34th G8 summit

The 34th G8 summit was a meeting in 2008 for the leaders of Canada, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.^[1]

This meeting of the Group of Eight (G8) was the 34th meeting in a series which began in 1976. The G8 and the summit are part of a "consultative process and not an international organization".^[2]

The meeting took place in Japan at Tōyako (洞爺湖, Tōya-ko) on the northern island of Hokkaidō. The international group of leaders met from July 7–9, 2008.^[3]

Core participants

The participants were the "core members" of the group:^[4]

Member		Represented by	Title
Core G8 members Host nation and leader are indicated in bold text.
	Canada	Stephen Harper ^[5]	Prime Minister
	France	Nicolas Sarkozy ^[5]	President
	Germany	Angela Merkel ^[5]	Chancellor
	Italy	Silvio Berlusconi ^[5]	Prime Minister
	Japan	Yasuo Fukuda ^[5]	Prime Minister
	Russia	Dmitri Medvedev ^[5]	President
	United Kingdom	Gordon Brown ^[5]	Prime Minister
	United States	George W. Bush ^[5]	President
	European Commission	Jose Manuel Barroso ^[6]	President

Invited leaders

A small others were invited to join some of the discussions.

G8+5

The G8 plus the five other nations were known as G8+5.

Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President.
China Hu Jintao, President.^[7]
India Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister.^[8]
Mexico Felipe Calderón, President.^[9]
South Africa Thabo Mbeki, President.^[10]

Other leaders

Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President.
Australia Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister.^[11]
Ethiopia Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister.^[12]
Ghana John Agyekum Kufuor, President.
Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President.^[13]
Nigeria Umaru Yar'Adua, President.
Senegal Abdoulaye Wade, President.
South Korea Lee Myung-bak, President.^[14]
Tanzania Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President.^[15]

Heads of international organizations

Leaders of some organizations were invited to be part of some of the discussions.

African Union Jean Ping, AU Commission Chairman^[16] Jakaya Kikwete, AU Chairman.^[15]
Commonwealth of Independent States Sergei Lebedev, Executive Secretary
International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General
International Energy Agency Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director
United Nations Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General.^[17]
UNESCO Koichiro Matsuura, Director General
World Bank Robert Zoellick, President.
World Health Organization Margaret Chan, Director-General
World Trade Organization Pascal Lamy, Director-General

Related pages

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

References

↑ "The Group of Eight: what is it?" Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine Reuters. July 3, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.
↑ G20-G8 France 2011, "What is G8?" Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-3-16.
↑ Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA): 34th G8 summit website; retrieved 2012-2-10.
↑ 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.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 ^5.7 2008 Hokkaido G-8, delegations Archived 2012-05-28 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-10.
↑ Hokkaido G-8, delegations; Archived 2012-05-28 at the Wayback Machine "EU and the G8 & G20" Archived 2010-03-05 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-10.
↑ "President Hu to attend G8 summit in Japan," China Daily (Beijing). July 2, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.
↑ "G-8: world economy will be in focus," Archived 2008-07-08 at the Wayback Machine The Hindu (Chennai). July 5, 2008; "PM to take up fuel price issue, need for action plan at G8 meet," The Hindu Business Line (New Delhi) -- Dr Singh will have bilateral meeting the Prime Minister of Japan, the US President, and the leaders of Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Russia and the Secretary General of the United Nations; retrieved 2012-2-10.
↑ "México: presidente Calderón viaja a Japón por cumbre G8 y visita China," Univision (Mexico). July 4, 2008 (in Spanish)
↑ Liang, Yan. "Mbeki to attend G-8 outreach session in Japan," Xinhua (Beijing). July 6, 2008; Fabricus, Peter. "Mbeki to press G8 leaders on Africa," The Star (Johannesburg). July 7, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.
↑ Stewart, Cameron. "Perfect Timing for Kevin Rudd's Trip to Australia," Archived 2008-08-04 at the Wayback Machine The Australian (Melbourne). July 5, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.
↑ Lian, Yan. "Japanese ambassador: G8 Summit to highlight African issues," Xinhua (Beijing). July 5, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.
↑ Liang, Yan. "Indonesian president to speak on food security at G8+8 summit," Xinhua (Beijing). July 2, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.
↑ Na Jeong-ju. "President Lee Heads for Japan for Expanded G8 Summit," Korea Times (Seoul). July 8, 2008 -- Lee is to hold a series of bilateral talks with U.S. President Bush, Russian President Medvedev and leaders of India, Brazil, Mexico and Indonesia; retrieved 2012-2-10.
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 "Support for Africa's development not just a moral imperative; it is critical to global security, Deputy Secretary-General tells African Union assembly," ReliefWeb, UN-OCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs). June 30, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.
↑ Fabricus, Peter. "Mbeki to press G8 leaders on Africa," The Star (Johannesburg). July 7, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.
↑ Yan, Yangtze. "UN chief urges G8 nations to honor commitments to aid Africa," Xinhua (Beijing). July 7, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.

