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==Priorities== |
==Priorities== |
Revision as of 21:40, 18 July 2008
The 24th G8 Summit was held at Birmingham, England between May 15 to 17, 1998. The International Convention Centre was used for the summit.
Leaders at the Summit
Canada - Jean Chrétien
France - Jacques Chirac
Germany - Helmut Kohl
Italy - Romano Prodi
Japan - Ryutaro Hashimoto
Russia - Boris Yeltsin
United Kingdom - Tony Blair
United States - Bill Clinton
Priorities
Traditionally, the 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.
References
See also
External links
- G8 Research Group: G8 Information Centre,University of Toronto
- Official G8 website: Birmingham, 1998 (archive)