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What's New
in the G8
G8 Deauville Partnership finance ministers issue declaration, communiqué and IFI framework, Marseille, September 10, 2011
G7 finance ministers and central bank governors issue terms of reference, Marseille, September 9-10, 2011 (in English et en français)
G7 finance ministers and central bank governors statement, August 8, 2011 / Communiqué des ministres des finances et gouverneurs de banque centrale du G7, 8 août 2011
G8 statement on referendum in Morocco, July 18, 2011 / Déclaration du G8 sur le référendum au Maroc, 18 juillet 2011
Location of the 2012 U.S.-hosted G8 Summit announced
Reports and speeches from the eG8 Forum, May 24-25, 2011, Paris
G7 finance ministers and central bank governors, September 9-10, 2011, Marseille
Official documents from the Deauville Summit, with reports on nuclear safety, the Global Partnership and more, May 26-27, 2011
Déclaration à l'issue de l'entretien bilatéral entre Sarkozy et Obama, Deauville, 27 mai 2011
G8/Africa Joint Declaration: Shared Values, Shared Responsibilities, Deauville, May 27, 2011
Declaration of the G8 on the Arab Springs, Deauville, May 27, 2011
G8 Declaration: Renewed Commitment for Freedom and Democracy, Deauville, May 27, 2011
Transcription de la conférence de presse de Sarkozy, 26 mai 2011
G8 Deauville declaration on the internet, Deauville, May 26, 2011
Déclaration conjointe de Sarkozy et Medvedev sur la coopération pour le développement du Caucase Nord, Deauville, 26 mai 2011
Sarkozy, Medvedev and Obama release joint statement on Nagorno-Karabakh, Deauville, May 26, 2011 / Déclaration conjointe de Sarkozy, Medvedev et Obama sur le conflit du Haut-Karabagh, Deauville, 26 mai 2011
G8 releases Deauville Accountability Report on food security and health • Rapport de Deauville sur la redevabilité (May 18, 2011)
G8+ interior ministers meet to discuss the fight against drug trafficking, May 10, 2011, Paris: Declaration and Action Plan; Déclaration et Plan d'action
G7 finance ministers to meet by telephone to discuss situation in Japan, March 17, 2011 22:00 GMT: Statement in English and en français
G8 foreign ministers, Paris, March 14-15, 2011: Chair's summary (en français ici) and statement on biological and toxin weapons convention (en français ici); preparatory dossier (en français)
G8 sherpas meeting, Paris, March 28-29, 2011
Updated list of events related to the Deauville Summit
G8 foreign ministers statement on Moscow terrorist attack, January 25, 2011 (en français ici)
G8 summit, Deauville, May 26-27, 2011
France's priorities for the G8 Deauville Summit [in English]; press conference by Nicolas Sarkozy with dossier on G8 and G20 summits, Paris, January 24, 2011 [en français]
G8 foreign ministers statement on terrorist attacks, January 12, 2011 (en français ici)
G7 finance ministers statement on Ireland, November 21, 2010
G20 finance ministers and central bank governors communiqué, Gyeongju, Korea, October 23, 2010
Meeting of the Speakers of the Lower Houses of the G8, Ottawa, September 9-12, 2010
Final G20 declaration of the Toronto Summit
Chair's report to sherpas on capacity building
2010 Muskoka G8 final communiqué and reports on counter terrorism, the Global Partnership and capacity building
(see also Russia's G8 website,
which has translations of documents from 1997 to 2005)
- O gruppe po Issledovaniyam G8
- Muskoka Summit, Canada, June 25-27, 2010
- L'Aquila Summit, Italy, July 8-10, 2009 [English]
Сильвио Берлускони, Италия: От Ла Маддалены к Аквиле
Стивен Харпер, Канада: Вклад саммита «Группы восьми» 2010 г.
