19th 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," 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

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

These summit participants are the current "core members" of the international forum:Rieffel, Lex. "Regional Voices in Global Governance: Looking to 2010 (Part IV)," Brookings. March 27, 2009; "core" members (Muskoka 2010 G-8, official site). MOFA: Summit (19); European Union: "EU and the G8"

Core G7 membersHost state and leader are shown in bold text. Member Represented by Title Canada Kim Campbell Prime Minister France François Mitterrand President Germany Helmut Kohl Chancellor Italy Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Prime Minister Japan Kiichi Miyazawa Prime Minister United Kingdom John Major Prime Minister United States Bill Clinton President 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

19th G7 summit

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