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Timeline of Major G7/G8 Summits and Events

  • 2001 Genoa (Italy) Summit
    • The New African Initiative (now known as the New Partnership for Africa’s Development) is launched
    • A protester is killed by police
       
  • 1999 Cologne (Germany) Summit
    • The Cologne Debt Initiative on third world debt is launched
       
  • 1998 Birmingham (UK) Summit
    • The “leaders-only” format and the private retreat are introduced to summit procedures
       
  • 1997 Denver (US) Summit
    • The G8 replaces the G7 as Russia is admitted to the group
       
  • 1995 G7 Information Society Conference
    • The first G7 Information Society Conference takes place in Brussels with the purpose of encouraging and promoting the innovation and global spread of new technologies
       
  • 1993 Tokyo (Japan) Summit
    • Call for more informal, less ceremonial structure of G7 summits
       
  • 1991 London (UK) Summit
    • Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev meets with the G7
       
  • 1989 Paris (France) Summit
    • Request Commission of the European Community to co-ordinate the newly created G24 assistance program to Poland and Hungary
       
  • 1986 Tokyo (Japan) Summit
    • The G7 establishes the Group of Seven Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
       
  • 1978 Bonn (Germany) Summit
    • The G7 begins dealing with political issues for the first with their Statement on Air Hijacking
       
  • 1977 London (UK) Summit
    • The G7+1 is established as the European Community (now the European Union) is granted observer status
       
  • 1976 Puerto Rico (US) Summit
    • The G7 replaces the G6 as Canada is admitted to the group
       
  • 1975 Rambouillet (France) Summit
    • The G6 replaces the Library Group and holds its first meeting
       
  • 1973
    • The Library Group is formed to tackle economic issues.
       
  • Early 1970s
    • The West is faced with the collapse of the Bretton Woods Agreement, the first oil crisis, and a broad recession.
 

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