24th G8 summit

24th G8 summit

The 24th G8 Summit was held at Birmingham, England between May 15 to 17, 1998. The International Convention Centre was used for the summit.

Leaders at the Summit

*flagicon|Canada Canada - Jean Chrétien
*flagicon|France France - Jacques Chirac
*flagicon|Germany Germany - Helmut Kohl
*flagicon|Italy Italy - Romano Prodi
*flagicon|Japan Japan - Ryutaro Hashimoto
*flagicon|Russia Russia - Boris Yeltsin
*flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom - Tony Blair
*flagicon|USA United States - Bill Clinton

Priorities

Traditionally, the host country of the G8 summit sets the agenda for negotiations, which take place primarily amongst multi-national civil servants in the weeks before the summit itself, leading to a joint declaration which all countries can agree to sign.

References

ee also

* G8

External links

* G8 Research Group: [http://www.g8.utoronto.ca G8 Information Centre] ,University of Toronto
** [http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/summit/1998birmingham/index.htm G8 project, Birmingham]
* Official G8 website: [http://web.archive.org/web/19981212012854/http://birmingham.g8summit.gov.uk/ Birmingham, 1998] (archive)




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