A summit meeting (or just summit) is an international meeting of

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, usually with considerable media exposure, tight security, and a prearranged

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. Notable summit meetings include those of

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, and

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during

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. However, the term summit was not commonly used for such meetings until the

Geneva Summit (1955) The Geneva Summit of 1955 was a Cold War-era meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Held on July 18, 1955, it was a meeting of "The Big Four": President Dwight D. Eisenhower of the United States, Prime Minister Anthony Eden of Britain, Premier Nikola ...

. During the

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, when

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s joined with

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counterparts for one-on-one meetings, the media labelled the event as a "summit". The

post–Cold War era The –Cold War era is a period of history that follows the end of the Cold War, which represents history after the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union. This period saw the United States became the world's sole superpower in the world and paved the way ...

has produced an increase in the number of "summit" events. Nowadays, international summits are the most common expression for global governance.

Notable summits

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* U.S.–British Staff Conference (ABC–1) (January 29 – March 27, 1941) *

Atlantic Conference The Atlantic Charter was a statement issued on 14 August 1941 that set out American and British goals for the world after the end of World War II. The joint statement, later dubbed the Atlantic Charter, outlined the aims of the United States and ...

(August 9–12, 1941) * Moscow Conference (September 29 – October 1, 1941) *

Arcadia Conference The First Washington Conference, also known as the Arcadia Conference (ARCADIA was the code name used for the conference), was held in Washington, D.C., from December 22, 1941, to January 14, 1942. President Roosevelt of the United States and Prime ...

(December 22, 1941 – January 14, 1942) *Second Washington Conference (June 20–25, 1942) * Second Moscow Conference (August 12–19, 1942) * Cherchell Conference (October 21–22, 1942) *

Casablanca Conference The Casablanca Conference (codenamed SYMBOL) or Anfa Conference was held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, French Morocco, from January 14 to 24, 1943, to plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II. In attendance were ...

(January 14–24, 1943) *

Bermuda Conference The Bermuda Conference was an international conference between the United Kingdom and the United States held from April 19 to 30, 1943, at Hamilton, Bermuda. The topic of discussion was the question of Jewish refugees who had been liberated b ...

(April 19, 1943) *Third Washington Conference (May 12–27, 1943) * Quebec Conference (August 17–24, 1943) * Third Moscow Conference (October 18 – November 1, 1943) *

Cairo Conference The Cairo Conference (codenamed Sextant) also known as the First Cairo Conference, was one of the 14 summit meetings during World War II that occurred on November 22–26, 1943. The Conference was held in Cairo, Egypt, between the United Kingdo ...

(November 22–26, 1943) *

Tehran Conference The Tehran Conference ( codenamed Eureka) was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943, after the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran. It was held in the Soviet Union's embass ...

(November 28 – December 1, 1943) *

Second Cairo Conference The Second Cairo Conference of December 4–6, 1943, held in Cairo, Egypt, addressed Turkey's possible contribution to the Allies in World War II.

(December 4–6, 1943) *

Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conferences were biennial meetings of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and the Dominion members of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Seventeen Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conferences were held betwee ...

(May 1–16, 1944) *

United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference The Bretton Woods Conference, formally known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, was the gathering of 730 delegates from all 44 Allied nations at the Mount Washington Hotel, situated in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United ...

(Bretton Woods) (July 1–15, 1944) *

Dumbarton Oaks Conference The Dumbarton Oaks Conference, or, more formally, the Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization, was an international conference at which proposals for the establishment of a "general international organization", w ...

(August 21–29, 1944) *

Second Quebec Conference Princess Alice, and Clementine Churchill">Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone">Princess Alice, and Clementine Churchill during the conference. The Second Quebec Conference (codenamed "OCTAGON") was a high-level military conference held during ...

(September 12–16, 1944) * Fourth Moscow Conference (October 9, 1944) * Malta Conference (January 30 – February 2, 1945) *

Yalta Conference The Yalta Conference (codenamed Argonaut), also known as the Crimea Conference, held 4–11 February 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the post ...

(February 4–11, 1945) *

United Nations Conference on International Organization The United Nations Conference on International Organization (UNCIO), commonly known as the San Francisco Conference, was a convention of delegates from 50 Allied nations that took place from 25 April 1945 to 26 June 1945 in San Francisco, Cali ...

(April 25 – June 26, 1945) *

Potsdam Conference The Potsdam Conference (german: Potsdamer Konferenz) was held at Potsdam in the Soviet occupation zone from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to allow the three leading Allies to plan the postwar peace, while avoiding the mistakes of the Paris P ...

(July 17 – August 2, 1945)

Arab League summits

* 1974 –

Rabat summit conference The 1974 Arab League summit was a meeting of Arab leaders held in Rabat, Morocco in October 1974. Leaders to twenty Arab countries were present, including King Hussein of Jordan and Anwar Sadat of Egypt, together with representatives of the Palest ...

