Summit (meeting)

A summit meeting (or just summit) is a meeting of heads of state or government, usually with considerable media exposure, tight security, and a prearranged agenda. Notable summit meetings include those of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin during World War II. However, the term summit was not commonly used for such meetings until the Geneva Summit (1955).[1] During the Cold War, when American presidents joined with Soviet or Chinese counterparts for one-on-one meetings, the media labelled the event as a "summit". The post-Cold War era has produced an increase in the number of "summit" events. Nowadays, international summits are the most common expression for global governance.[2]

Notable summits

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World War II conferences

Arab League summits

  • 1974   Rabat summit conference
  • 2002   Beirut Summit

Earth Summits

Economic summits

Group of Six, heads of government
Group of Seven, heads of government

Group of Eight, heads of government

Group of Twenty, heads of government

European summits

  • 1969   The Hague: Foreign policy and enlargement.
  • 1974   Paris: Creation of the Council.
  • 1985   Milan: Initiate IGC leading to the Single European Act.
  • 1991   Maastricht': Agreement on the Maastricht Treaty.
  • 1997   Amsterdam: Agreement on the Amsterdam Treaty.
  • 1998   Brussels: Selected member states to adopt the euro.
  • 1999   Cologne: Declaration on military forces.
  • 1999   Tampere: Institutional reform
  • 2000   Lisbon: Lisbon Strategy
  • 2002   Copenhagen: Agreement for May 2004 enlargement.
  • 2007   Lisbon: Agreement on the Lisbon Treaty.

Inter-Korean summits

  • 2000   1st Korean summit
  • 2007   2nd Korean summit

Millennium Development Goals

South American Summits

  • 2000   2000 South American Summit, Brasília
  • 2002 South American Summit, Guayaquil

Summits of the Americas

UN International conferences on Afghanistan

  • 2001 - International Conference on Afghanistan in Bonn
  • 2004 - International Conference on Afghanistan in Berlin
  • 2006 - International Conference on Afghanistan in London
  • 2007 - International Conference on the Rule of Law in Afghanistan in Rome

Miscellaneous

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