13th G7 summit

1987 international leader meeting in Italy July 2026 13th G7 summit 0 Venise, l'Île San Giorgio Maggiore et la basilique San Giorgio Maggiore (3).JPG San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice Italy 8–10 June 1987 Venice, Veneto Giorgio Cini Foundation 12th G7 summit 14th G7 summit The 13th G7 Summit was held in Venice, Italy between 8 and 10 June 1987. The venue for the summit meetings was the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in the Venetian lagoon.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA): Summit Meetings in the Past. The Group of Seven (G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, West 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 Giorgio Cini Foundation: (left to right) Wilfried Martens, Jacques Delors, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Amintore Fanfani, François Mitterrand, Helmut Kohl, and Brian Mulroney 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 13th G7 summit was the last summit for Italian Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone. 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 (13); 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 West Germany West Germany Helmut Kohl Chancellor Italy Italy Amintore Fanfani Prime Minister Japan 1947 Japan Yasuhiro Nakasone Prime Minister UK United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister US United States Ronald Reagan President European Union European Community Jacques Delors Commission President Wilfried Martens 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. Gallery of participating leaders Core G7 participants Accomplishments In 1987, the summit leaders "underlined" their "responsibility" for what happens to the world's forests, but there is little evidence of follow-up action.Sadruddin, Aga Khan. "It's Time to Save the Forests," New York Times. 19 July 2000. See also G8 Notes 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 1987, delegations & documents G7 summit 1987 G7 summit Category:1987 in international relations G7 summit G7 summit G7 summit 1987 G7 summit 1987 1987 G7 summit 1987 Category:June 1987 in Europe G7 summit 1987 G7 summit 1987 Category:Foreign policy of the Reagan administration