17Th G7 Summit

The 17th G7 Summit was held in London, United Kingdom between 15 and 17 July 1991.

The venue for the summit meetings was Lancaster House in London.

17th G7 summit
17Th G7 Summit
Lancaster House in London
Host countryUnited Kingdom
Dates15–17 July 1991
Follows16th G7 summit
Precedes18th G7 summit

The Group of Seven (G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada (since 1976), and the President of the European Commission (starting officially in 1981). The summits were not meant to be linked formally with wider international institutions; and in fact, a mild rebellion against the stiff formality of other international meetings was a part of the genesis of cooperation between France's president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and West Germany's chancellor Helmut Schmidt as they conceived the first Group of Six (G6) summit in 1975.

Leaders at the summit

17Th G7 Summit 
Leaders of the G7 posing for photographs in London, July 15, 1991

The G7 is an unofficial annual forum for the leaders of Canada, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The 17th G7 summit was the first summit for British Prime Minister John Major. It was also the last summit for Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti and Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu.

Participants

These summit participants are the current "core members" of the international forum:

Core G7 members
Host state and leader are shown in bold text.
Member Represented by Title
17Th G7 Summit  Canada Brian Mulroney Prime Minister
17Th G7 Summit  France François Mitterrand President
17Th G7 Summit  Germany Helmut Kohl Chancellor
17Th G7 Summit  Italy Giulio Andreotti Prime Minister
17Th G7 Summit  Japan Toshiki Kaifu Prime Minister
17Th G7 Summit  United Kingdom John Major Prime Minister
17Th G7 Summit  United States George H. W. Bush President
17Th G7 Summit  European Community Jacques Delors Commission President
Ruud Lubbers Council President
Guest Invitees (Countries)
Member Represented by Title
17Th G7 Summit  Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev President

Major sent a letter to other members of the G7, asking for their permission to invite Mikhail Gorbachev, who has been pressing to come to London to plead for more Western economic support for his country. Pressure to invite Gorbachev had come mainly from the leaders of France, Germany, and Italy who have made public appeals for him to be invited to attend; but Britain sent the official invitation inviting the Soviet Union to participate. A wry comment which was oft repeated during the summit was that G7 had become the G8½ with the participation of the European Community and the meetings with Gorbachev.

Issues

17Th G7 Summit 
The "grand gallery" runs the length of one side of the building. The 1827 layout of the principal floor is largely unchanged from the initial construction plans.

The summit was intended as a venue for resolving differences among its members. As a practical matter, the summit was also conceived as an opportunity for its members to give each other mutual encouragement in the face of difficult economic decisions. In anticipation of this conference, a new 35-foot-long table was built for the Long Gallery, where the main negotiating sessions were planned to unfold. Issues which were discussed at this summit included:

  • Economic Policy
  • International Trade
  • Energy
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • The Soviet Union
  • The Middle East
  • The Developing Countries and Debt
  • Environment
  • Drugs
  • Migration

Accomplishments

In 1991, the summit leaders proclaimed "concern" about protecting existing forests, but there is little evidence of follow-up action.

Core G7 members

Guest Invitees

See also

Notes

References

  • Bayne, Nicholas and Robert D. Putnam. (2000). Hanging in There: The G7 and G8 Summit in Maturity and Renewal. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7546-1185-1; OCLC 43186692
  • Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-16486-3; ISBN 978-0-203-45085-7; OCLC 39013643

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