26th G8 summit
The 26th G8 Summit was a meeting in 2000 for the leaders of Canada, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.[1]
This meeting of the Group of Eight (G8) was the 26th meeting in a series which began in 1976. The G8 and the summit are part of a "consultative process and not an international organization".[2]
The meeting took place in Japan at Naha on the sothern island of Okinawa. The international group of leaders were together from July 21-23, 2000.
Core participants
[change | change source]The participants were the "core members" of the group:[3]
| Core G8 members Host nation and leader are indicated in bold text. | |||
| Member | Represented by | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Canada | Jean Chrétien [4] | Prime Minister |
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France | Jacques Chirac [5] | President |
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Germany | Gerhard Schröder [6] | Chancellor |
|
Italy | Giuliano Amato [7] | Prime Minister |
|
Japan | Yoshiro Mori [8] | Prime Minister |
|
Russia | Vladimir Putin [9] | President |
|
United Kingdom | Tony Blair [10] | Prime Minister |
|
United States | Bill Clinton [11] | President |
|
European Commission | Romano Prodi [12] | President |
Agenda
[change | change source]Global health first appeared as an international agenda issue at this meeting.[13]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
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- ↑ "The Group of Eight: what is it?" Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine Reuters. July 3, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.
- ↑ G20-G8 France 2011, "What is G8?" Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-3-16.
- ↑ Rieffel, Lex. "Regional Voices in Global Governance: Looking to 2010 (Part IV)," Archived 2010-06-03 at the Wayback Machine Brookings. March 27, 2009; retrieved 2012-2-10.
- ↑ Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Chrétien; G-8 delegations Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-10.
- ↑ MOFA: Chirac; G-8 delegations Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-10.
- ↑ MOFA: Schröder; G-8 delegations Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-10.
- ↑ MOFA: Amato; G-8 delegations Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-10.
- ↑ MOFA: Mori; G-8 delegations Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-10.
- ↑ MOFA: Putin; G-8 delegations Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-10.
- ↑ MOFA: Blair; G-8 delegations Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-10.
- ↑ MOFA: Clinton; G-8 delegations Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-10.
- ↑ MOFA: Prodi; G-8 delegations Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine; Delegation of the European Union to Japan, "EU and the G8 & G20"[permanent dead link]; retrieved 2012-5-21.
- ↑ Kurokawa, Kyoshi et al. "Italian G8 Summit: a critical juncture for global health," Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine The Lancet (British Medical Association). Vol. 373, Issue 9663 (14 February 2009), pp. 526-527; retrieved 2012-2-10.
Other websites
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Media related to 26th G8 summit at Wikimedia Commons
- Okinawa Summit 2000 Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Kyushu-Okinawa Summit 2000 documents, photos
- University of Toronto: G8 Information Centre Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Parliament.uk, Graphic shows G8 in context Archived 2014-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
| Preceded by 25th G8 summit |
26th G8 summit Okinawa 2000 |
Succeeded by 27th G8 summit |
