinawa.Theinternationalgroup of leaders were together from July 21-23, 2000.

Core participants

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Theparticipantswere the "coremembers "of the group:[3]

Core G8 members
Host nation and leader are indicated in bold text.
Member Represented by Title
Canada Canada Jean Chrétien[4] Prime Minister
France France Jacques Chirac[5] President
Germany Germany Gerhard Schröder[6] Chancellor
Italy Italy Giuliano Amato[7] Prime Minister
Japan Japan Yoshiro Mori[8] Prime Minister
Russia Russia Vladimir Putin[9] President
United Kingdom United Kingdom Tony Blair[10] Prime Minister
United States United States Bill Clinton[11] President
European Union European Commission Romano Prodi[12] President

Agenda

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Global health first appeared as an international agenda issue at this meeting.[13]

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References

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2000 yen note which features Okinawa landmark was issued in honor of G8 summit
  1. ↑"The Group of Eight: what is it?"Archived2011-08-11 at theWayback MachineReuters.July 3, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.
  2. ↑G20-G8 France 2011,"What is G8?"Archived2012-03-19 at theWayback Machine;retrieved 2012-3-16.
  3. ↑Rieffel, Lex."Regional Voices in Global Governance: Looking to 2010 (Part IV),"Archived2010-06-03 at theWayback MachineBrookings. March 27, 2009; retrieved 2012-2-10.
  4. ↑Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),Chrétien;G-8 delegationsArchived2012-02-17 at theWayback Machine;retrieved 2012-2-10.
  5. ↑MOFA:Chirac;G-8 delegationsArchived2012-02-17 at theWayback Machine;retrieved 2012-2-10.
  6. ↑MOFA:Schröder;G-8 delegationsArchived2012-02-17 at theWayback Machine;retrieved 2012-2-10.
  7. ↑MOFA:Amato;G-8 delegationsArchived2012-02-17 at theWayback Machine;retrieved 2012-2-10.
  8. ↑MOFA:Mori;G-8 delegationsArchived2012-02-17 at theWayback Machine;retrieved 2012-2-10.
  9. ↑MOFA:Putin;G-8 delegationsArchived2012-02-17 at theWayback Machine;retrieved 2012-2-10.
  10. ↑MOFA:Blair;G-8 delegationsArchived2012-02-17 at theWayback Machine;retrieved 2012-2-10.
  11. ↑MOFA:Clinton;G-8 delegationsArchived2012-02-17 at theWayback Machine;retrieved 2012-2-10.
  12. ↑MOFA:Prodi;G-8 delegationsArchived2012-02-17 at theWayback Machine;Delegation of the European Union to Japan,"EU and the G8 & G20"[permanent dead link];retrieved 2012-5-21.
  13. ↑Kurokawa, Kyoshiet al."Italian G8 Summit: a critical juncture for global health,"Archived2009-03-27 at theWayback MachineThe Lancet(British Medical Association). Vol. 373, Issue 9663 (14 February 2009), pp. 526-527; retrieved 2012-2-10.

Other websites

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Preceded by
25th G8 summit 		26th G8 summit
Okinawa
2000 		Succeeded by
27th G8 summit


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