5th G7 summit

The 5th G7 Summit was held between June 28 and 29, 1979 at the State Guesthouse in Tokyo, Japan.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA): Summit Meetings in the Past.

The Group of Seven (G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, West Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada (since 1976),Saunders, Doug. "Weight of the world too heavy for G8 shoulders," Globe and Mail (Toronto). July 5, 2008 -- n.b., the G7 becomes the Group of Eight (G7) with the inclusion of Russia starting in 1997. and the President of the European Commission (starting officially in 1981).Reuters: "Factbox: The Group of Eight: what is it?", July 3, 2008. The summits were not meant to be linked formally with wider international institutions; and in fact, a mild rebellion against the stiff formality of other international meetings was a part of the genesis of cooperation between France's president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and West Germany's chancellor Helmut Schmidt as they conceived the first Group of Six (G6) summit in 1975.Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations, p. 205.

Leaders at the summit The G7 is an unofficial annual forum for the leaders of Canada, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The 5th G7 summit was the first summit for British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. It was also the first and only summit for Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark and Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira.

Participants

These summit participants are the current "core members" of the international forum:Rieffel, Lex. "Regional Voices in Global Governance: Looking to 2010 (Part IV)," Brookings. March 27, 2009; "core" members (Muskoka 2010 G-8, official site). MOFA: Summit (8); European Union: "EU and the G8"

Core G7 membersHost state and leader are shown in bold text. Member Represented by Title Canada Joe Clark Prime Minister France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing President West Germany Helmut Schmidt Chancellor Italy Giulio Andreotti Prime Minister Japan Masayoshi Ōhira Prime Minister United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister United States Jimmy Carter President European Community Roy Jenkins Commission President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Council President

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. Coming amidst the "second oil shock" caused by the Iranian Revolution, the summit became devoted to the problem of energy, according to historian Daniel Yergin. "It was also a very nasty one. Tempers were badly frayed." US President Jimmy Carter stated that West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt "got personally abusive toward me .... He alleged that American interference in the Middle East trying to work for a peace treaty was what had cause the problems with oil all over the world."

Gallery of participating leaders Core G7 participants

5th G7 summit

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