page_title: 2009 G20 Pittsburgh summit
section_title: Core participants
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 G20 Pittsburgh summit / Attendance / Core participants
caption_attribution_description: English: President Barack Obama talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao during the morning plenary session of the G-20 Pittsburgh Summit at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.
context_page_description: The 2009 G20 Pittsburgh Summit was the third meeting of the G20 heads of state/heads of government to discuss financial markets and the world economy.
  The G20 is the premier forum for discussing, planning and monitoring international economic
  cooperation.
  The summit was held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States on September 24–25, 2009. Announced shortly after the April 2009 G20 London summit, U.S. President Barack Obama volunteered to host this summit, initially planning to hold it in New York City and coordinating it with the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. However, due to coordination issues, on May 28, 2009, the Obama Administration announced a change of venue to Pittsburgh in order to highlight the city's economic recovery following the collapse of its manufacturing sector in the latter half of the 20th century. In response to the Global credit crisis, a G20 summit in one year was proposed shortly after the London summit in April 2009.
  Amongst the issues discussed was a proposal to radically reform the International Monetary Fund.
context_section_description: The following participants of the Pittsburgh summit represented the core members of the G20, which includes 19 countries and the European Union which is represented by its two governing bodies, the European Council and the European Commission.
caption: Hu Jintao and Barack Obama at the plenary session of the summit
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