- Toyako-Hokkaido Summit, Japan, July 7-9, 2008 [English]
- Heiligendamm Summit, Germany, June 6-8, 2007 [English]
- St. Petersburg Summit, Russia, July 15-17, 2006
- Gleneagles Summit, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 6-8, 2005
- Sea Island Summit, Georgia, United States, June 8-10, 2004
- Evian-les-Bains, France, June 1-3, 2003
- Kananaskis, British Columbia, Canada, June 26-27, 2002
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, June 12-13, 2002 (Foreign Ministers Meeting)
- Denver, United States, June 20-22, 1997
- Rambouillet, France, November 15-17, 1975
- Analiticheskiye Issledovaniya [Analytical Studies]
- Drugie Dockumenty [Other Documents]
- Bibliografiya G8 (G8 Biblography of Russian-language works]
- Gruppy Po Issledovaniym G8 (G8 Research Group lectures at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russia, 2005)
- John Kirton
- Victoria Panova
Official Documents
Gleneagles Summit, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 6-8, 2005
See also Russia's G8 website
- Zayavleniye Predsedatelia, 8 July, 2005
[Chair's Summary, July 8, 2005] - Zayavleniye "Gruppy vos'mi" o mirovoi ekonomike I situatsii na neftianom rynke, 8 July, 2005
[Global Economy and Oil, July 8, 2005] - Zayavleniye "Gruppy vos'mi" po torgovle, 8 July, 2005
[Trade, July 8, 2005] - Zayavleniye "Gruppy vos'mi" po bor'be s intellektual'nym piratstvom I kontrafaktnoi produktsiyei posredstvom povysheniya effektivnosti pravoprimenitel?noi praktiki, 8 July, 2005
[Reducing IPR Piracy and Counterfeiting Through More Effective Enforcement, July 8, 2005] - Izmeneniye klimata, ekologicheski chistaya energetika i ustoichivoye razvitiye
Plan deistvii "Gruppy vos'mi". Izmeneniye klimata, ekologicheski chistaya energetika i ustoichivoye razvitiye, 8 July, 2005
[Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development
Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development: Gleneagles Plan of Action, July 8, 2005] - Zayavleniye liderov gosudarstv "Gruppy vos'mi" po Bliznevostochnomu mirnomu protsessu, 8 July, 2005
[Middle East Peace Process, July 8, 2005] - Partnerstvo v interesah progressa I obschego buduschego s regionom "Rasshirenny Blizni Vostok I Severnaya Afrika", 8 July, 2005
[Partnership for Progress and a Common Future with the Broader Middle East and North Africa Region, July 8, 2005] - Zayavleniye po voprosam nerasprostraneniya, 8 July, 2005
[Gleneagles Statement on Non-Proliferation, July 8, 2005]
Sea Island Summit, Georgia, United States, June 8-10, 2004
See also Russia's G8 website
- Itogovoye Zayavleniye Predsedatelia, 8 Iiun', 2004
[Chair's Summary, June 10, 2004] - Zayavleniye "Gruppy Vos'mi": Po Sudanu, 10 Iiun', 2004
[G8 Statement on Sudan, June 10, 2004] - Zayavleniye "Gruppy Vos'mi": "Vyvod Voisk Iz Gazy I Put' K Miru Na Blijnem Vostoke", 10 Iiun', 2004
G8 Statement: Gaza Withdrawal and the Road Ahead to Mideast Peace, June 10, 2004] - Plan Deistvii "Gruppy Vos'mi": "Rasshireniye Global'nogo Potentsiala Dlia Provedeniya Operatsii Po Podderjaniyu Mira, 10 Iiun' 2004
[G8 Action Plan: Expanding Global Capability for Peace Support Operations, June 10, 2004] - Bor'ba S Korruptsiyei I Povysheniye Transparentnosti, 10 Iiun' 2004
