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Encyclopedia > 33rd G8 summit
Leaders of the 33rd G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany.

The 33rd G8 summit took place at Kempinski Grand Hotel in Heiligendamm in the old Duchy of Mecklenburg in the Northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on the Baltic Coast, from June 6 to June 8, 2007. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 294 pixelsFull resolution‎ (4,538 × 1,667 pixels, file size: 270 KB, MIME type: image/png) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Group of Eight redirects here. ... The Kempinski Grand Hotel Heiligendamm is a luxury hotel in Heiligendamm on the Mecklenburg Baltic coast in Germany. ... Burg Hohenzollern, Heiligendamm Haus Mecklenburg, Heiligendamm Kurhaus, Heiligendamm Heiligendamm is part of Bad Doberan, situated on the Baltic Sea coast in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany. ... The name Mecklenburg derives from a castle named Mikilenburg (Old German: big castle), located between the cities of Schwerin and Wismar. ... Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a Bundesland (federal state) in northern Germany. ... is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...


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Leaders at the summit

US president George W. Bush and German chancellor Angela Merkel at the summit.
Campaign stunt before the summit by Oxfam International

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G8+5 participants

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Heads of international organizations

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Location

Kempinski Grand Hotel Heiligendamm
Heiligendamm security fence

Heiligendamm is the oldest seaside resort in Germany[2] on the Baltic, developed in 1793 as the seaside meeting place of nobility and high society close to Frederick Francis I, Duke of Mecklenburg. It was selected as the location for the G8 summit due to its isolated location, in anticipation of protests such as those in Gleneagles and St Petersburg. The summit site was fenced off by 12 km long barrier, costing an approximate EUR 12.4 million.[3] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 404 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 404 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 797 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1038 × 781 pixel, file size: 537 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Heiligendamm fence, source: http://de. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 797 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1038 × 781 pixel, file size: 537 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Heiligendamm fence, source: http://de. ... Burg Hohenzollern, Heiligendamm Haus Mecklenburg, Heiligendamm Kurhaus, Heiligendamm Heiligendamm is part of Bad Doberan, situated on the Baltic Sea coast in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany. ... For other uses, see Baltic (disambiguation). ... Friedrich Franz I Frederick Francis (Friedrich Franz) I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (10 December 1756 - 1 February 1837) ruled over the German state of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, first as Duke (1785-1815) and then as Grand Duke (1815-1837). ... Official G8 2005 Portrait. ... 32nd G8 summit The 32nd summit of the G8 group of industrialised nations took place from July 15 to July 17, 2006 outside Saint Petersburg, Russia. ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... For other uses, see Euro (disambiguation). ...


Heiligendamm, known as "White Town by the Sea", also used to be the summer getaway of the Russian imperial family, who also were related to the Dukes of Mecklenburg. For the occasion of the G8 summit, a former summer residence of the imperial family was demolished to make space for a media centre.[3]


Agenda

At the end of the 32nd G8 summit in Russia, German Chancellor Angela Merkel reported that the agenda of the G8 summit in 2007 had not been determined, but "the struggle against poverty across the globe will be a priority."[1] 32nd G8 summit The 32nd summit of the G8 group of industrialised nations took place from July 15 to July 17, 2006 outside Saint Petersburg, Russia. ... The head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (German: Kanzler). ...   (IPA: ) (née Angela Dorothea Kasner, 17 July 1954, in Hamburg, Germany), is the Chancellor of Germany. ...


According to the official German Presidency website, the summit's motto was "Growth and Responsibility," focusing on "Investition, Innovation und Nachhaltigkeit (Investment, Innovation and Sustainability)", and "Africa: good governance, sustainable investment, peace and security".[4] Transparency of the financial markets, intellectual property and energy efficiency will also be on the agenda, as well as talks about climate change. Invest redirects here. ... The Earth Day flag includes a NASA photo. ... In economics, a market is transparent if much is known by many about: what products and/or services are available at what price and where. ... For the 2006 film, see Intellectual Property (film). ... In physics and engineering, including mechanical and electrical engineering, energy efficiency is a dimensionless number, with a value between 0 and 1 or, when multiplied by 100, is given as a percentage. ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 450,000 years For current global climate change, see Global warming. ...


On April 13, 2007, Oil Change International released a reported leaked draft of the economic communique.[5] The G8 financial ministers began pre-summit meetings on 30 May 2007.[6] is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 150th day of the year (151st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...


This was the first G8 summit for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and the final one for British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Russian President Vladimir Putin.


Outcomes

Global warming

See also: Post-Kyoto negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions

In a non-binding communiqué issued on Thursday June 7, it was announced that the G8 nations would 'aim to at least halve global CO2 emissions by 2050'. The details enabling this to be achieved would be negotiated by environment ministers within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in a process that would also include the major emerging economies. Groups of countries would also be able to reach additional agreements on achieving the goal outside and in parallel with the United Nations process.[7] The Kyoto Protocol, the worlds first treaty to attempt to address global warming by limiting greenhouse gas emissions, is due to expire at the end of 2012. ... Communiqué is the second album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). ... Top: Increasing atmospheric CO2 levels as measured in the atmosphere and ice cores. ... UNFCCC logo. ... The term emerging markets is commonly used to describe business and market activity in industrializing or emerging regions of the world. ...


