G-8
Group 8 was formed by Fance in 1975 with name G-6 which was later tranformed in Group-8
G-8 Countries
1.France 2. Germany 3. Russia 4.Canada 5. Japan 6. United States 7.Italy 8.United Kingdom
* On proposl of France and United Kingdom to expand the forum five developing countries were included in G-8(India,Mexico,China,South Africa,Brazil).
* Europe Union is also represented by G-8 but can not Host and Chair the Summit.
Presidency and summit of G-8
presidency of G8 every year rotate in member countries.A annual meeting every year.
G-8 Summit 2009
G-8 summit 2009 is continue in L'AQUILA in italy,
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Priorities
Traditionally, the host country of the G8 summit sets the agenda for negotiations, which take place primarily amongst multi-national civil servants in the weeks before the summit itself, leading to a joint declaration which all countries can agree to sign. This year, leaders of the G8 hoped to find common ground.


Issues
The summit was intended as a venue for resolving differences among its members. As a practical matter, the summit was also conceived as an opportunity for its members to give each other mutual encouragement in the face of difficult economic decisions.[6] From Italy's perspective, the important thing is for the evolving G8 to avoid being to closely linked to serial emergency situations that there is no room for discussing broader issues.[18]

The Rambouillet summit in 1975 produced no easy answers to what was then the most serious recession since the 1930s; but the main themes of what is now considered the 1st G8 summit have persisted at the top of the the world's agenda -- avoiding protectionism, energy dependency and boosting growth.[21] However, the plausibly prescient British Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Peter Mandelson, speaking in 2009, expressed the opinion that "however long it might persist as a grouping, as a steering committee for the global economy, the era of the G8 is over. Mandelson's comment comes during a trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil.[22
Schedule and Agenda
Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi explained that the schedule of meetings would be very much like that of the Hokkaido summit,

"My opinion is that it is best to keep together countries which share the same principles and I suggested that in 2009 the first day of the summit should see just the G8 meet. On the second day the table can be expanded in the morning to include the G5, with the G8+5 also discussing Africa, while the G8 would then meet alone in the afternoon to draw their conclusions. This program was unanimously accepted and will be used at the G8 summit in Italy."[8]
A tentative agenda for the 35th G8 summit will include some issues which remain unresolved from previous summits. The process of finalizing the agenda moved forward when Berlusconi's began contacting his G8 counterparts shortly after Italy took over the rotating presidency on January 1, 2009. At this point, the Italian premier's office announced that Italy, as G8 host country, was planning to focus its initiatives on the economy, energy issues, sustainable development and climate change. Other issues on the agenda might encompass disarmament, the fight against terrorism and peace efforts in world hot spots.[23] Global health issues and food were also proposed as suitable topics for discussion at the summit. Global health was first introduced as an agenda item nine years ago at the 26th G8 summit in 2000.[24]

On the G8 agenda:
Climate change.[25]
Energy; Nuclear energy.[25]
Dialogue with emerging countries.[26]
Achievement of millennium development goals.[26]
Negotiations on climate change.[26]
Development of Africa -- 4 issues (alimentation, global health, water, education)[26] or education, water, food and agriculture, peace support.[25]
Intellectual property.[25]
Heiligendamm Process.[26]
Outreach and expansion.[26]

[edit] Afghanistan pre-summit
The Italian government announced plans to its presidency of the G8 as a opportunity to help search for a regional diplomatic solution to the Afghan conflict. A pre-summit conference in June is proposed, bringing together the G8 and major states in the region including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Turkey. Concurrently, Italy became the first NATO member in Europe to answer Pres. Obama's call for reinforcements in Afghanistan, increasing Italian troops in the western province of Herat to 2,800 this year.[27]

Iran announced that it had received an invitation to attend the pre-summit;[28] and the Iranian government is considering whether to attend.[29] Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini and Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, discussed Iran's prospective participation in the proposed pre-summit.[30]
Issues

[edit] Africa
The G8 leaders will discuss a range of issues relating to African development. Africa, which has been on the G8 agenda since 2000, has continues to lag behind on progress towards meeting Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).[32] In February 2009, Margaret Chan, head of the WHO, emphasized the importance of meeting the modest goals which were discussed and adopted in previous G8 summit discussions.[33]


[edit] Climate change
The G8 leaders will discuss a range of issues relating to climate in the context of a framework established at the 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Bali, Indonesia.[32


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