G8 Foreign Ministers Meetings

G8 Foreign Ministers Meetings

The G8 Foreign Ministers have met annually in the fall, since 1984, in New York, around the time of the opening of the UN General Assembly. No documents are released by these meetings. Starting in 1998, the Foreign Ministers have met about a week prior to the leaders' Summit and have also met several times to deal with major issues such as the Kosovo crisis.

April 10-11, 2013: G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, London, England
  - G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting Statement, April 11, 2013
  - Declaration on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, April 11, 2013
  - Comments by William Hague, British Foreign Secretary, April 11, 2013
William Hague's statement to Parliament on the G8 foreign ministers meeting, April 15, 2013
Progress report by William Hague, British foreign secretary, March 14, 2013
April 11-12, 2012: G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, Washingon DC
Chair's Statement, April 12
  - Outcomes of Meeting of the Deauville Partnership with Arab Countries in Transition
  - Statement by the Deauville Partnership With Arab Countries in Transition on Open International Investment, April 12
  - Chairs' Statement by Jordan and the United States on the April 11-12, 2012 Meeting
     of the Deauville Partnership with Arab Countries in Transition: Integration Pillar, April 12
  - Agreed Summary: Initial Meeting on Building a New Trade and Investment Partnership, April 12
Closing remarks by Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State, April 12
May 27, 2011: G8 Foreign Ministers Statement on Sudan [English] [French]
March 14-15, 2011: G8 foreign ministers, Paris, France
Dossier (en français) [PDF]
Chair's Summary [English] [Français]
Statement on Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention [English] [Français]
January 25, 2011: G8 foreign ministers statement on terrorist attack in Moscow [English] [Français]
January 12-13, 2011: Forum for the Future, Doha, Qatar
January 12, 2011: G8 foreign ministers statement on terrorist attacks [English] [Français]
March 29-30, 2010: G8 foreign ministers, Gatineau, Quebec
  - G8 Foreign Ministers Condemn Moscow Terrorist Attacks, March 29, 2010
  - G8 Foreign Ministers' Statement on Afghanistan, March 29, 2010
  - G8 Foreign Ministers Announce Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Region Prosperity Initiative,
     March 29, 2010
  - G8 Foreign Ministers Statement on Nuclear Non-proliferation, Disarmament and Peaceful
     Uses of Nuclear Energy, March 30, 2010
Other documents:
  - Canadian Chair's Statement, March 30, 2010
  - Statement by Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, March 30, 2010
  - G8 Foreign Ministers Tackle Key Global Peace and Security Challenges
     at Gatineau Meeting, March 30, 2010
  - A Safer World for All: The Gatineau G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, statement by
     Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, March 20, 2010
  - Backgrounders (March 29, 2010): Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Region Prosperity Initiative |
      Afghanistan and Pakistan | Non-proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament | Security and Vulnerabilities
November 3, 2009: G8 foreign ministers statement on the Afghanistan presidential election [HTML] [PDF]
September 23, 2009: G8 foreign ministers, New York
June 25-27, 2009: G8 foreign ministers, Trieste, Italy
  - Chair's statement, June 26, 2009
  - Statement of G8 Foreign Ministers and the Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan and Pakistan, June 26, 2009
  - Chair Statement on Afghanistan and Regional Dimension, June 27, 2009
April 25, 2009: G8 foreign ministers issue statement on Sri Lanka
August 27, 2008: G7 Foreign Ministers Statement on Georgia
June 26-27, 2008: G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, Kyoto
  - Chair's Statement
  - Statement on Afghanistan, June 26, 2008
  - Statement on Zimbabwe, June 27, 2008
April 17, 2008: G8 Foreign Ministers Statement on Zimbabwe [HTML] [PDF]
September 26, 2007: G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, New York
May 30, 2007: G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, Potsdam
- Chair's statement [HTML] [PDF]; - Joint Statement on the G8 Afghanistan-Pakistan Initiative [HTML] [PDF]
- Declaration on the Rule of Law [HTML] [PDF]
- See prospective agenda compiled by the G8 Research Group
June 29, 2006: G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, Moscow
- Chairman's statement
