26th G8 summit

The 26th G8 Summit  was a meeting in 2000 for the leaders of Canada, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. "The Group of Eight: what is it?"  Reuters. July 3, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.  

This meeting of the Group of Eight (G8) was the 26th meeting in a series which began in 1976.  The G8 and the summit are part of a "consultative process and not an international organization".G20-G8 France 2011,  "What is G8?" ; retrieved 2012-3-16. 

The meeting took place in Japan at Naha on the sothern island of Okinawa.  The international group of leaders were together from July 21-23, 2000.

Core participants
The participants were the "core members" of the group:Rieffel, Lex.   "Regional Voices in Global Governance: Looking to 2010 (Part IV),"  Brookings. March 27, 2009; retrieved 2012-2-10.

Core G8 membersHost nation and leader are indicated in bold text. Member Represented by Title   Canada Jean Chrétien Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Chrétien; G-8 delegations ; retrieved 2012-2-10. Prime Minister  France Jacques Chirac MOFA: Chirac; G-8 delegations ; retrieved 2012-2-10. President  Germany Gerhard Schröder MOFA:  Schröder; G-8 delegations ; retrieved 2012-2-10. Chancellor  Italy Giuliano Amato MOFA:  Amato; G-8 delegations ; retrieved 2012-2-10. Prime Minister  Japan Yoshiro Mori MOFA:  Mori; G-8 delegations ; retrieved 2012-2-10. Prime Minister  Russia Vladimir Putin MOFA:  Putin; G-8 delegations ; retrieved 2012-2-10. President   United Kingdom Tony Blair MOFA:  Blair; G-8 delegations ; retrieved 2012-2-10. Prime Minister    United States  Bill Clinton MOFA: Clinton; G-8 delegations ; retrieved 2012-2-10. President  European Commission Romano Prodi MOFA:  Prodi; G-8 delegations ; Delegation of the European Union to Japan, "EU and the G8 & G20"; retrieved 2012-5-21. President

Agenda
Global health first appeared as an international agenda issue at this meeting.Kurokawa, Kyoshi et al.  "Italian G8 Summit: a critical juncture for global health,"  The Lancet (British Medical Association).  Vol. 373, Issue 9663 (14 February 2009), pp. 526-527; retrieved 2012-2-10.

Related pages
 G8

References

 Other websites 

 Okinawa Summit 2000 
 Kyushu-Okinawa Summit 2000 documents, photos
 University of Toronto: G8 Information Centre 
 Parliament.uk, Graphic shows G8 in context 

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