3rd G7 summit
{{Infobox summit
| summit_name = 3rd G7 summit
| image = 10 Downing Street. MOD 45155532.jpg
| caption = 10 Downing Street in London, home of the British prime minister
| country = United Kingdom
| dates = 7–8 May 1977
| follows = 2nd G7 summit
| precedes = 4th G7 summit
|participants={{plainlist|
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Pierre Trudeau
(Prime Minister) - {{flagicon|FRA}} Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
(President) - {{flagicon|West Germany}} Helmut Schmidt
(Chancellor) - {{flagicon|Italy}} Giulio Andreotti
Prime Minister) - {{flagicon|JAP}} Takeo Fukuda
(Prime Minister) - {{flagicon|UK}} James Callaghan
(Prime Minister) (host) - {{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Carter
(President) - {{flagicon|EU}} Roy Jenkins(Commission President)
- {{flagicon|EU}} James Callaghan (Council President)
}}}}
The 3rd G7 Summit was held in London, United Kingdom between 7–8 May 1977. The venue for the summit meetings was the British Prime Minister's official residence at No. 10 Downing Street in London.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, West 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.]
This was the initial meeting in which the President of the European Commission was formally invited to take a part.{{cite web|url=http://www.deljpn.ec.europa.eu/union/showpage_en_union.external.g8.php |title=EU and the G8 |access-date=2007-09-25 |publisher=European Commission |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070226165606/http://www.deljpn.ec.europa.eu/union/showpage_en_union.external.g8.php |archive-date=2007-02-26 }}
Leaders at the summit
File:Jimmy Carter with Queen Elizabeth - NARA - 174724.jpg, in London, 13 May 1977. Left to right: Pierre Trudeau (Charles, Prince of Wales, far background); Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon; Takeo Fukuda; James Callaghan; Valéry Giscard d'Estaing; Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; Jimmy Carter; Giulio Andreotti; Helmut Schmidt]]
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 3rd G7 summit was the first summit for Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda, and US President Jimmy Carter.
=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/20100603074840/http://g8.gc.ca/about/member-states/ |date=June 3, 2010 }}MOFA: [http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/past_summit/table_e/index.html Summit (8)]; 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|West Germany}} |
| {{flagicon|Italy}}
| Italy |
| {{flagicon|Japan|1947}}
| Japan |
| {{flagicon|UK}} |
| {{flagicon|US}} |
| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|European Union}}
| rowspan="2" | European Community |
| James Callaghan |
Issues
Accomplishments
The leaders came out with the Downing Street Summit Declaration.{{cite web |title= Downing Street Summit Conference: Declaration; Volume 931: Debated on Monday 9 May 1977 |publisher= UK Parliament, Hansard |accessdate= 6 August 2024 |url= https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1977-05-09/debates/3da884b6-11e5-49e6-8540-d1d2b423c0a8/DowningStreetSummitConferenceDeclaration}}
Gallery of participating leaders
=Core G7 participants=
File:Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau 1975 (UPI press photo) (cropped).jpg|{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada
Pierre Trudeau,
Prime Minister
File:Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1975).jpg|{{flagicon|France|1974}} France
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing,
President
File:Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt (1).jpg|{{flagicon|Germany}} Germany
Helmut Schmidt,
Chancellor
File:Giulio Andreotti, ca 1979.jpg|{{flagicon|Italy}} Italy
Giulio Andreotti,
Prime Minister
File:Takeo Fukuda 19761224.jpg|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} Japan
Takeo Fukuda,
Prime Minister
File:James Callaghan ppmsca.53218 (cropped).tif|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
James Callaghan,
Prime Minister (Host)
File:Carter cropped.jpg|{{flagicon|United States}} United States
Jimmy Carter,
President
File:Roy Jenkins 1977 (cropped).jpg|{{flagicon|EU}} European Union
Roy Jenkins, 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}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39013643 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.g8.utoronto.ca/summit/1977london/index.html G7 1977, delegations & documents]
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