Mountains & hills · Northern Ireland
39th G8 summit
39th G8 summit in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Kenneth Allen — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
39th G8 summit is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The 39th G8 summit was held on 17–18 June 2013, at the Lough Erne Resort, a five-star hotel and golf resort on the shore of Lough Erne in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It was the sixth G8 summit to be held in the United Kingdom and the first to be held in Northern Ireland. The earlier G8 summits hosted by the United Kingdom were held in London (1977, 1984, 1991), Birmingham (1998), and Gleneagles (2005). The official theme of the summit was tax evasion and transparency. However, the Syrian civil war dominated the discussions. A seven-point plan on Syria was agreed after much debate. Other agreements included a way to automate the sharing of tax information, new rules for mining companies, and a pledge to end payments for kidnap victim releases. The United States and the European Union agreed to begin talks towards a broad trade agreement.
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Background
Description
The Group of Six (G6), started in 1975, was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This select few became the Group of Seven (G7) starting in 1976 when Canada joined. The Group of Eight was formed with the addition of Russia in 1997. In addition, the President of the European Commission has been formally included in summits since 1981. 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…
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- Coordinates
- 54.3978, -7.6933
- District
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Postcode
- BT93 7ED
- Parliamentary constituency
- Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Sources
- wikidata: Q65250 (CC0)
- wikipedia: 39th G8 summit (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is 39th G8 summit?
- 39th G8 summit is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT93 7ED).
- Is 39th G8 summit free to visit?
- Yes, 39th G8 summit is free to enter.
- How do I get to 39th G8 summit?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BT93 7ED. It sits within the Fermanagh and South Tyrone parliamentary constituency.