19th G7 summit

1993 international leader meeting in Japan July 2026 19th G7 summit 2019 Akasaka Palace 02.jpg State Guesthouse, Akasaka PalaceCabinet Office, Government of Japan; State Guest House, Akasaka Palace https://web.archive.org/web/20131104230447/http://www8.cao.go.jp/geihinkan/akasaka/akasaka-e.html November 4, 2013 ; retrieved June 19, 2013. Japan Tokyo Akasaka Palace July 7–9, 1993 18th G7 summit 20th G7 summit The 19th G7 Summit was held in Tokyo, Japan, on July 7–9, 1993. The venue for the summit meetings was the State Guesthouse in Tokyo, Japan.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA): Summit Meetings in the Past.. Accessed March 11, 2009. 2009-04-30. 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),Saunders, Doug. "Weight of the world too heavy for G8 shoulders," https://web.archive.org/web/20081011063004/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080704.wG8-analysis05/BNStory/International/columnists October 11, 2008 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. and the President of the European Commission (starting officially in 1981).Reuters: "Factbox: The Group of Eight: what is it?", July 3, 2008. 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 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and West Germany's chancellor Helmut Schmidt as they conceived the first Group of Six (G6) summit in 1975.Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations, p. 205. Leaders at the summit thumb|right|250px|Leaders of the G7 posing for photographs in Tokyo, July 9, 1993 The G7 is an unofficial annual forum for the leaders of Canada, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The 19th G7 summit was the first summit for US president Bill Clinton and the last summit for Japanese prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa. It was also the first and only summit for Canadian prime minister Kim Campbell and Italian prime minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Participants thumb|President Bill Clinton meets with Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell during the G7 Summit in Tokyo These summit participants are the current "core members" of the international forum:Rieffel, Lex. "Regional Voices in Global Governance: Looking to 2010 (Part IV)," https://web.archive.org/web/20100603074840/http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2009/0327_global_governance_rieffel.aspx June 3, 2010 Brookings. March 27, 2009; "core" members (Muskoka 2010 G-8, official site). https://web.archive.org/web/20100602190742/http://g8.gc.ca/about/member-states/ June 2, 2010 MOFA: Summit (19); European Union: "EU and the G8" https://web.archive.org/web/20070226165606/http://www.deljpn.ec.europa.eu/union/showpage_en_union.external.g8.php February 26, 2007 Core G7 membersHost state and leader are shown in bold text. Member Represented by Title CAN Canada Kim Campbell Prime Minister FRA 1974 France François Mitterrand President Germany Germany Helmut Kohl Chancellor Italy Italy Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Prime Minister Japan 1947 Japan Kiichi Miyazawa Prime Minister UK United Kingdom John Major Prime Minister US United States Bill Clinton President European Union European Union Henning Christophersen Commission Vice-President Jean-Luc Dehaene Council President 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. Issues which were discussed at this summit included: World Economy Trade The Environment Russia and Other Countries in Transition The Developing Countries International Cooperation and Future Summits Accomplishments In 1993, the summit leaders called for an "international agreement" to "protect forests," but there is little evidence of follow-up action.Sadruddin, Aga Khan. "It's Time to Save the Forests," New York Times. July 19, 2000. Gallery of participating leaders Core G7 participants See also G8 Notes 2 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. 978-0-7546-1185-1; OCLC 43186692 Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations. London: Routledge. 978-0-415-16486-3; 978-0-203-45085-7; 39013643 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 G7 1993, delegations & documents G7 summit Category:1993 in international relations G7 summit Category:1993 in Tokyo G7 summit 1993 G7 summit 1993 1993 Category:Political history of Tokyo Category:July 1993 in Japan G7 summit 1993 G7 summit 1993 Category:Foreign policy of the Clinton administration