What's New
in the G8
G7 finance ministerial, Iqaluit, February 6, 2010: Chair's Summary
G20 Seoul Summit, November 11-12, 2010
Stephen Harper: World Economic Forum address, January 28, 2010
Lee Myung-bak: Seoul G20 Summit — Priorities and Challenges
Stephen Harper: Canada's G8 Priorities, January 26, 2010
G20 statement on Haiti, January 14, 2010
G20 summit, June 26-27, 2010, Toronto
G7 finance ministers, February 5-6, 2010, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
G20 finance ministerial, November 6-7, 2009, Scotland: communiqué and progress report
G8 foreign ministers statement on Afghan elections, November 3, 2009
G8 foreign ministers, March 2010, Gatineau, Quebec
Statement by G7 finance ministers and central bankers, Istanbul, October 3, 2009
G20 Leaders Statement, Pittsburgh, September 25, 2009
Geithner's briefing on the G20, September 24, 2009
G20 banking statement, London, September 5, 2009
G20 finance ministerial statement, September 5, 2009, London
Statements and documents from the L'Aquila G8 Summit, including summary, Major Economies Forum, Heiligendamm Process
List of participants at the G8 L'Aquila Summit
G8 foreign minister statements on Pakistan and Afgianstan, Trieste, June 26-27, 2009
Statement of the chair of the G8 foreign ministers meeting, Trieste, June 26, 2009
G8 finance ministers statement with framework, June 13, 2009
G8 development ministers: chair's summary, 12, 2009
Third G20 summit, Pittsburgh, September 24-25, 2009
G8 energy ministers statements, including joint statements, May 25, 2009
G8 foreign ministers issue statement on Sri Lanka, April 25, 2009
G8 environment ministers summary and biodiversity charter, April 24, 2009, Siracusa
G7 finance ministers and central bankers statement, April 24, 2009, Washington
Statement by U.S. treasury secretary Tim Geithner, April 24, 2009, Washington
2009 G8 summit venue may change, April 23, 2009
G8 agriculture ministers' final declaration, April 18-20, 2009, Treviso, Italy
G8 labour ministers statements, including Brazil, Mexico, India, South Africa and Egypt, Rome, March 28-31, 2009
G20 leaders' communiqué and annexes, London, April 2, 2009
Statement of Brazilian, Chinese, Indian, Russian finance ministers, March 14, 2009
G20 finance communiqué and annex, March 14, 2009
G7 finance ministers and central bankers statement, Rome, February 14, 2009
(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
John Kirton on BNN (tv) on the Iqaluit G7 finance ministerial
Background papers on children's and maternal health (Conference: Accountability, Innovation and Coherence in G8 Health Governance: Seizing Canada's G8 Opportunity)
Plans and preparations for Canada's 2010 Muskoka Summit (as of January 29/10)
Plans and prospects for the G20 summit (as of January 29/10)
G8 summit conclusions on reform of international financial institutions, and on development
Erin Fitzgerald: G8 Research Group student leader wins Rhodes scholarship
G8 summit conclusions on macroeconomics from 1975 to 2009
John Kirton's The G20: Representativeness, Effectiveness and Leadership in Global Governance
G8 commitments on health, 1975-2009
G8 summit conclusions on natural disasters
All G8 commitments from 1975 to 2009
Compliance with G8 Commitments on Maternal and Children's Health, 1975-2009
John Kirton: A Committed Contributor – Japan in G8 and G20 Governance
G8 summit conclusions on financial crises, China, energy, migration, children, the Balkans and more
Just published: Making Global Economic Governance Effective, edited by John Kirton, Marina Larionova and Paolo Savona
John Kirton and Jenilee Guebert: Health Accountability: The G8's Compliance Record from 1975 to 2009
John Kirton and Jenilee Guebert: Climate Change Accountability: The G8's Compliance Record from 1975 to 2009
G8 conclusions on climate change, 1975-2009
Peter Hajnal: Civil Society at the 2009 G8 Summit in L'Aquila
Peter Hajnal: Civil Society and the 2008 G8 Hokkaido Summit
Ulrich Schneckener: The Opportunities and Limits of Global Governance by Clubs
Jennifer Gronau and Steffen Schneider: Metaphorical Concepts in the Construction of International Legitimacy
Congratulations to the 2009 Catherwood Scholars
Conclusions on food and agriculture in G8 documents
Lee Dong-hwi: The G20 in Korean Diplomacy
John Kirton and Jenilee Guebert on "Bringing Health into the Climate Change Regime: The Opportunity for Copenhagen 2009 and Muskoka 2010"
Town of Huntsville launches G8 website
John Kirton, Fen Hampson and Shauna Sylvester on Canada and the G8/G20 (The Agenda on October 13)
Domenico Lombardi on the G8 and the G20 on TVO's The Agenda
John Kirton and Madeline Boyce: Making History: G20 Governance from Pittsburgh to Muskoka
The G20 Pittsburgh Summit 2009, edited by John Kirton and Madeline Koch (full pdf now available!)
G20 documents and articles now available in Chinese
John Kirton: "Coexistence, Cooperation, Competition: G Summits," Aspenia
Recent writings on the G8 by Dries Lesage et al., Skander Nasra et al., and Katharina Gnath and Niklaus Reimers
Judith Huigens and Arne Niemann: The EU within the G8, EU Diplomacy Papers 5/2009
John Kirton — The Performance of the G8 at L’Aquila 2009: A Summit of Solid Success, July 13, 2009
Julie Feinberg and John Kirton: Promoting Democracy in Iran, July 9, 2009
George von Furstenberg on the G8 leaders declaration on the economy, July 9, 2009
Madeline Boyce: G8 Climate Governance, 1975-2008
G5 compliance report with 2008 statement
George von Furstenberg: Economic Issues Fit for the L'Aquila G8 Summit, July 8, 2009
John Kirton: Prospects for the G8 L'Aquila Summit, July 6//09
Canada's Harper: "La contribution du sommet du G8 en 2010" "L'Apporto del Vertice 2010" "Beitrag zum G8-Gipfel 2010" Also in Russian and Chinese and Spanish and Japanese
Berlusconi's From La Maddalena to L'Aquila in Russian and Chinese (from "G8 2009")
John Kirton: Prospects for the 2010 Muskoka Summit