The G8 also announced their desire to use the proceeds from the auction of emission rights and other financial tools to support climate protection projects in developing countries.[7] Emissions trading (or cap and trade) is an administrative approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants. ... Global carbon dioxide emissions 1800–2000 Global average surface temperature 1850 to 2006 Mitigation of global warming involves taking actions aimed at reducing the extent of global warming. ...  High human development Medium human development Low human development Unavailable (colour-blind compliant map)   Developing countries not listed as least developed countries or as newly industrialized countries, in their respective articles. ...


The agreement was welcomed by British Prime Minister Tony Blair as 'a major, major step forward'.[8] French president Nicolas Sarkozy would have preferred a binding figure for emissions reduction to have been set.[9] This was apparently blocked by U.S. President George W. Bush until the other major greenhouse gas emitting countries, like India and China, make similar commitments.[10][11] For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... Nicolas Sarkozy at Paris, May 2005. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... This is a list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions. ...


Missile defence system

En route to the summit, U.S. president George Bush attempted to assuage Russian concerns over U.S. plans to construct a missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic with remarks appearing to invite Russian participation in the project. At the summit, Russian president Vladimir Putin responded by suggesting that the radar installations for the proposed missile defence system be placed in Azerbaijan. Bush, in turn, responded by describing Putin's ideas as "an interesting suggestion". Missile defence is an air defence system, weapon program, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception and destruction of attacking missiles. ... For other uses, see Radar (disambiguation). ...


G8+5 Institutionalisation

Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the establishment of the "Heiligendamm Process" through which the full institutionalisation of the permanent dialogue between the G8 countries and the 5 greatest emerging economies will be implemented.   (IPA: ) (née Angela Dorothea Kasner, 17 July 1954, in Hamburg, Germany), is the Chancellor of Germany. ... The Heiligendamm process is an initiative that will institutionalize high level dialogue between the G8 and the five most important emerging economies, known as the O5 (Outreach 5) [1] composed by China, Mexico, India, Brazil and South Africa; and the establishment of a common O5 + G8 secretariat at the OECD...


This process puts an end to the enlargement debate of the G8 into a hypothetical G9, G11, etc. since Merkel declared "The objective is the cohesion of all these countries into a single group which will be called G8+5". The G8+5 group of leaders consists of the heads of government from the G8 nations (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States), plus the leaders of the leading emerging economies (Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa). ...


Controversed video of Sarkozy

Contrary to French TV, the Belgian TV network diffused a video of French President Nicolas Sarkozy who appeared to be drunk after a chat with Russian head of state Vladimir Putin [12]. Nicolas Sarkozy at Paris, May 2005. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is the current President of the Russian Federation. ...


Protests and activism

On December 29, 2006, anonymous protesters splattered the Kempinski hotel with red and black paintbombs; the combination of red and black is a common symbol of the anarchist movement for flags, banners, stickers etc. Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ...

Expecting violent protests, shop owners in Rostock boarded up their shops
Watercannon in operation during the June 2nd protests in Rostock.

For the 33rd G8 summit, the local police expected about 100,000 protesters from all parts of Germany and other countries. Preparations were nervous on both sides: 16,000 policemen and over 1,000 soldiers were deployed to protect the interests of the G8 countries as well as heads of state and government, the 12 kilometer-long steel fence has been built around Heiligendamm for the price of €12.4 million (approx. $16.6 million), while ATTAC Germany has chartered three trains to get as many discontented citizens as possible from the farther parts of Germany and nearby countries to what is expected to be this year's biggest unified demonstration against G8,[13] along with numerous buses organized by various groups and political parties. The main demonstration took place June 2, 2007 in the nearby city of Rostock and was the starting event for a whole week of protests and blockades. While organizers spoke of up to 80,000 participants, police put the figure at an estimated 25,000.[14] Anticipation is high by protesters for a strengthening of the anti-globalization movement. As at previous G8 summits, some protests have turned into violent riots. Towards the end of the June 2 protest, violent clashes between protesters and the police, though essentially limited to a small area at the harbor, were initially reported to have injured nearly 1000 people (433 German police officers, 30–33 of them requiring hospitalisation,[15] and 520 protesters, 20 requiring hospitalisation[16]). Later, these figures were disputed,[17] and the number of police requiring hospitalization was corrected to 2.[18] According to police estimates, 2,000 autonomists led the riots, setting fire to a total of 3 cars and setting up make-shift barricades; many peaceful protesters fled the scene in panic.[19] Over 1,000 protesters were detained, and nine of them were tried and condemned during the summit [20]. Hundreds were expelled [20]. According to the European Democratic Lawyers NGO: Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 681 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,974 × 1,737 pixels, file size: 755 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 681 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,974 × 1,737 pixels, file size: 755 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 144 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,592 × 465 pixels, file size: 352 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 144 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,592 × 465 pixels, file size: 352 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens (ATTAC - Association pour la Taxation des Transactions pour lAide aux Citoyens) is an activist organization for the establishment of a tax on exchange transactions. ... is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Motto: Within your walls be concordance and public welfare Rostock (pronounced // from Polabian Roz toc, literally to flow apart) is the largest city in the north German state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Raised fist, stenciled protest symbol of Autonome at the Ernst-Kirchweger-Haus in Vienna, Austria Autonomism refers to a set of left-wing political and social movements and theories close to the socialist movement. ... European Democratic Lawyers (EDL) (also Association of, A.E.D) is an association of labor unions and lawyers of six European countries. ...