[Fighting Corruption and Improving Transparency, June 10, 2004] - Plan Deistvii "Gruppy Vos'mi": "Ispol'zovaniye Potentsiala Predprinimatel'stva Dlia Likvidatsii Bednosti", 10 Iiun' 2004
[G8 Action Plan: Applying the Power of Entrepreneurship to the Eradication of Poverty, June 9, 2004] - Zayavleniye I Plan Deistvii "Gruppy Vos'mi": "Bor'ba S Golodom Na Afrikanskom Roge, Pobysheniye Proizvoditel'nosti Sel'skogo Khoziaistva I Sodeistviye Sel'skokhoziaystvennomu Razvitiyu V Stranakh S Neblagopoluchnoi Prodovol'stvennoi Situatsiyei", 10 Iiun' 2004
[G8 Statement and Action Plan on Ending the Cycle of Famine in the Horn of Africa, Raising Agricultural Productivity and Promoting Rural Development in Food Insecure Countries, June 10, 2004] - Zayavleniye "Gruppy Vos'mi" Ob Obespechenii Dolgovoi Ustoichivosti Bedneishikh Razvivayuschihsia Stran, 10 Iiun' 2004
[Debt Sustainability for the Poorest, June 10, 2004] - Obiazatel'stva "Gruppy Vos'mi" V Oblasti Sodeistviya Polnomu Iskoreneniyu Poliomielita, 10 Iiun' 2004
[G8 Commitment to Help Stop Polio Forever, June 10, 2004] - Deistviya "Gruppy Vos'mi" Po Uchrejdeniyu Global'nogo Tsentra Po Razrabotki Vaktsiny Protiv Vich Infektsii, 10 Iiun' 2004
[G8 Action to Endorse and Establish a Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, June 10, 2004] - Nauka I Tekhnologii Dlia Ustoichivogo Razvitiya: Plan Deistvii Po Ispol'zovaniyu Otkhodov Proizvodstva I Progress V Ego Realizatsii, 10 Iiun' 2004
[Science and Technology for Sustainable Development: "3r" Action Plan and Progress on Implementation, June 10, 2004] - Doklad Gruppy Vysokogo Urovnia "Gloval'noye Partnerstvo ‘Gruppy Vos'mi'", 9-10 Iiun' 2004
[G8 Global Partnership Annual Report and Consolidated Report, June 9-10, 2004] - Partnerstvo Vo Imia Progressa I Obschego Buduschego S Regionom Bol'shogo Blijnego Vostoka I Severnoi Afriki, 9 Iiun', 2004
[Partnership for Progress and a Common Future with the Region of the Broader Middle East and North Africa, June 9, 2004] - Plan "Gruppy Vos'mi" Po Podderjke Reform V Regione Bol'shogo Blijnego Vostoka I Severnoi Afriki, 9 Iiun', 2004
[G8 Plan of Support for Reform in the Broader Middle East and North Africa, June 9, 2004] - Initsiativa "Gruppy Vos'mi" Po Bezopasnomu I Uproschennomu Poriadku Mejdunarodnykh Poyezdok (SAFTI), 9 Iiun', 2004
[G8 Secure and Facilitated International Travel Initiative (SAFTI), June 9, 2004] - Plan Deistvii "Gruppy Vos'mi" V Oblasti Nerasprostraneniya, 9 Iiun', 2004
[G8 Action Plan on Nonproliferation, June 9, 2004] - Zayavleniye "Gruppy Vos'mi" Po Torgovle, 9 Iiun' 2004
[G8 Leaders' Statement on Trade, June 9, 2004]
Evian-les-Bains, France, June 1-3, 2003
See also Russia's G8 website
- Deistviya Protiv Goloda, Osobenno v Afrike Plan Desitvii "Gruppy Vos'mi", 2 Iiun' 2003
[Action Against Famine Especially in Africa: A G8 Action Plan, June 2, 2003] - Plan Deistvii "Gruppy Vos'mi" v Oblasti Adravookhraneniya, 2 Iiun' 2003
[Health: A G8 Action Plan, June 2, 2003] - Deklaratsiya "Gruppy Vos'mi" Nerasprostraneniys Orujiya Massovogo Unichtojeniya, 2 Iiun' 2003
[Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: A G8 Declaration, June 2, 2003] - Nauka I Tekhnologiya V Tseliyakh Ustoichivogo Razvitiya Plan Deistvii "Gruppy Vos'mi", 2 Iiun' 2003
[Science and Technology for Sustainable Development: A G8 Action Plan, June 2, 2003] - Ejegodny Doklad Gruppy Starshikh Doljnostnykh Lits "Gruppy Vos'mi", 2 Iiun' 2003
[Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, G8 Senior Officials Group Annual Report, June 2, 2003] - Plan Deistvii "Gruppy Vos'mi" Global'Noye Partnerstvo Protiv Rasprostraneniya Orujiya I Materialov Massovogo Unichtojeniya, 2 Iiun' 2003
[Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction: A G8 Action Plan, June 2, 2003] - Bezopasnost' Radioaktivnykh Istochnikov Zayavleniye "Gruppy Vos'mi", 2 Iiun' 2003
[Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Securing Radioactive Sources: A G8 Statement, June 2, 2003] - Morskaya Sreda I Obespecheniye Bezopasnosti Tankernogo Sudokhodstva Plan Deistvii "Gruppy Vos'mi", 2 Iiun' 2003
[Marine Environment and Tanker Safety: A G8 Action Plan, June 2, 2003] - Plan Deistvii "Gruppy Vos'mi" Po Vodnym Resursam, 2 Iiun' 2003
[Water: A G8 Action Plan, June 2, 2003] - Ukrepit' Transportnuyu Bezopasnost' I Kontrol' Za Perenosnymi Zenitno-Raketnymi Kompleksami (Pzrk) Plan Deistvii "Gruppy Vos'mi", 2 Iiun' 2003)
[Enhance Security Transport and Control of Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS): A G8 Action Plan, June 2, 2003] - Deklaratsiya "Gruppy vos'mi" Pooschreniye rosta i sodeistviye formirovaniyu otvetstvennoi rynochnoi ekonomiki, 2 Iiun' 2003
[Fostering Growth and Promoting a Responsible Market Economy: A G8 Declaration, June 2, 2003] - Gruppy Vos'mi" V Oblasti Torgovli, 2 Iiun' 2003
[Co-operative G8 Action on Trade, 2 June 2, 2003] - Ukrepleniye Mejdunarodnoi Politicheskoi Voli i Potentsiala Dlia Bor'by s Terrorizmom: Plan Deistvii "Gruppy Vos'mi", 2 Iiun' 2003
[Building International Political Will and Capacity to Combat Terrorism: A G8 Action Plan, June 2, 2003]
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, June 12-13, 2002 (Foreign Ministers Meeting)
Ofitsial'noe Zayavlenie Glavi Kanadksoi Storoni Na Zasedanii Ministrov Inostrannih Del, 13 Iyunya, 2002 goda (Neofitsial'niy perevod)
[Canadian Chair's Statement, June 13, 2002]
Kananaskis, British Columbia, Canada, June 26-27, 2002
See also Russia's G8 website
- Zayavlenie Liderov Stran Bol'shoi Vos'merki. Mirovoe Sotrydnichestvo Stran Bol'shoi Vos'merki Protiv Rasprostraneniya Oryzhiya Massovogo Porazheniya I Materialov Dlya Ego Sozdaniya, 27 iyunya, 2002 goda
[G8 Statement: The G8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, June 27, 2002]
Denver, Colorado, United States, June 20-22, 1997
See also Russia's G8 website
- Kommunike, 22 iyunya, 1997 goda (Neofitsial'ny perevod)
[Communiqué, June 22, 1997]
Rambouillet, France, November 15-17, 1975
- Deklaratsiya, 17 noiabr, 1975 goda (Neofitsial'niy perevod)
[Declaration, November 17, 1975]
Analytical Studies
Other Documents
- Bibliografiya po "Gruppy vos'mi": Monograpii i stat'i na russkom yaziyke,
sostavavaleno: Viktoria V. Panova, 2 Yonvarya 2006 yoda
[G8 Bibliography of Russian-Language Works, compiled by Victoria V. Panova, January 2, 2006] - Lektsii Gruppy po Izucheniu Bolshoi Vos'merki, provedennie v Ministerstve Innostrannikh Del Rossiiskoi Federatsii, Moskva, aprel' 2005
[G8 Research Group lectures presented at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow, April 2005]- Protsess provedenia sammitov "vos'merki", 1975-2005, John Kirton (2005)
[Process for Performance: The G8 Summits, 1975-2005] - Chetire khorosho izvestnikh varianta: provedenie sammitov v Kanade, 1975-2005, John Kirton (2005)
