G 8 (Group of Eight), Part - 1

The Group of Eight (G8, Formerly G6 and G7) is a forum, created by Frace in 1975, for governments of countries in the world: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. In 1976, Canada joined the group. With the joining of Russia in 1997, the group became G8. The European union is represented with the G8.

Each calender year, the responsibility of hosting the G8 rotates through the member Countaries. Lately, both France and the United Kingdom have expressed a desire to expand the group to include five developing countries, reffered to as the Outreach Fice (O5) of the plus five; Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa. These countries have participated as guests in previous meetings, which are sometimes called G8 + 5.

The 36th G8 Summit was held in Huntsvile, Onterio, from june 25 - 26, 2010. In this years meeting, the G8 leaders refferred the groups essential and countinuing role in International affairs. This was the fifth G8 Summit hosted by Canada since 1976, the previous four being at Montebello, Quebec(1981), Toronto, Onterio(1988), Halifax, Nova Scotia (1995) and Kananaskis, Alberta (2002). The agenda of the 36th G8 Summit included some issue which remain unresolved from Previous Summit. The Ramboill of summit in 1975 Produced no easy answer to what was then the must serious recession since the 1930s; but the main themes of what is now considered the 1st G8 Summit have perisisted at the top of the world's agenda - avoiding protectionism, energy dependency and boosting growth. Canada wants to focus on the economy, with emphasis placed on reforming the financial sector, and finding European support for plans to return to fiscal stability. The Summit was intended to be a platform for resolvign differences among its members. As a matter of fact, the Summit was also conceived as an opportunity for its members to give each other mutual encouragement in the face of difficult economic situations.