* 2002 –

Beirut Summit The Beirut Summit (also known as the Arab Summit Conference) was a meeting of the Arab League in Beirut, Lebanon in March 2002 to discuss the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. At the time Yassar Arafat, the leader of Palestine, was under house-a ...

Earth Summit The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio Conference or the Earth Summit (Portuguese: ECO92), was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to June 14, 1992. Earth Su ...
s

* 1992 –

Earth Summit The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio Conference or the Earth Summit (Portuguese: ECO92), was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to June 14, 1992. Earth Su ...

, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * 2002 –

, Johannesburg, South Africa, * 2012 –

, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

G–summits

;

Group of Six The Group of Seven (G7) is an intergovernmental political forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States; additionally, the European Union (EU) is a "non-enumerated member". It is officiall ...

(G6),

heads of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a ...

* 1975 – 1st G6 summit, Château de Rambouillet ;

Group of Seven (G7) The Group of Seven (G7) is an intergovernmental political forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States; additionally, the European Union (EU) is a "non-enumerated member". It is officiall ...

, heads of government * 1976 – 2nd G7 summit, San Juan * 1977 – 3rd G7 summit, London * 1978 – 4th G7 summit, Bonn * 1979 – 5th G7 summit, Tokyo * 1980 – 6th G7 summit, Venice * 1981 –

7th G7 summit The 7th G7 Summit was called the Ottawa Summit, and was held in Montebello, Quebec, Canada and nearby Ottawa between July 20 and 21, 1981. The venue for the summit meetings was the Château Montebello.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) ...

, Montebello * 1982 – 8th G7 summit, Versailles * 1983 –

9th G7 summit The 9th G7 Summit was held at Williamsburg, Virginia, United States between May 28 and 30, 1983. The venue for the summit meetings was Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. The Group of Seven (Group of Seven, G7) was an unofficial forum which bro ...

, Williamsburg * 1984 – 10th G7 summit, London * 1985 – 11th G7 summit, Bonn * 1986 – 12th G7 summit, Tokyo * 1987 – 13th G7 summit, Venice * 1988 – 14th G7 summit, Toronto * 1989 – 15th G7 summit, Grande Arche * 1990 – 16th G7 summit, Houston * 1991 – 17th G7 summit, London * 1992 – 18th G7 summit, Munich * 1993 – 19th G7 summit, Tokyo * 1994 – 20th G7 summit, Naples * 1995 – 21st G7 summit, Halifax * 1996 – 22nd G7 summit, Lyon ;

Group of Eight (G8) The Group of Eight (G8) was an inter-governmental political forum from 1997 until 2014. It had formed from incorporating Russia into the Group of Seven, or G7, and returned to its previous name after Russia left in 2014. The forum originated ...

, heads of government * 1997 – 23rd G8 summit, Denver * 1998 – 24th G8 summit, Birmingham * 1999 – 25th G8 summit, Cologne * 2000 – 26th G8 summit, Okinawa * 2001 – 27th G8 summit, Genoa * 2002 – 28th G8 summit, Kananaskis * 2003 – 29th G8 summit, Évian-les-Bains * 2004 – 30th G8 summit, Sea Island * 2005 – 31st G8 summit, Gleneagles * 2006 – 32nd G8 summit, Saint Petersburg * 2007 – 33rd G8 summit, Heiligendamm * 2008 – 34th G8 summit, Tōyako * 2009 – 35th G8 summit, L'Aquila, Abruzzo * 2010 – 36th G8 summit, Huntsville * 2011 – 37th G8 summit, Deauville * 2012 – 38th G8 summit, Camp David, Maryland * 2013 – 39th G8 summit, Lough Erne in County Fermanagh ;

, heads of government * 2014 –

40th G7 summit The 40th G7 summit was held 4–5 June, 2014 in Brussels, Belgium. It was originally scheduled to be held as the “40th G8 summit” and be hosted by Russia in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. However, the other seven countries decided on 24 March t ...

, Brussels * 2015 – 41st G7 summit, Schloss Elmau, Bavaria * 2016 – 42nd G7 summit, Shima, Mie Prefecture * 2017 – 43rd G7 summit, Taormina, Sicily * 2018 – 44th G7 summit, La Malbaie, Quebec * 2019 – 45th G7 summit, Biarritz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine ;

Group of Twenty The G20 or Group of Twenty is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union (EU). It works to address major issues related to the global economy, such as international financial stability, climate change mitigatio ...

