26th G8 summit facts for kids
2000 G8 "family photo" at Bankoku Shinryokan. From left to right: Giuliano Amato, Tony Blair, Vladimir Putin, Bill Clinton, Yoshiro Mori, Jacques Chirac, and Jean Chrétien.
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.
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".
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:
| Core G8 members Host nation and leader are indicated in bold text. |
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| Member | Represented by | Title | |
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Canada | Jean Chrétien | Prime Minister |
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France | Jacques Chirac | President |
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Germany | Gerhard Schröder | Chancellor |
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Italy | Giuliano Amato | Prime Minister |
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Japan | Yoshiro Mori | Prime Minister |
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Russia | Vladimir Putin | President |
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United Kingdom | Tony Blair | Prime Minister |
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United States | Bill Clinton | President |
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European Commission | Romano Prodi | President |
Agenda
Global health first appeared as an international agenda issue at this meeting.
Related pages
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- University of Toronto: G8 Information Centre
- Parliament.uk, Graphic shows G8 in context
| Preceded by 25th G8 summit |
26th G8 summit Okinawa 2000 |
Succeeded by 27th G8 summit |
Images for kids
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Meeting session on 22 July 2000
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