- Press conference
See prospective agenda compiled by the G8 Research Group
September 19, 2005: G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, New York
June 23, 2005: G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, London
- Chair's Statement, June 23, 2005 [English] [Français]
- Statement on Afghanistan, June 23, 2005 [English] [Français]
Transcript of Press Conference, June 23, 2005
Interview of Jack Straw and Abdullah Abdullah of Afghanistan, June 23, 2005
Interview of Jack Straw and Jim Wolfensohn, June 23, 2005
May 22-23, 2003: G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, Paris
Summary of the G8 Presidency
September 24, 2004: G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, New York
Chairmen's Statement, September 24, 2004
Statement by John Snow, U.S. Treasury Secretary, September 24, 2004
Press availability with Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State, and Mohamed Ben Issa, Moroccan Foreign Minister, on the Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative, September 24
May 14, 2004: G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, Washington
Chair’s Introduction and Press Conference, May 14, 2004 [HTML]
May 22-23, 2003: G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, Paris
Summary of the G8 Presidency
October 25, 2002: Statement by G8 Foreign Ministers in Connection with Terrorist Hostage Taking in Moscow
September 12, 2002: G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, New York City
June 12-13, 2002: G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, Whistler, British Columbia
  - Canadian Chair's Statement
  - G8 Initiative on Conflict and Development
  - G8 Conflict Prevention: Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration
  - G8 Recommendations on Counter-Terrorism
  - Statement on Afghanistan
  - Progress Report on the Fight Against Terrorism
Unofficial Notes on the Media Briefing with Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada
Unofficial Notes on the Joint Press Briefing with the G8 Foreign Ministers
May 31, 2002: G8 Foreign Ministers' Statement on India and Pakistan
December 28, 2001: G8 Foreign Ministers' Statement on India and Pakistan
November 26, 2001: G8 Foreign Ministers' Statement on Afghanistan
July 18-19, 2001: G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, Rome
  - Conclusions of the meeting of the G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting
  - Attachment 1: Progress on the Miyazaki Initiatives
  - Attachment 2: G8 Roma Initiatives on Conflict Prevention
  - Statement on Middle East
February 16-17, 2001: G8 Foreign Affairs Sous-Sherpas Meeting, Rome
July 12-13, 2000: G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Miyazaki, Japan
  - Statement of the G8 Foreign Ministers
  - G8 Miyazaki Initiatives for Conflict Prevention
  - Statement of the Meeting between the G8 Foreign Ministers, the Delegation of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Troika, and the Group of 77
December 16-17, 1999: G8 Foreign Ministers, Berlin
Conclusions
G8 Chairman's Statement
June 9-10, 1999: G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Köln, Germany
Conclusions
Statement from Joint Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the G8 and the Non-Aligned Movement, "Gürzenich" Cologne, 10 June 1999
Proposals of the G 8 Presidency in the Light of the Discussions on Civilian Implementation in Kosovo, Gürzenich/Cologne, 10 June 1999
June 7-8, 1999: G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Köln, Germany
Press Conference: Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and G8 Foreign Ministers, 8 June,
May 6, 1999: G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Bonn, Germany
Statement by the Chairman
September 24, 1998: G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, New York
June 12, 1998: G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, London
G8 Foreign Ministers Communiqué on Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Tests
Contact Group Joint Statement: Kosovo
May 9, 1998: G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, London
G8 Action Programme on Forests
May 8-9, 1998: Joint G8 Foreign and Finance Ministers Meeting, London
September 1997: Foreign Ministers, New York
September 1996: Foreign Ministers, New York
November 10-11, 1995: Foreign Affairs Sous-Sherpas and UN Directors, Ottawa
October, 1995: Foreign Ministers, New York
April 14-15, 1993: Special Ministerial Meeting of Foreign and Finance Ministers, with the participation of Russia, Tokyo

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