G8 Environment Ministers' Meeting/Outline of G8 Environment Ministers' Meeting

date,venue,participants

date : 7-9 April 2000

venue: Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

participants(heads of delegations)

CANADA

H.E. Mr.David ANDERSON
Minister of the Environment

H.E. Ms.Dominique VOYNET
Minister for the Environment

H.E. Mr.Jürgen TRITTIN
Federal Minister for the Environment,
Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

H.E. Mr.Edo RONCHI
Minister for the Environment

H.E.Ms.Kayoko SHIMIZU
Minister of State, Director-General of the Environment Agency

H.E. Mr.Victor DANILOV-DANILIAN
Chairman of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Environmental Protection

UK	H.E. Mr.John Leslie PRESCOTT Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

USA	H.E. Mr. Michael McCABE Deputy Administrator Environmental Protection Agency

EC	H.E. Ms.Margot WALLSTRÖM Commissioner for Environment Directorate-General

past G7/G8 Environment Ministers' Meetings

1	16-17 May 1992,Bonn,Germany

2	12-13 March 1994,Florence, Italy Informal Meeting of the G7 Environment Ministers

3	30 April -1 May 1995,Hamilton, Canada Informal Meeting of G7 Environment Ministers Chairperson's Highlights

4	9-10 May 1996,Cabourg, France Meeting of the Environment Ministers in Cabourg Chairman's Summary

5	5-6 May 1997,Miami, United States Meeting of the Environment Ministers of the Eight Chair's Summary 1997 Declaration of the Enviornment Leaders of the Eight on Children's Environmental Health

6	3-5 April 1998,Kent, United Kingdom G8 Environment Ministers Meeting Communiqué

7	26-28 March 1999,Schwerin, Germany Meeting of G8 Environment Ministers in Schwerin Communiqué