20th G7 summit
{{Short description|1994 international leader meeting in Italy}}
{{Infobox summit
| summit_name = 20th G7 summit
| image = G7-1994-Napoli-Italia.png
| caption = Official logo
| country = Italy
| dates = 8–10 July 1994
| follows = 19th G7 summit
| precedes = 21st G7 summit
}}
The 20th G7 Summit was held in Naples, Italy, on 8–10 July 1994. The venue for the summit meetings was the former Royal Palace in Naples.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA): [http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/past_summit/table_e/index.html 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, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada (since 1976),Saunders, Doug. [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080704.wG8-analysis05/BNStory/International/columnists "Weight of the world too heavy for G8 shoulders,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011063004/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080704.wG8-analysis05/BNStory/International/columnists |date=2008-10-11 }} 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: [https://web.archive.org/web/20081023185037/http://uk.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUKB26280520080703?sp=true "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). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt3AzOHtXwgC&dq=G7+summit&pg=PA205 Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations, p. 205.]
Leaders at the summit
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 20th G7 summit was the first summit for Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama. It was also the last summit for French President François Mitterrand.
=Participants=
These summit participants are the current "core members" of the international forum:Rieffel, Lex. [http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2009/0327_global_governance_rieffel.aspx "Regional Voices in Global Governance: Looking to 2010 (Part IV),"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603074840/http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2009/0327_global_governance_rieffel.aspx |date=June 3, 2010 }} Brookings. March 27, 2009; [http://g8.gc.ca/about/member-states/ "core" members (Muskoka 2010 G-8, official site).] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602190742/http://g8.gc.ca/about/member-states/ |date=June 2, 2010 }}MOFA: [http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/past_summit/table_e/index.html Summit (20)]; European Union: [http://www.deljpn.ec.europa.eu/union/showpage_en_union.external.g8.php "EU and the G8"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070226165606/http://www.deljpn.ec.europa.eu/union/showpage_en_union.external.g8.php |date=February 26, 2007 }}
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center; background:Gainsboro" |Core G7 members Host state and leader are shown in bold text. |
| style="background:LightSteelBlue; text-align:center;"
! colspan=2 | Member ! Represented by ! Title |
| {{flagicon|CAN}}
| Canada |
|---|
| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}}
| France |
| {{flagicon|Germany}}
| Germany |
| {{flagicon|Italy}}
| Italy |
| {{flagicon|Japan|1947}}
| Japan |
| {{flagicon|UK}} |
| {{flagicon|US}} |
| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|European Union}}
| rowspan="2" | European Union |
| Helmut Kohl |
Agenda
File:Napoli-casteldell'ovo02.jpg
The first night of the summit included a working dinner for the international leaders. The event was organized in the dramatic setting of Castel dell'Ovo at the waters' edge of the Bay of Naples.[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/09/world/summit-in-naples-japan-s-premier-is-hospitalized.html?sq=July+9+1994&scp=25&st=nyt "Summit in Naples; Japan's Premier Is Hospitalized,"] New York Times. July 9, 1994.
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:
- Jobs and economic growth
- Trade
- Environment
- Developing countries
- Nuclear safety
- Ukraine
- Russia
- Other countries in transition
- Cooperation against transnational crime and money laundering
Gallery of participating leaders
=Core G7 participants=
File:Jean Chrétien 1993.jpg|{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada
Jean Chrétien,
Prime Minister
File:President François Mitterrand in 1983.jpg|{{flagicon|France|1974}} France
François Mitterrand,
President
File:Helmut Kohl (1996) cropped.jpg|{{flagicon|Germany}} Germany
Helmut Kohl,
Chancellor
File:Silvio Berlusconi 1996.jpg|{{flagicon|Italy}} Italy
Silvio Berlusconi,
Prime Minister (Host)
File:Tomiichi Murayama 19940630.jpg|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} Japan
Tomiichi Murayama,
Prime Minister
File:Major PM full (cropped).jpg|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
John Major,
Prime Minister
File:Bill Clinton.jpg|{{flagicon|United States}} United States
Bill Clinton,
President
File:Jacques Delors (cropped).jpg|{{flagicon|EU}} European Union
Jacques Delors,
Commission President
See also
Notes
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References
- Bayne, Nicholas and Robert D. Putnam. (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=BqkEAQAAIAAJ&q=G7+summit Hanging in There: The G7 and G8 Summit in Maturity and Renewal.] Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate Publishing. {{ISBN|978-0-7546-1185-1}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/43186692 OCLC 43186692]
- Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt3AzOHtXwgC Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations.] London: Routledge. {{ISBN|978-0-415-16486-3}}; {{ISBN|978-0-203-45085-7}}; {{OCLC|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, [http://www.g8.utoronto.ca G8 Information Centre]
- [http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/summit/1994naples/index.html G7 1994, Delegations & Documents]
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