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*{{flagicon|Canada}} '''[[Canada]]''' - [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Pierre Elliot Trudeau]].<ref name="j-mofa1"/> |
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*{{flagicon|European Union}} '''[[European Commission]]''' - [[President of the European Commission|President]] [[Roy Jenkins]].<ref name="j-mofa1"/> |
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*{{flagicon|France}} '''[[France]]''' - [[President of France|President]] [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]]<ref name="j-mofa1"/> |
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*{{flagicon|West Germany}} '''[[West Germany]]''' - [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|Chancellor]] [[Helmut Schmidt]]<ref name="j-mofa1"/> |
*{{flagicon|West Germany}} '''[[West Germany]]''' - [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|Chancellor]] [[Helmut Schmidt]]<ref name="j-mofa1"/> |
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Revision as of 02:03, 29 May 2010
| 3rd G7 summit | |
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 Downing Street in London, home of British Prime Ministers | |
| Host country | United Kingdom |
| Dates | May 7-8 |
The 3rd G7 Summit was held at London, United Kingdom between 7-8 May 1977. The venue for the summit meetings was the British Prime Minister's official residence at No. 10 Downing Street 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]
This was the initial meeting in which the President of the European Commission was formally invited to take a part.[5]
Leaders at the Summit
Canada - Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau.[1]
European Commission - President Roy Jenkins.[1]
France - President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing[1]
West Germany - Chancellor Helmut Schmidt[1]
Italy - Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti[1]
Japan - Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda[1]
United Kingdom - Prime Minister James Callaghan[1]
United States - President Jimmy Carter[1]
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.[4]
Accomplishments
The leaders came out with the Downing Street Summit Declaration.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA): Summit Meetings in the Past.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "EU and the G8". European Commission. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
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.
- University of Toronto: G8 Research Group, G8 Information Centre