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G8 presidency
Tony Blair:
"On the two hardest issues on the international agenda, there was progress, in the case of Africa immense progress. We now have to build on this, using our EU Presidency at the UN Summit in September and in Hong Kong in December."
Read key summit documents
- Gleneagles Implementation Plan for Africa
- DFID Gleneagles Implementation Plan for Africa
- PM’s Lord Mayor Banquet speech
- PM email to G8 subscribers
- Statement to Parliament on the G8
- Chairman’s Summary
- Highlights of the G8 communiqué on Africa
- A comparison of the Commission for Africa Report and the G8 Statement
- Africa: A historic opportunity
- Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development
- Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development: Gleneagles plan of action
- Read the full communique signed by each G8 leader (pdf, 327kbs)
- Full list of summit documents on the G8 website (opens in new window)
Who’s who in the G8?
The G8 (Group of Eight) includes the UK, France, Japan, the USA, Germany, Italy, Canada and Russia.
Russia joined the original G7 in 1998 and will hold the Presidency in 2006.
The G7 still exists as a grouping for Finance Ministers.
The G8 does not claim to speak for the world or for anyone other than the Governments of those eight countries.
Key links
- PM’s overview of G8 Presidency (opens in new window)
- PM’s G8 interview with Downing Street website - Windows media player (opens in new window)
- PM’s G8 interview with Downing Street website - Realplayer (opens in new window)
- PM’s G8 Downing Street webchat transcript
News stories from 2005
- 20 July - ‘Beginning of the end’ for extreme poverty says PM after G8
- 8 July - Chairman’s Summary
- 8 July - Africa: A historic opportunity
- 8 July - Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development
- 8 July - Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development: Gleneagles plan of action
- 8 July - PM reveals details of G8 agreements
- 8 July - PM back in Gleneagles as G8 summit enters final day
- 7 July - Bush predicts ’successful summit’
- 7 July - More delegates arrive for crucial G8 talks
- 7 July - PM greets leaders as G8 meetings get underway
- 6 July - Queen greets G8 leaders at Gleneagles banquet
- 6 July - Leaders touchdown for G8 summit
- 6 July - J8 youngsters hand communique to Prime Minister
- 6 July - PM arrives in Gleneagles as G8 summit gets under way
- 4 July - Youngsters hold ‘J8′ summit to discuss Africa and climate change
- 27 June - PM to give G8 interview on Downing Street website
- 27 June - Tony Blair to take part in live G8 webchat
- 27 June - New Downing Street films focus on big G8 issues
- 23 June - G8 Foreign Ministers gather in London
- 13 June - ‘Hard negotiating’ still to do on G8 goals, says PM
- 1 June - Government welcomes "Live 8" concert in G8 year
- 23 May - PM to meet world leaders before G8 summit
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