G-8 work session; July 20-22, 2001.

The Group of Eight (G-8) is the grouping of eight of the world's leading industrialized nations: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, (the G-6, 1975), Canada (the G-7, 1976), and Russia (not participating in all events), as well as the European Union. The hallmark of the G-8 is an annual economic and political summit (G-8 Summit) of the heads of government with international officials, though there are numerous subsidiary meetings and policy research. G-8 work session; July 20-22, 2002. ... G-8 work session; July 20-22, 2002. ... Economics (in Greek Οικονομικά) derives from the Greek word Eco(οίκω=house) and nemo(νέμω=distribute) is the social science that studies the allocation of scarce resources through measurable variables. ... Politics is the process and method of decision-making for groups of human beings. ... A summit is: A point higher than all the ground immediately surrounding it; see topographical summit. ...

Background and history

The G-8 has its roots in the 1973 oil crisis and subsequent global recession. These troubles led the United States of America to form the Library Group, a gathering of senior financial officials from the United States, Europe, and Japan, to discuss the economic issues. In 1975 French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing invited the heads of state of six major industralized democracies to a summit in Rambouillet and proposed regular meetings. The participants agreed to an annual meeting organized under a rotating presidency, forming what was dubbed the Group of Six (G-6) consisting of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. At the following year's summit on Puerto Rico, it became the Group of Seven (G-7), when Canada joined at the behest of U.S. President Gerald Ford. The Right Honourable Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC, MP, BA, LL.B, (born August 28, 1938 in Windsor, Ontario) is the Prime Minister of Canada. ... Jacques René Chirac (born November 29, 1932) is a French politician. ... Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder [] (born April 7, 1944), a German politician, has been serving as Chancellor of Germany since 1998. ... Silvio Berlusconi  listen? (born September 29, 1936 in Milan) is the current Prime Minister of Italy and is the leader of the Forza Italia political movement, a party which was established for his entry into politics. ... Junichiro Koizumi Junichiro Koizumi (小泉 純一郎 Koizumi Junichirō, born January 8, 1942) is a Japanese politician and the 87th, and current, Prime Minister of Japan. ... Term of office: December 31, 1999 – Preceded by: Boris Yeltsin Succeeded by: Date of birth: October 7, 1952 Place of birth: Leningrad, U.S.S.R. First Lady: Liudmila Putina Political party: None Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Путин  pronunciation; born October 7, 1952) is a Russian politician and... The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Tony Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and the 43rd and current president of the United States. ... The European Council, sometimes informally called the European Summit, is a meeting of the heads of state or government of the European Union, and the President of the European Commission (not to be confused with the Council of the European Union, or the Council of Europe). ... The President of the European Commission is notionally the highest ranking unelected official within the European Union. ... The President of the European Parliament oversees all the activities of the European Parliament and its constituent bodies. ... At the height of the crisis in the United States, drivers of vehicles with odd numbered license plates were allowed to purchase gasoline only on odd-numbered days of the month, while drivers with even-numbers were limited to even-numbered days. ... A recession is usually defined in macroeconomics as a fall of a countrys Gross National Product in three successive quarters. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ... Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard dEstaing (born February 2, 1926 in Koblenz, Germany) is a French politician who was President of the Republic from 1974 until 1981. ... Though a term originally coined for Republican presidents, a head of state or chief of state is now universally known as the chief public representative of a nation-state, federation or commonwealth, whose role generally includes personifying the continuity and legitimacy of the state and exercising the political powers, functions... Rambouillet is a town and commune in the Yvelines département, lying about 50 km south-west of Paris. ... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... Order: 38th President Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller Term of office: August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977 Preceded by: Richard Nixon Succeeded by: Jimmy Carter Date of birth: July 14, 1913 Place of birth: Omaha, Nebraska First Lady: Betty Ford Political party: Republican Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ...

Participation of Russia and formation of the G-8

Following the end of the Cold War, in 1991 Russia (then the USSR) began to meet with the G7 after the main summit. This group became known as the P8 (Political 8) starting with the 1994 Naples summit. Russia was allowed to participate more fully beginning in the 1998 Birmingham summit, marking the creation of the Group of Eight. However, Russia was excluded from the meeting for financial ministers as it was not a major economic power; "G7" now refers specifically to this ministerial level meeting. The Cold War was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and its allies (roughly speaking, NATO members) and the Soviet Union and its allied (roughly speaking, Warsaw Pact members), until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. ... P8 can refer to many things position 8 in a race P8 pistol, a 9mm German automatic pistol with a 19 clip magazine Xerox DocuPrint P8, a multifunction printer from Xerox P8 Urban Catchment Model, Program for Predicting Polluting Particle Passage thru Pits, Puddles, & Ponds Period 8 of the periodic...

