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* {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[United Kingdom]]''' - [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[John Major]].<ref name="j-mofa1"/>
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* {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[United States]]''' - [[President of the United States|President]] [[George H. W. Bush]].<ref name="j-mofa1"/>
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* {{flagicon|EU}} '''[[European Commission]]''' - [[President of the European Commission|President]] [[Jacques Delors]];<ref name="ec1">{{cite web| url = http://www.deljpn.ec.europa.eu/union/showpage_en_union.external.g8.php| title = EU and the G8| accessdate = 2007-09-25| publisher = European Commission}}</ref> and [[Ruud Lubbers]].<ref name="j-mofa1"/>


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* {{flagicon|USSR}} '''[[Soviet Union]]''' - [[President of the Soviet Union|President]] [[Mikhail S. Gorbachev]]
* {{flagicon|USSR}} '''[[Soviet Union]]''' - [[President of the Soviet Union|President]] [[Mikhail S. Gorbachev]]

British Prime Minister John Major sent a letter to other members of the G7, asking for their permission to invite Mikhail Gorbachev, who has been pressing to come to London to plead for more Western economic support for his country. Pressure to invite Mr. Gorbachev had come mainly from the leaders of France, Germany and Italy who have made public appeals for him to be invited to attend; but Britain will send the official letter which invites the leader of the Soviet Union to come to London.<ref>Schmidt, William E. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE0DA1E3FF934A35755C0A967958260&scp=1&sq=g8+summit+canada+&st=nyt "Britain Is Proposing to Invite Gorbachev to London Talks,"] ''New York Times.'' June 7, 1991.</ref>
British Prime Minister John Major sent a letter to other members of the G7, asking for their permission to invite Mikhail Gorbachev, who has been pressing to come to London to plead for more Western economic support for his country. Pressure to invite Mr. Gorbachev had come mainly from the leaders of France, Germany and Italy who have made public appeals for him to be invited to attend; but Britain will send the official letter which invites the leader of the Soviet Union to come to London.<ref>Schmidt, William E. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE0DA1E3FF934A35755C0A967958260&scp=1&sq=g8+summit+canada+&st=nyt "Britain Is Proposing to Invite Gorbachev to London Talks,"] ''New York Times.'' June 7, 1991.</ref>
A wry comment which was oft repeated during the summit was that G7 had become the G8½ with the participation of the European Community and the meetings with Gorbachev.<ref name="nytapple">Apple, R.W. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEFD61430F936A25754C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&&scp=1&sq=1978%20summit%20G7%20&st=cse "Reporter's Notebook; British Hosts, Being British, Plan an Understated Splendor,"] ''New York Times.'' July 15, 1991.</ref>
A wry comment which was oft repeated during the summit was that G7 had become the G8½ with the participation of the European Community and the meetings with Gorbachev.<ref name="nytapple">Apple, R.W. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEFD61430F936A25754C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&&scp=1&sq=1978%20summit%20G7%20&st=cse "Reporter's Notebook; British Hosts, Being British, Plan an Understated Splendor,"] ''New York Times.'' July 15, 1991.</ref>

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17th G7 summit
Lancaster House in London
Host countryUnited Kingdom
DatesJuly 15-17

The 17th G7 Summit was held in London, England between July 15 to 17, 1991. The venue for the summit meetings was Lancaster House in London.[1]

The Group of Seven (G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada (since 1976)[2] and the President 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 President Giscard d'Estaing and Germany's Chancellor Helmut Schmidt as they conceived the first Group of Six (G6) summit in 1975.[4]

Leaders at the Summit

The composition of the G7 summit is a perennial topic. The G7 summits after 1981 considered the President of the European Commission as a permanently welcome participant in all meetings and decision-making, which means that this G7 summit has eight essential participants.[3]

Others

British Prime Minister John Major sent a letter to other members of the G7, asking for their permission to invite Mikhail Gorbachev, who has been pressing to come to London to plead for more Western economic support for his country. Pressure to invite Mr. Gorbachev had come mainly from the leaders of France, Germany and Italy who have made public appeals for him to be invited to attend; but Britain will send the official letter which invites the leader of the Soviet Union to come to London.[5] A wry comment which was oft repeated during the summit was that G7 had become the G8½ with the participation of the European Community and the meetings with Gorbachev.[6]

Issues

The "grand gallery" runs the length of one side of the building. The 1827 layout of the principal floor is largely unchanged from the intial construction plans.

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] In anticipation of this conference, a new 35-foot-long table was built for the Long Gallery, where the main negotiating sessions were planned to unfold.[6] Issues which were discussed at this summit included:

  • Economic Policy
  • International Trade
  • Energy
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • The Soviet Union
  • The Middle East
  • The Developing Countries and Debt
  • Environment
  • Drugs
  • Migration

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA): Summit Meetings in the Past.
  2. ^ Saunders, Doug. "Weight of the world too heavy for G8 shoulders," Globe and Mail (Toronto). July 5, 2008 -- n.b., the G7 becomes the Group of Eight (G7) with the inclusion of Russia starting in 1997.
  3. ^ a b Reuters: "Factbox: The Group of Eight: what is it?", July 3, 2008.
  4. ^ a b Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations, p. 205.
  5. ^ Schmidt, William E. "Britain Is Proposing to Invite Gorbachev to London Talks," New York Times. June 7, 1991.
  6. ^ a b Apple, R.W. "Reporter's Notebook; British Hosts, Being British, Plan an Understated Splendor," New York Times. July 15, 1991.

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