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The composition of the G8 summit is a perennial topic. The G8 summits after 1997 considered the [[President of the European Commission]] as a permanently welcome participant in all meetings and decision-making, which means that this G8 summit has nine essential participants.<ref name="reuters_what"/> |
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*{{flagicon|Canada}} '''[[Canada]]''' - [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Jean Chrétien]].<ref name="delegations">[[G8 Research Group]]: [http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/summit/2000okinawa/delegation.htm delegations.]</ref> |
*{{flagicon|Canada}} '''[[Canada]]''' - [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Jean Chrétien]].<ref name="delegations">[[G8 Research Group]]: [http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/summit/2000okinawa/delegation.htm delegations.]</ref> |
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*{{flagicon|France}} '''[[France]]''' - [[President of France|President]] [[Jacques Chirac]].<ref name="delegations"/> |
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*{{flagicon|Russia}} '''[[Russia]]''' - [[President of the Russian Federation|President]] [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref name="delegations"/> |
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Revision as of 21:47, 10 April 2009
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| Host country | Japan |
| Dates | July 21-23 |
The 26th G8 Summit was a political summit that took place in Nago, Okinawa, Japan, on July 21- July 23 2000.
Overview
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 and Canada starting in 1976. The G8, meeting for the first time in 1997, was formed with the addition of Russia.[1] In addition, the President of the European Commission has been formally included in summits since 1981.[2] 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 initial summit of the Group of Six (G6) in 1975.[3]
The G8 summits during the twenty-first century have inspired widespread debates, protests and demonstrations; and the two- or three-day event becomes more than the sum of its parts, elevating the participants, the issues and the venue as focal points for activist pressure.[4]
Leaders at the Summit
Permanent G8 participants
Canada - Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.[5]
France - President Jacques Chirac.[5]
Germany - Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.[5]
Italy - Prime Minister Giuliano Amato.[5]
Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.[5]
Russia - President Vladimir Putin.[5]
United Kingdom - Prime Minister Tony Blair.[5]
United States - President Bill Clinton.[5]
Priorities
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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.
Issues
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.[3]
Agenda
Global health was first introduced as an agenda at this G8 summit in 2000.[6]
Business opportunity
For some, the G8 summit became a profit-generating event; as for example, the official G8 Summit magazines which have been published under the auspices of the host nations for distribution to all attendees since 1998.[7]
A picture of Shureimon appears on the Japanese 2,000 yen note, released in 2000 in commemoration of the summit in Okinawa; and the Japanese government encountered criticism for having spent more than $750 million to hold this event.[8]
Namie Amuro's song "Never End" was made for the summit.[9]
Notes
- ^ Saunders, Doug. "Weight of the world too heavy for G8 shoulders," Globe and Mail (Toronto). July 5, 2008.
- ^ Reuters: "Factbox: The Group of Eight: what is it?", July 3, 2008.
- ^ a b Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations, p. 205.
- ^ "Influencing Policy on International Development: G8," BOND (British Overseas NGOs for Development). 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h G8 Research Group: delegations.
- ^ Kurokawa, Kyoshi et al. "Italian G8 Summit: a critical juncture for global health," The Lancet (British Medical Association). Vol. 373, Iss. 9663 (14 February 2009), pp. 526-527.
- ^ Prestige Media: "official" G8 Summit magazine
- ^ Sims, Calvin. "Group of 8 Pledges to Help Poor Countries," New York Times. July 24, 2000.
- ^ "Okinawa diary". guardian.co.uk. 2000-07-24. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
References
- Bayne, Nicholas and Robert D. Putnam. (2000). Hanging in There: The G7 and G8 Summit in Maturity and Renewal. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate Publishing. 10-ISBN 0-754-61185-X; 13-ISBN 978-0-754-61185-1; OCLC 43186692
- Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations. London: Routledge. 10-ISBN 0-415-16486-9; 13-ISBN 978-0-415-16486-3
External links
- No official website is created for any G7 summit prior to 1995 -- see the 21st G7 summit.
- Official prefectural website: Okinawa Summit 2000 Archives
- Japanese Prime Minister's Office (Kantei) website: select summit photos
- Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) website: select summit documents
- University of Toronto: G8 Research Group, G8 Information Centre
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