At the instigation of then-U.S. President Bill Clinton, "Group of Seven" became the "Group of Eight," with the Russians attending most sessions rather than being invited along after dinner. It was a thank you to then-Russian President Boris Yeltsin for pursuing economic reforms and for being neutral with respect to the eastward expansion of NATO. Because the original G7 are effectively the leading industrial democracies and the Russian economy (as well as democracy) is still struggling, there are still some G7 sessions on economic affairs in which the Russians do not participate. On February 18th, 2005, United States Senators Joe Lieberman and John McCain called for Russia to be suspended from the G8 until democratic and political freedoms are ensured by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Order: 42nd President Vice President: Al Gore Term of office: January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton Political party: Democratic William Jefferson Clinton (born... Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin  listen (Борис Николаевич Ельцин, b. ... The flag of NATO NATO 2002 Summit The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 1949. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Seal of the Senate The Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Joseph Isadore Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is a Democratic politician and a current U.S. senator from Connecticut. ... Office: Senior Senator, Arizona Political party: Republican Term of office: January, 1987 – Present Preceded by: Barry Goldwater Succeeded by: Incumbent (2011) Date of birth: August 29, 1936 Place of birth: U.S. Panama Canal Zone Marriage: Cindy McCain John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is an American politician. ... Term of office: December 31, 1999 – Preceded by: Boris Yeltsin Succeeded by: Date of birth: October 7, 1952 Place of birth: Leningrad, U.S.S.R. First Lady: Liudmila Putina Political party: None Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Путин  pronunciation; born October 7, 1952) is a Russian politician and...

Structure and activities of the Group

The G-8 is not supported by a transnational administration, unlike institutions such as the United Nations or World Bank. The presidency of the Group rotates among the member states annually, with the new president assuming responsibility on 1 January. The country holding the presidency hosts a series of ministerial-level meetings leading up to a mid-year three-day summit with the heads of state, as well as ensures the safety of the participants. The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ... The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, in Romance languages: BIRD), better known as the World Bank, is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by WWII. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means of financing states. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ...

The ministerial meetings bring together ministers in topics such as health, law enforcement, and labor, to discuss issues of mutual or global concern. The best known of these is the G-7, which now refers specifically to the annual meeting of the financial ministers of the G-8 minus Russia, as well as officials from the European Community. However, there also is a briefer "G8+4" meeting for the finance ministers of the full G-8, as well as China, India, Brazil, and South Africa. The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ...

Under the auspices of G-7 a special programme for the implementation of the Information Society was established in 1994.

In June 2005 the G8 agreed to launch an international database on paedophiles, expected to be set up by the end of the year. Other countries may join later.[1] (http://society.guardian.co.uk/children/story/0,,1509107,00.html) The G8 also agreed to pool data on terrorism, subject to the restrictions of the various countries' privacy and security laws. [2] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1509218,00.html) Pedophilia (American English) or paedophilia / pædophilia (British English), from the Greek παιδοφιλια (paidophilia) < παις (pais) boy, child and φιλια (philia) friendship, (ICD-10 F65. ...

In June 2005 the national science academies of the G8 nations (including the US' National Academy of Sciences) - and Brazil, China and India, three of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the developing world, signed a statement on the global response to climate change. The statement stresses that the scientific understanding of climate change is now sufficiently clear to justify nations taking prompt action [3] (http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/document.asp?latest=1&id=3222), and explicitly endorsed the IPCC consensus. G-8 work session; July 20-22, 2001. ... The term climate change is used to refer to changes in the Earths climate. ... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 by two United Nations organizations, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to assess the risk of human-induced climate change. The Panel is open to all members of the WMO and UNEP. Its...

Criticism of the Group

The annual summits often are the focus of anti-globalization movement protests, notably at the 27th G8 summit in Genoa in 2001. Critics often refer to the G-8 as an unofficial "world government". Anti-globalization (anti-globalisation) is a political stance of opposition to the perceived negative aspects of globalization. ... Protestors on the Streets The 27th G8 summit took place in Genoa, Italy, in July 2001. ... Location within Italy Flag of Genoa Christopher Columbus monument in Piazza Aquaverde Genoa (Italian Genova (jeno-vah), Genoese Zena (zaynah), French Gênes) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of Liguria. ...

Past G-7/G-8 Summits

The location of the summit meetings rotate annually among member countries in the following order: France, United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada, Russia (the order in which each nation joined the Group).

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Future G8 summits

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See also

• World Social Forum
• G20

Noam Chomsky at World Social Forum 2003. ... The G20 (Group of 20, also variously G21, G22 and G20+) is a bloc of developing nations established on 20 August 2003. ...

External links

• University of Toronto - G8 Information Centre (http://www.g7.utoronto.ca)
• Guardian Unlimited - Special Report: G8 (http://www.guardian.co.uk/g8/0,13365,967228,00.html)
• BBC News - Profile: G8 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/3777557.stm)
• 2005 Presidencies, Africa and Climate Change (http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page7442.asp) - United Kingdom government page

Earlier summit activism

• http://g8resistance.org/ (2004 summit)
• http://www.nog8.org/ (2004 summit)
• http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/evian/ (2003 summit)
• http://g8.activist.ca/ (2002 summit)

Future summit activism

• http://g7plus1.blogspot.com/ (future summits)
• http://www.dissent.org.uk/ (Gleneagles Summit)