, heads of government * 2008 G-20 Washington summit * 2009 G-20 London summit * 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit * 2010 G-20 Toronto summit * 2010 G-20 Seoul summit * 2011 G-20 Cannes summit * 2012 G-20 Los Cabos Summit * 2013 G-20 Saint Petersburg summit * 2014 G-20 Brisbane summit * 2015 G-20 Antalya summit * 2016 G-20 Hangzhou summit * 2017 G-20 Hamburg summit * 2018 G-20 Buenos Aires summit * 2019 G-20 Osaka summit * 2020 G-20 Riyadh summit * 2021 G-20 Rome summit

European summits

* 1969 – The Hague: Foreign policy and enlargement. * 1974 – Paris: Creation of the Council. * 1985 – Milan: Initiate IGC leading to the

Single European Act The Single European Act (SEA) was the first major revision of the 1957 Treaty of Rome. The Act set the European Community an objective of establishing a single market by 31 December 1992, and a forerunner of the European Union's Common Forei ...

. * 1991 – Maastricht': Agreement on the

Maastricht Treaty The Treaty on European Union, commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty, is the foundation treaty of the European Union (EU). Concluded in 1992 between the then-twelve Member state of the European Union, member states of the European Communities, ...

. * 1997 – Amsterdam: Agreement on the

Amsterdam Treaty The Treaty of Amsterdam, officially the Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts, was signed on 2 October 1997, and entered into force on 1 May 1999; i ...

. * 1998 – Brussels: Selected member states to adopt the

euro The euro ( symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 340 million citizens . ...

. * 1999 – Cologne: Declaration on military forces. * 1999 – Tampere: Institutional reform * 2000 – Lisbon:

Lisbon Strategy The Lisbon Strategy, also known as the Lisbon Agenda or Lisbon Process, was an action and development plan devised in 2000, for the economy of the European Union between 2000 and 2010. A pivotal role in its formulation was played by the Portugue ...

* 2002 – Copenhagen: Agreement for May 2004 enlargement. * 2007 – Lisbon: Agreement on the

Lisbon Treaty The Treaty of Lisbon (initially known as the Reform Treaty) is an international agreement that amends the two treaties which form the constitutional basis of the European Union (EU). The Treaty of Lisbon, which was signed by the EU member sta ...

Inter-Korean summit Inter-Korean summits are meetings between the leaders of North and South Korea. To date, there have been five such meetings so far (2000, 2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first ...
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* 2000 – 1st Korean summit * 2007 – 2nd Korean summit * 2018 –

April 2018 inter-Korean summit The April 2018 Inter-Korean summit took place on 27 April 2018 on the South Korean side of the Joint Security Area, between Moon Jae-in, President of South Korea, and Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and Supreme Leader of ...

* 2018 –

May 2018 inter-Korean summit The May 2018 inter-Korean summit was the second inter-Korean summit in 2018. On 26 May, North Korean state chairman Kim Jong-un and South Korean president Moon Jae-in met again in the joint Security Area, this time on the North Korean side i ...

* 2018 –

September 2018 inter-Korean summit The September 2018 inter-Korean summit was the third and final inter-Korean summit in the 2018-19 Korean peace process. On 13 August, the Blue House announced that South Korea's President plans to attend the third inter-Korean summit with lea ...

Millennium Development Goals The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were eight international development goals for the year 2015 that had been established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millenn ...

* 2000 –

Millennium Summit The Millennium Summit was a meeting among many world leaders, lasting three days from 2000, held at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. Its purpose was to discuss the role of the United Nations at the turn of the 21st century. At ...

, New York City * 2005 – 2005 World Summit, New York City

South American Summits

* 2000 – 2000 South American Summit, Brasília * 2002 – South American Summit, Guayaquil * 2004 – 2004 South American Summit, Cuzco, Peru

Summits of the Americas The Summit of the Americas (SOA) is an international summit meeting that brings together the leaders of countries in the Organization of American States (OAS). Cuba was expelled from the OAS under pressure from the United States after the Cuba ...

* 1994 – 1st Summit of the Americas at

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...

in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

. * 1996—Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development at

Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz de la Sierra (; "Holy Cross of the Mountain Range"), commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia), Santa Cruz department. Situated on the Pirai River (Bolivia), P ...

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. * 1998 – 2nd Summit of the Americas at

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. * 2001 – 3rd Summit of the Americas, in

Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is t ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. * 2004 –

Monterrey Special Summit of the Americas The Special Summit of the Americas was held on January 12 and 13, 2004 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. This summit is part of the Summit of the Americas initiative which is carried on by the Organization of American States with the purpose ...

at Monterrey in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. * 2005 – 4th Summit of the Americas at Mar del Plata in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. * 2009 – 5th Summit of the Americas at

Port-of-Spain Port of Spain (Spanish: ''Puerto España''), officially the City of Port of Spain (also stylized Port-of-Spain), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando. The city has a municip ...