[Four Familiar Options: Mounting Canada's Summits, 1975-2005] - Grazhdanskoe obschestvo i sammiti "Gruppi semi/vos'mi", Peter I. Hajnal (2005)
[Civil Society and the G7/8 Summits]
- Protsess provedenia sammitov "vos'merki", 1975-2005, John Kirton (2005)
- John Kirton
- Provedeniye sammita 1988 goda v Toronto [Preparing the Policy Summit] (2005)
- Gleneagles v Germanii: Uspetz Sammita <vos'merki> v Heiligendamm v 2007 gody (2007)
- Victoria V. Panova (2005)
What's New
in G8 Research
Germany's G8 Health Performance, by John Kirton and Caroline Bracht
Russia’s Global Health Governance Gap: A Strategy for Summit Success, by Julia Kulik
John Kirton, Jenille Guebert and Caroline Bracht: G8 Accountability on Climate Change, 1975-2011
Marina Larionova: Assessing G8 and G20 Effectiveness in Global Governance So Far
Thijs Van de Graaf and Kirsten Westphal: The G8 and G20 as Global Steering Committees for Energy
John Kirton and Laurette Dubé: From New York to Cannes: Baby Steps in the Battle against NCDs, September 21
Claudia Schmucker and Katharina Gnath: From G8 to G20: Reforming the Global Economic Governance System
Katharina Gnath and Claudia Schmucker: Germany and the G8 Clubs (in German and French)
Peter Hajnal: "Civil Society and G8 Accountability," In Jan Aart Scholte's Building Global Democracy? Civil Society and Accountable Global Governance
Nicholas Bayne: Economic Diplomat
All the conclusions the G8 have ever declared on Africa, climate change and transnational organized crime
John Kirton: Driving Democracy at Deavuille — The G8 Summit's Striking Success in 2011, May 27, 2011
Seating plan of the G8 leaders at the Deauville Summit
John Kirton: Prospects for the 2011 G8 Deauville Summit (updated May 26, 2011)
Civil Society and the Deauville Summit, May 26, 2011
The Deauville Summit Schedule, May 26, 2011
G8 Research Group releases 2010 G8 Compliance Report on commitments from the Muskoka Summit
The 2011 G8 Deauville Summit: New World, New Ideas — now available
Report on Media Analysis of G8 members at the G20 Seoul Summit
Report on Civil Society and the 2010 G8 Muskoka Summit
Plans for the G8 Deauville Summit, updated May 2/11
2010 Muskoka Summit Interim Compliance Report now available
Andreas Freytag, John Kirton, Razeen Sally and Paolo Savona, eds.: Securing the Global Economy
John Kirton: Why the G8 Will Endure
What has the G8 said about Egypt over the years? G8 Conclusions on Egypt, 1975-2010
John Kirton: Enhancing Effectiveness through Improved Accountability Assessment
John Kirton: The G20, the G8, the G5 and the Role of Ascending Powers
At the summit: G8 Research Group photo album
Jenilee Guebert and Shamir Tanna: Canada's Leadership at the G8 Muskoka Summit
State University High School of Economics conference: Partnership for Progress from the G20 Muskoka-Toronto Summits to Seoul, Moscow, October 27-27, 2010, with photos
John Kirton: Working Together for G8-G20 Partnership: The Muskoka-Toronto Twin Summits, June 2010.
Now available! The G20 Seoul Summit 2010: Shared Growth Beyond Crisis with contributions by Lee Myung-bak, Stephen Harper, Nicolas Sarkozy, Felipe Calderon, Angela Merkel, Herman Van Rompuy and many more
For information on the G20, please visit the G20 Information Centre