Back G7-Gipfel in London 1977 German Sommet du G7 de 1977 French 第3回先進国首脳会議 Japanese G7-ის მე-3 სამიტი Georgian 제3회 G7 정상회의 Korean Derde jaarlijkse conferentie van de G7 Dutch 3-й саміт G7 Ukrainian 3-G7 sammiti Uzbek
| 3rd G7 summit | |
|---|---|
 10 Downing Street in London, home of the British prime minister | |
| Host country | United Kingdom |
| Dates | 7–8 May 1977 |
| Participants | |
| Follows | 2nd G7 summit |
| Precedes | 4th G7 summit |
The 3rd G7 Summit was held in London, United Kingdom between 7–8 May 1977. The venue for the summit meetings was the British Prime Minister's official residence at No. 10 Downing Street in London.[1]
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),[2] and the President of the European Commission (starting officially in 1981).[3] 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.[4]
This was the initial meeting in which the President of the European Commission was formally invited to take a part.[5]
- ^ Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA): Summit Meetings in the Past.
- ^ Saunders, Doug. "Weight of the world too heavy for G8 shoulders," Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine 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.
- ^ Reuters: "Factbox: The Group of Eight: what is it?", July 3, 2008.
- ^ Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations, p. 205.
- ^ "EU and the G8". European Commission. Archived from the original on 2007-02-26. Retrieved 2007-09-25.