12th G7 summit

Japan's State Guesthouse was the venue for the G7 summit in 1986

The 12th G7 Summit was a meeting in 1986 for the leaders of Canada, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The international group of leaders were together in Japan from May 4-6, 1986.[1] The meetings were held at the State Guesthouse (Akasaka Palace) in Tokyo.[2]

The Tokyo summit of the Group of Seven (G7) was the 12th meeting in a series which began in 1976.

A Previous G7 summit was hosted by Japan at Tokyo in 1979)[3]

The G8 and the summit are part of a consultation process. The G8 is not an international organization.[4] It is an informal group.[5]

Core participants

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The participants were the "core members" of the group:[6]

Core G7 members
Host nation and leader are indicated in bold text.
Member Represented by Title
Canada Canada Brian Mulroney[1] Prime Minister
France France François Mitterrand[1] President
Germany West Germany Helmut Kohl[1] Chancellor
Italy Italy Bettino Craxi[1] Prime Minister
Japan Japan Yasuhiro Nakasone[1] Prime Minister
United Kingdom United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher[1] Prime Minister
United States United States Ronald Reagan[1] President
European Union European Commission Jacques Delors [7] President

Overview

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The G7 leaders agreed to work together to improve policy coordination. There was a decision to establish a meeting of finance ministers.[7]

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA): "Documents of Summit Meetings in the Past" (12th). Retrieved 2012-5-21. Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Japan Cabinet Office, State Guesthouse, Akasaka Palace Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-5-21.
  3. G20/G8 France 2011, What is G8? ("Previous summits" section) Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-5-21.
  4. G20-G8 France 2011, What is G8? ("Language" section) Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-5-21.
  5. US Dept. of State, G8 Frequently Asked Questions ("How does the G8 work?" section) Archived 2012-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-5-21.
  6. Rieffel, Lex. "Regional Voices in Global Governance: Looking to 2010 (Part IV)," Archived 2010-06-03 at the Wayback Machine Brookings. March 27, 2009. Retrieved 2012-2-10.
  7. 7.0 7.1 G8 Hokkaido Toyako summit "History of the Summit" (12th) Archived 2010-02-13 at the Wayback Machine; Delegation of the European Union to Japan, "EU and the G8 & G20"[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 2012-5-21.

Other websites

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Preceded by
11th G7 summit
12th G7 summit
Tokyo

1986
Succeeded by
13th G7 summit