Other websites

Media related to 34th G8 summit at Wikimedia Commons

Hokkaido Toyako Summit Archived 2008-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
University of Toronto: G8 Information Centre Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
Parliament.uk, Graphic shows G8 in context Archived 2014-03-26 at the Wayback Machine

Preceded by 33rd G8 summit	34th G8 Summit Hokkaido 2008	Succeeded by 35th G8 summit

[reuters_what-1] "The Group of Eight: what is it?" Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine Reuters. July 3, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.

[2] G20-G8 France 2011, "What is G8?" Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-3-16.

[3] Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA): 34th G8 summit website; retrieved 2012-2-10.

[4] 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.

[delegations-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 ^5.7 2008 Hokkaido G-8, delegations Archived 2012-05-28 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-10.

[eu-6] Hokkaido G-8, delegations; Archived 2012-05-28 at the Wayback Machine "EU and the G8 & G20" Archived 2010-03-05 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-10.

[7] "President Hu to attend G8 summit in Japan," China Daily (Beijing). July 2, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.

[8] "G-8: world economy will be in focus," Archived 2008-07-08 at the Wayback Machine The Hindu (Chennai). July 5, 2008; "PM to take up fuel price issue, need for action plan at G8 meet," The Hindu Business Line (New Delhi) -- Dr Singh will have bilateral meeting the Prime Minister of Japan, the US President, and the leaders of Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Russia and the Secretary General of the United Nations; retrieved 2012-2-10.

[9] "México: presidente Calderón viaja a Japón por cumbre G8 y visita China," Univision (Mexico). July 4, 2008 (in Spanish)

[10] Liang, Yan. "Mbeki to attend G-8 outreach session in Japan," Xinhua (Beijing). July 6, 2008; Fabricus, Peter. "Mbeki to press G8 leaders on Africa," The Star (Johannesburg). July 7, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.

[11] Stewart, Cameron. "Perfect Timing for Kevin Rudd's Trip to Australia," Archived 2008-08-04 at the Wayback Machine The Australian (Melbourne). July 5, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.

[12] Lian, Yan. "Japanese ambassador: G8 Summit to highlight African issues," Xinhua (Beijing). July 5, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.

[13] Liang, Yan. "Indonesian president to speak on food security at G8+8 summit," Xinhua (Beijing). July 2, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.

[14] Na Jeong-ju. "President Lee Heads for Japan for Expanded G8 Summit," Korea Times (Seoul). July 8, 2008 -- Lee is to hold a series of bilateral talks with U.S. President Bush, Russian President Medvedev and leaders of India, Brazil, Mexico and Indonesia; retrieved 2012-2-10.

[un-ocha1-15] 15.0 ^15.1 "Support for Africa's development not just a moral imperative; it is critical to global security, Deputy Secretary-General tells African Union assembly," ReliefWeb, UN-OCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs). June 30, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.

[16] Fabricus, Peter. "Mbeki to press G8 leaders on Africa," The Star (Johannesburg). July 7, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.

[17] Yan, Yangtze. "UN chief urges G8 nations to honor commitments to aid Africa," Xinhua (Beijing). July 7, 2008; retrieved 2012-2-10.

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v t e G6 / G7 / G8 summits
G6	1st (Rambouillet 1975)
G7	2nd (Dorado 1976) 3rd (London 1977) 4th (Bonn 1978) 5th (Tokyo 1979) 6th (Venice 1980) 7th (Montebello 1981) 8th (Versailles 1982) 9th (Williamsburg 1983) 10th (London 1984) 11th (Bonn 1985) 12th (Tokyo 1986) 13th (Venice 1987) 14th (Toronto 1988) 15th (Grande Arche 1989) 16th (Houston 1990) 17th (London 1991) 18th (Munich 1992) 19th (Tokyo 1993) 20th (Naples 1994) 21st (Halifax 1995) 22nd (Lyon 1996)
G8	23rd (Denver 1997) 24th (Birmingham 1998) 25th (Cologne 1999) 26th (Kyusyu-Okinawa 2000) 27th (Genoa 2001) 28th (Kananaskis 2002) 29th (Évian-les-Bains 2003) 30th (Sea Island 2004) 31st (Gleneagles 2005) 32nd (Saint Petersburg 2006) 33rd (Heiligendamm 2007) 34th (Hokkaido-Toyako 2008) 35th (L'Aquila 2009) 36th (Huntsville 2010) 37th (Deauville 2011) 38th (Camp David 2012) 39th (Lough Erne 2013)
G7	40th (Brussels 2014) 41st (Schloss Elmau 2015) 42nd (Ise-Shima 2016) 43rd (Taormina 2017) 44th (La Malbaie 2018) 45th (Biarritz 2019) ~~46th (Camp David 2020)~~ 47th (Carbis Bay 2021) 48th (Schloss Elmau 2022) 49th (Hiroshima 2023)