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Revision as of 21:38, 18 July 2008
The 28th G8 Summit took place in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada on June 26 and June 27, 2002. One of the main highlights of this Summit was that Russia would become a true full member of the G8. This would be accomplished by allowing it to host its first G8 Summit, starting in 2006. Thus, the rotation of the G8 Presidency was changed, placing Russia between the United Kingdom and Germany.
Leaders at the summit
The current and main membership of the G8 has remained constant, since Russia joined in at the 1997 G8 Summit at Denver, Colorado.
Permanent G8+1 participants
The composition of the G8 summit is a perennial topic. The G8 summits have considered the the President of the European Commission as a permanently welcome participant in all G8 meetings and decision-making since 1981.[1]
Canada Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister.
France Jacques Chirac, President.
Germany Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor.
Italy Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister.
Japan Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister.
Russia Vladimir Putin, President.
United Kingdom Tony Blair, Prime Minister.
United States George W. Bush, President.
Invited leaders (partial participation)
A number of national leaders were invited to attend the summit and to participate in some, but not all, G8 summit activities.
South Africa Thabo Mbeki, President
Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo, President
Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President
Senegal Abdoulaye Wade, President
Heads of international organizations
Leaders of major international organizations have been invited to attend in the past; and this practice was continued:
Priorities
Traditionally, a host country of the G8 summit sets the agenda for negotiations, which take place primarily amongst multi-national civil servants in the weeks before the summit itself, leading to a joint declaration which all countries can agree to sign. The Presidency of the G8 is held by the leader of a current national government, whether it is a president, prime minister or chancellor (with Germany) of that particular G8 country. It lasts from January 1st to December 31st of such year.
Citizens' responses and authorities' counter-responses
The previous summit, the 27th G8 summit, in Genoa, Italy was the site of large anti-globalization protests and occasionally violent conflict between protesters and the police. In contrast to Genoa, most of the area near was closed to the public during the summit, and protesters were kept far away, mainly in Calgary. The protests were peaceful, attended by groups including the Raging Grannies.
Security was very tight at the summit, costing taxpayers in excess of $200-million [3]. It attracted thousands of protesters and security was provided by 5,000 to 7,000 police and military officers.[4] This was the first G-8 summit held after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Accomplishments
The 2002 conference pumped some $300-million into the Kananaskis economy.[3] From the outset, Prime Minister was contemplating the local ramification which would likely flow from choosing this specific site for the 2010 summit. Harper also explained,
- "I don't think most people probably understand how big a G8 summit really is in terms of how long the preparations are, how many people actually come. This is a major, major initiative and it will l have, we believe, long-term tourism benefits ... [and] there will be probably some specific infrastructure investments made in anticipation of needs for the G8 summit."[5]
References
- ^ Reuters: "Factbox: The Group of Eight: what is it?", July 3, 2008.
- ^ G8 Research Group: Delegations; "EU and the G8". European Commission. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
- ^ a b Andreatta, David. "Brace yourself, Huntsville. The G8 is coming," Globe and Mail (Toronto). July 12, 2008. Cite error: The named reference "globe1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Ontario resort picked for G8 summit in 2010," Gazette (Montreal). June 20, 2008.
- ^ "Ontario cottage country to host 2010 G8 summit; PM promises boon to local economy," Canadian Press (Toronto). June 19, 2008.
See also
External links
- G8 Research Group: G8 Information Centre, University of Toronto
- Official G8 website: Kananaskis
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