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1994 Dec 9 1994 Dec 11 |
Pres. Clinton presided over the first Summit of the Americas held in Miami. Topics included lower trade barriers and plans for a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Links: USA, Florida, ClintonB, Summit 
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1997 Apr 27 |
President Clinton, along with former presidents George Bush and Jimmy Carter, helped polish gritty city streets in Philadelphia as they launched the Summit for America's Future, a three-day gathering on community service. Links: USA, Pennsylvania, CarterJ, ClintonB, Summit
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1997 Jun |
Earth Summit Two met at the UN in New York. Links: UN, Earth, Summit
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1997 Jul 9 |
Leaders of 16 NATO nations met with 25 other countries in an unprecedented security summit in Madrid, Spain. Links: Spain, NATO, Summit
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1998 Apr 18 19 |
A 34-nation trade summit was held over the weekend in Santiago, Chile. Some $45 billion from the Inner-America Development Bank, The World Bank and the US Agency for Int’l. Development was to be made available for an array of development projects. Links: Chile, World Bank, Summit
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1998 Apr 19 |
In Chile leaders of the 34 Western Hemisphere democracies at the second Summit of the Americas agreed on a free-trade zone to be created by 2005. The first summit met in Miami in 1994. Links: Chile, Summit
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1998 Aug 31 |
President Clinton left for a summit in Russia, which was in a state of political chaos over lawmakers' rejection of Boris Yeltsin's candidate for prime minister, Viktor Chernomyrdin. Links: Russia, USA, ClintonB, Summit
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1999 Apr 22 |
The NATO summit began in Washington. Links: USA, NATO, Summit
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1999 Apr 24 |
On the second day of a NATO summit, the alliance ran into objections from Russia and questions among its own members about enforcing an oil embargo against Yugoslavia by searching ships at sea. President Clinton urged Americans to be patient with the bombing strategy. Links: Russia, USA, NATO, Yugoslavia, ClintonB, Summit
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1999 Jun 28 |
A European and Latin American summit opened for a 2 day conference in Rio De Janeiro. The EU and Mercosur bloc agreed to form a new free-trade zone. Links: Brazil, EU, Mercosur, Summit
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1999 Jul 29 |
In Serajevo a 2-day conference by leaders of over 60 countries was to begin for a Balkan Stability Pact nicknamed "Marshall II." Links: Bosnia, Summit
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1999 Jul 30 |
The leaders of some 40 nations gathered in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, pledging to push economic and democratic reforms for the war-torn Balkans. Links: Bosnia, Summit
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1999 Nov 16 |
A 2-day Ibero-American summit for heads of state from Latin America, Spain and Portugal met in Havana. Int'l. finance and the effects of economic globalization on developing countries was the central theme. The 18 heads of state signed a Havana Declaration. Links: Portugal, Spain, Cuba, Summit
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1999 Nov 26 |
Leaders of 71 developing countries demanded that the world's poorest countries be allowed to export goods duty-free to wealthy economies. The ACP group was meeting in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Links: Dominican Rep., Summit
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2000 Apr 14 |
Leaders of developing nations called for a "New Global Human Order’ to spread the world’s wealth and power. The Group of 77, expanded to 133, made the call during a 3 day summit in Havana. Links: Cuba, Summit
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2000 May 18 |
North and South Korea agreed to an agenda for their 1st summit meeting. In 2003 it was reported that South Korea's Hyundai business group drew $186 million from a government-owned bank shortly before the summit and allegedly spent the money on unspecified projects in the North. In 2006 it was reported that Hyundai sent some $500 million to Kim Jong Il to secure the June 13, 2000, summit with Pres. Kim Dae-jung. Links: North Korea, South Korea, Summit
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2000 Jul 20 |
The Mideast summit, resurrected only hours after its reported demise, moved forward with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright stepping in for President Clinton, who had left for an economic summit in Japan. Links: USA, Israel, Palestine, ClintonB, Summit
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2000 Sep 6 |
World leaders gathered in NYC for a UN Millennium Summit to bring peace and prosperity to the world. Links: NYC, Summit
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2000 Sep 8 |
The UN Millennium Summit ended in NYC with the adoption of an 8-page plan, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to cure the world’s direst problems. Pledges were made to halve the proportion of people in poverty by 2015, to reverse the spread of AIDS, and to strengthen the UN’s ability to keep peace. The plan under Jeffrey Sachs proposed 7 basic reforms to improve lives and provide livelihoods. The goal of halving poverty was achieved 5 years early. Links: UN, NYC, Summit
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2000 Oct 21 |
Fifteen Arab leaders met in Cairo for a 2-day summit, their first summit in four years. They condemned Israel for violence and made proposals to deal with Israel. The Libyan delegation walked out, angry over signs the summit would stop short of calling for breaking ties with Israel. Links: Libya, Egypt, Israel, Arab, Summit
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2000 Dec 7 |
Some 4,000 protestors clashed with police at the opening of the EU summit in Nice. Links: EU, Summit
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2001 Apr 19 |
Thousands of protesters gathered in Quebec City to oppose the Summit of the Americas and plans for a hemispheric free trade zone. Links: Canada, Summit
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2001 Apr 20 |