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

. * 2012 –

6th Summit of the Americas The sixth Summit of the Americas ( es, VI Cumbre de las Américas, links=no) was held at Cartagena, Colombia, on April 14–15, 2012. The central theme of the summit was "Connecting the Americas: Partners for Prosperity." The main issues at the sum ...

at Cartagena in

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. * 2015 – 7th Summit of the Americas at

Panama City Panama City ( es, Ciudad de Panamá, links=no; ), also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. The city is locat ...

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

. * 2018 –

8th Summit of the Americas The eighth Summit of the Americas was held in Lima, Peru, from April 13–14, 2018. The main focus of the summit was anti-corruption following the outbreak of the Odebrecht scandal, which affected numerous countries in the region, while attention w ...

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

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UN International conferences on Afghanistan

* 2001 –

International Conference on Afghanistan After the ousting of the Taliban in 2001, repeatedly international conferences on the future of Afghanistan were held at several places. the first conference took place from 27 November to 5 December 2001 on the Petersberg in Königswinter near ...

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...

* 2004 – International Conference on Afghanistan in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

* 2006 –

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

* 2007 – International Conference on the Rule of Law in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

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* 2008 – International Conference on Afghanistan in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

* 2009 – International Conference on Afghanistan in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

* 2009 –

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

* 2010 –

Soviet Union–United States summits

* Geneva Summit, July 18–23, 1955 * Washington and Camp David Summit, September 15, 26–27, 1959 * Paris Summit, May 16–17, 1960 *

Vienna Summit The Vienna summit was a summit meeting held on June 4, 1961, in Vienna, Austria, between President John F. Kennedy of the United States and First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union. The leaders of the two superpowers of the Cold ...

, June 3–4, 1961 *

Glassboro Summit Conference The Glassboro Summit Conference, usually just called the Glassboro Summit, was the 23–25 June 1967 meeting of the heads of government of the United States and the Soviet Union—President Lyndon B. Johnson and Premier Alexei Kosygin, respectiv ...

, June 23 and 25, 1967 * Moscow Summit (SALT I), May 22–30, 1972 * Washington Summit, June 18–25, 1973 * Moscow summit, June 28 – July 3, 1974 *

Vladivostok Summit Meeting on Arms Control The Vladivostok Summit Meeting on Arms Control was a two-day summit held on November 23 and 24, 1974 in Vladivostok for the purpose of extending arms control provisions between the Soviet Union and the United States. After a series of talks betwe ...

, November 23–24, 1974 * Helsinki summit, July 30 and August 2, 1975 * Vienna summit (SALT II), June 15–18, 1979 * Geneva Summit, November 19–21, 1985 *

Reykjavík Summit The Reykjavík Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, held in Reykjavík, Iceland, on 11–12 October 1986. The talks collapsed at the l ...

, October 10–12, 1986 * Washington Summit, December 7–10, 1987 * Moscow Summit, May 29 – June 1, 1988 * New York Summit, December 7, 1988 * Malta Summit, December 2–3, 1989 * Washington D.C., May 30 – June 3, 1990 * Helsinki Summit, September 9, 1990 * Paris Summit, November 19, 1990 * London Summit, July 17, 1991 * Moscow Summit (START I), July 30–31, 1991 * Madrid Summit, October 29–30, 1991

Russia–United States summits

* 2001 – Slovenia Summit 2001 * 2005 – Slovakia Summit 2005 * 2018 – Russia–United States summit * 2021 – Russia–United States summit

Miscellaneous

* 1520 –

Field of the Cloth of Gold The Field of the Cloth of Gold (french: Camp du Drap d'Or, ) was a summit meeting between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France from 7 to 24 June 1520. Held at Balinghem, between Ardres in France and Guînes in the English ...

* 1955 – Geneva Summit * 1967 –

* 1985 – Shamrock Summit * 1986 –

* 1989 – Malta Summit * 1990 –

World Summit for Children The United Nations World Summit for Children was held in the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on 29–30 September 1990. The summit had the then-largest-ever gathering of heads of state and government to commit to a set of goals to impr ...

* 2001 – Agra summit * 2001 –

Taba summit The Taba Summit (also known as ''Taba Talks'', ''Taba Conference'' or short ''Taba'') were talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, held from 21 to 27 January 2001 at Taba, in the Sinai. The talks took place during a political tran ...

* 2000 – 2000 Camp David Summit * 2003–2005 –

World Summit on the Information Society The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was a two-phase United Nations-sponsored summit on information, communication and, in broad terms, the information society that took place in 2003 in Geneva and in 2005 in Tunis. WSIS Forums have ...

* 2005 – Sharm el-Sheikh Summit of 2005 * 2015 –

Valletta Summit on Migration The Valletta Summit on Migration, also called the Valletta Conference on Migration, was a Summit (meeting), summit held in Valletta, Malta, on 11–12 November 2015, in which European and African leaders discussed the European migrant crisis. The ...

* 2017 – 2017 Riyadh summit * 2018 – 2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit * 2019 – 2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit

References

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