The evidence collected in this manner was absolutely inconsistent and as previously noted everybody detained was released after brief periods of time. In fact it all amounts to an illegal system of mass-indexing and psychological terrorism. The police was aware that the judicial authority would not have confirmed these arrests but proceeded equally with a different objective. The aim was not to arrest presumed offenders but the indexing of a great number of demonstrators, the psychological intimidation of the protesters and the creation of false records to be used in other occasions.[20]

A protest also occurred on 2 June 2007 on the river bank opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, principally a reminder of the G8's previous (and, as the protestors saw them, unfulfilled) promises on debt relief, entitled "G8 – The World Can't Wait" and "Wake Up To Poverty". It was a static protest, with small marches converging on in from Lambeth Park and Methodist Central Hall, on a route starting at the foot of Victoria Tower, along the riverbank of Victoria Tower Gardens, the north side of Lambeth Bridge, and the southern riverbank opposite Parliament as far as (but not including) Westminster Bridge. This principally involved the protesters setting off alarm clocks at 2pm as a "wakeup call" to the G8, and passed without incident. [1] is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... This may refer to the: British Houses of Parliament. ... The London Borough of Lambeth, in spite of being close to the centre of London has over 64 areas of parks and open spaces, in addition to 34 play areas and eight paddling pools, within its boundaries. ... Methodist Central Hall, London Westminster Central Hall, Westminster Methodist Hall or Methodist Central Hall Westminster is a building in London, England. ... Victoria Tower is the square tower at the south end of the Palace of Westminster. ... Victoria Tower Gardens is a public park along the north bank of the River Thames in London. ... Lambeth Bridge, seen from Millbank, looking north and downstream Lambeth Bridge from Millbank, facing east towards Lambeth Image:Lambeth. ... Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster, with a glimpse of Westminster Abbey behind the tower of Big Ben. ...


References

  1. ^ a b German Chancellor holds news conference on results of G8 summit. G8Russia (2006-07-17). Retrieved on 2006-07-19.
  2. ^ Heiligendamm - First German Seaside Resort. Retrieved on 2006-07-19.
  3. ^ a b Heiligendamm Prepares for the G8 Summit. Deutsche Welle, 17 February 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2007.
  4. ^ Official Agenda, g-8.de
  5. ^ G8 Summit declarationsPDF (638 KiB), draft of February 2007
  6. ^ "Ministers in talks for G8 summit", BBC News, 30 May 2007
  7. ^ a b Breakthrough on climate protection, G8 Summit 2007 Heiligendamm, published 2007-06-07, accessed 2007-06-07
  8. ^ PM hails G8 climate change step Guardian Unlimited, published 2007-06-07, accessed 2007-06-07
  9. ^ Sarkozy says would have preferred climate change target to be binding, Forbes, published 2007-06-07, accessed 2007-06-07
  10. ^ G8 leaders agree "substantial" greenhouse gas cuts, Reuters, published 2007-06-07, accessed 2007-06-07
  11. ^ G8 Summit Declaration - US Comments May 14-1
  12. ^ The Controversed Video of Sarkozy in the G8, Le Monde, 10 June 2007 (with links to the video)
  13. ^ Press release of the demonstration consortium, 24 April 2007
  14. ^ - SPIEGEL.de international edition
  15. ^ Yahoo.de News: Zahl der verletzten Polizisten in Rostock auf 433 gestiegen
  16. ^ Yahoo.de News: Organisatoren zählen 520 verletzte Demonstranten nach Krawallen
  17. ^ Focus online: Rostock-Krawalle: Zahl der Verletzten zweifelhaft
  18. ^ junge Welt: Kampf um die Köpfe
  19. ^ German city rocked by violent riots - SPIEGEL.de international edition
  20. ^ a b c Press statement on G8 Summit in Rostock by the European Democratic Lawyers NGO (English)

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  • MODEL G8 YOUTH SUMMIT 2007, G8-Simulation, Berlin - May 2007
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  • Reported "leaked draft" of Economic Communique
  • Reported "leaked draft" of Global Warming Communique (with US Government redlining)
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  • 33rd G8 summit: Issues and controversies (BBC)
  • Internationalist Review: The Presence of the Past - How German fear of terrorism in the 1970s might restrict criticism of the G8 today

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In the media

  • May 31, 2007, Agence France-Presse: Bush pushes new climate change plan
  • May 14, 2007, BBC: US seeks G8 climate text changes
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