18th G7 summit

1992 international leader meeting in Germany July 2026 18th G7 summit Münchner Residenz 2014-08-02 Pano.jpg Wittelsbach palace in Munich, the Residenz Germany Munich Residenz 6–8 July 1992 17th G7 summit 19th G7 summit The 18th G7 Summit was held in Munich, Germany between 6 and 8 July 1992. The venue for the summit meetings was at the Residenz palace in central Munich.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA): Summit Meetings in the Past.. Accessed 11 March 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 11 October 2008 Globe and Mail (Toronto). 5 July 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?", 3 July 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|Summit leaders at the Munich Residenz: (left to right) Jacques Delors, Kiichi Miyazawa, Brian Mulroney, François Mitterrand, Helmut Kohl, George H. W. Bush, John Major, and Giuliano Amato 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 18th G7 summit was the first summit for Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato and Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa. It was also the last summit for Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and US President George H. W. Bush. Participants 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 3 June 2010 Brookings. 27 March 2009; "core" members (Muskoka 2010 G-8, official site). https://web.archive.org/web/20100602190742/http://g8.gc.ca/about/member-states/ 2 June 2010 MOFA: Summit (18); 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 26 February 2007 Core G7 membersHost state and leader are shown in bold text. Member Represented by Title CAN Canada Brian Mulroney Prime Minister FRA 1974 France François Mitterrand President Germany Germany Helmut Kohl Chancellor Italy Italy Giuliano Amato Prime Minister Japan 1947 Japan Kiichi Miyazawa Prime Minister UK United Kingdom John Major Prime Minister US United States George H. W. Bush President European Union European Community Jacques Delors Commission President John Major 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 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development(UNCED) Developing Countries Central and Eastern Europe New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Safety of Nuclear Power Plants in the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union and in Central and Eastern Europe 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( https://web.archive.org/web/20121110194051/http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/43186692 10 November 2012 2009-04-29) 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 1992, delegations & documents G7 summit 1992 G7 summit G7 summit G7 summit G7 summit 1992 G7 summit 1992 G7 summit 1992 1992 G7 summit 1992 G7 summit G7 summit 1992 G7 summit 1992 Category:Foreign policy of the George H. W. Bush administration