President Bush attended his first international summit as leaders of the Western Hemisphere's 34 democracies met in Quebec to advance plans to create the world's largest free-trade zone; police in riot gear clashed with protesters. Protestors pushed to interrupt the Summit of the Americas and held that the free trade efforts put corporate interests ahead of workers, human rights and the environment. Links: Canada, USA, BushGW, Summit
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2001 Apr 21 |
Western hemisphere leaders meeting in Quebec ratified a plan barring undemocratic nations from a massive free trade zone they hoped would expand prosperity across their 34 nations. For a second day, protesters clashed with nightstick-wielding police who fired water cannons and rubber bullets. Links: Canada, Summit
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2001 Apr 22 |
In Quebec City, Canada, 34 Western leaders affirmed the creation of a free trade zone by 2005. They agreed that only democratic nations could join and to penalize any country that strayed from the path of democracy. Links: Canada, Summit
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2002 Nov 15 |
Latin American leaders gathered in Bavaro, Dominican Republic, for the 12th annual Ibero-American Summit to discuss ways to ease poverty, fight drug trafficking and heal internal strife. Links: Dominican Rep., Summit
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2002 Nov 17 |
Leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal closed their summit with new pledges of support for struggling coffee-growing countries. Links: Portugal, Spain, Dominican Rep., Summit
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2005 Nov 3 |
Leaders from across the Americas headed to Argentina in another attempt to end Latin America's chronic poverty, with Washington promoting liberalized trade and opponents fearful that it will allow corporations to dominate the poor. Links: Argentina, USA, Summit
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2005 Nov 4 |
In Argentina crowd of 10,000 people chanting "Get out Bush!" swarmed the streets of Mar del Plata, hours before the hemisphere's leaders sat down to debate free trade, immigration and job creation at the fourth Summit of the Americas. Pres. Bush worked to smooth the United States' troubled image in Latin America, commending Argentina's efforts to improve its damaged economy. More than 1,000 masked, anti-US demonstrators clashed with police, shattered storefronts and torched businesses. Links: Argentina, USA, Summit
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2005 Nov 5 |
Leaders from across the Americas ended their tumultuous 2-day summit in Mar del Plata, Argentina, without agreeing to restart talks on a US-favored free trade zone stretching from Alaska to Chile. 5 of 34 participating countries thwarted the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). They included Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Venezuela. Links: Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Paraguay, USA, Uruguay, Summit
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2006 Jun 21 |
Scores of students chanting "Bush Go Home!" marched through Austria's capital to protest a visit by President Bush for the annual US-EU summit. The summit produced no breakthroughs but showed Bush moving toward better cooperation with Europe on Iran, energy, climate change and other fronts. Bush accused Iran of dragging its feet on a Western incentive package aimed at getting Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment activity. Links: Austria, USA, EU, Iran, BushHW, Summit
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2006 Nov 30 |
Nigeria opened the first ever summit of African and South American leaders. Participants called for greater control by the two continents over their vast reserves of raw materials. The inaugural gathering also set to tackle issues ranging from the conflict ravaging the Darfur region of Sudan to the boosting of inter-continental trade. Links: Nigeria, Summit
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2006 Dec 9 |
In Bolivia South American leaders called for greater continental unity as they opened a two-day summit that drew the region's new wave of leftist leaders. They agreed to create a high-level commission to study the idea of forming a continent-wide community similar to the European Union. Links: Bolivia, Summit
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2007 May 18 |
In Russia EU leaders criticized Russia's human rights record, and were faulted in return, at the end of a summit that produced no formal agreements but helped illustrate the widening political chasm between Moscow and the West. Russia barred activists, including chess grandmaster Kasparov, from protests near the Volga summit. Links: Russia, EU, Summit
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2007 Jul 4 |
On the historic occasion of their first summit, the EU and Brazil decided to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership, based on their close historical, cultural and economic ties. Brazil and EU leaders met in Lisbon, Portugal. Links: Brazil, Portugal, EU, Summit
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2007 Aug 16 |
The 14-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) met in Lusaka, Zambia for its 27th summit. The 2-day summit provided scant hope for the people of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe rejected the need for political reform at the summit of regional leaders that is meant to find ways to ease the country's political and economic crisis. Links: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Summit
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2007 Oct 2 |
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il showed scant enthusiasm for the visiting South Korean president, while orchestrated crowds of thousands cheered the start of the second summit between the divided Koreas since World War II. Links: North Korea, South Korea, Summit
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2012 Apr 15 |
Pres. Obama and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said at a joint news conference that the US-Colombia free trade deal will go into effect May 15. Obama returned from Colombia to his familiar agenda of righting the US economy and winning a second term, wrapping up 3 days of Latin American summitry that yielded mixed results and were clouded by a Secret Service scandal. The 6th Summit of the Americas ended without a joint declaration due to divisions over Cuba and Argentine claims to the Falkland Islands. Links: Colombia, USA, Summit, ObamaB
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