A summit meeting (or just summit) is an international meeting of heads of state or government, usually with considerable media exposure, tight security, and a prearranged agenda. Notable summit meetings include those of Franklin D. Roosevelt,

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...

, and Joseph Stalin during World War II. However, the term summit was not commonly used for such meetings until the Geneva Summit (1955). During the

Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...

, when

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

presidents joined with Soviet or

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

counterparts for one-on-one meetings, the media labelled the event as a "summit". The post–Cold War era has produced an increase in the number of "summit" events. Nowadays, international summits are the most common expression for

global governance Global governance refers to institutions that coordinate the behavior of transnational actors, facilitate cooperation, resolve disputes, and alleviate collective action problems. Global governance broadly entails making, monitoring, and enfor ...

Notable summits

World War II conferences

U.S.–British Staff Conference (ABC–1) The U.S.–British Staff Conference was a series of secret discussions between United States and British military staff members on American, British, and Canadian (ABC) military coordination in the event of U.S. entry into World War II. The conferen ...

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

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Conference (October 21–22, 1942) * Casablanca Conference (January 14–24, 1943) * Bermuda Conference (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 (November 22–26, 1943) * Tehran Conference (November 28 – December 1, 1943) * Second Cairo Conference (December 4–6, 1943) * Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference (May 1–16, 1944) * United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference (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 (September 12–16, 1944) *

Fourth Moscow Conference The Fourth Moscow Conference, also known as the Tolstoy Conference for its code name ''Tolstoy'', was a meeting in Moscow between Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin from 9 October to 19 October 1944. Procedures Churchill made a secret proposa ...

(October 9, 1944) * Malta Conference (January 30 – February 2, 1945) * Yalta Conference (February 4–11, 1945) * United Nations Conference on International Organization (April 25 – June 26, 1945) * Potsdam Conference (July 17 – August 2, 1945)

Arab League summits The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Wester ...

* 1974 – Rabat summit conference * 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-arre ...

Earth Summits

* 1992 – Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * 2002 – Earth Summit, Johannesburg, South Africa, * 2012 – Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

G–summits

; Group of Six (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 gro ...

* 1975 –

1st G6 summit The 1st G6 summit took place on 15–17 November 1975, in Rambouillet, France. The venue for the summit meetings was the Château de Rambouillet near Paris.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) Summit Meetings in the Past./ref> The Group of ...

, Château de Rambouillet ; Group of Seven (G7), heads of government * 1976 –

2nd G7 summit The 2nd G7 Summit, also called Rambouillet II, was held at Dorado, Puerto Rico, between June 27 and 28, 1976.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA)Summit Meetings in the Past although this article is named "2nd G7 summit" because it is the se ...

, San Juan * 1977 –

3rd G7 summit The 3rd G7 Summit was held in London, United Kingdom between 7–8 May 1977. The venue for the summit meetings was the British Prime Minister's official residence at No. 10 Downing Street in London.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) Summi ...

, London * 1978 –

4th G7 summit The 4th G7 Summit was held at Bonn, West Germany between 16 and 17 July 1978. The venue for the summit meeting was at the former official residence of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn, the ''Palais Schaumburg.''Japan, Mi ...

, Bonn * 1979 –

5th G7 summit The 5th G7 Summit was held at Tokyo, Japan between June 28 and 29, 1979. The venue for the summit meetings was the State Guesthouse in Tokyo, Japan.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) Summit Meetings in the Past./ref> The Group of Seven ...

, Tokyo * 1980 –

6th G7 summit The 6th G7 Summit was held at Venice, Italy between 22 and 23 June 1980. The venue for the summit meetings was the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in the Venetian lagoon.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) Summit Meetings in the Past./ref ...

, 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) S ...

, Montebello * 1982 –

8th G7 summit The 8th G7 Summit was held in Versailles, France from 4 to 6 June 1982. The venue for the summit meetings was at the Palace of Versailles.''Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) Summit Meetings in the Past./ref> The Group of Seven (G7) is a ...

, Versailles * 1983 – 9th G7 summit, Williamsburg * 1984 –

10th G7 summit The 10th G7 Summit was held in London, England, United Kingdom from 7 to 9 June 1984. The venue for the summit meetings was Lancaster House in London.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affa ...

, London * 1985 –

11th G7 summit The 11th G7 Summit was held in Bonn, West Germany between May 2 and May 4, 1985. The venue for the summit meeting was at the former official residence of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn, the ''Palais Schaumburg.''Japan, ...

, Bonn * 1986 –

12th G7 summit The 12th G7 Summit was held in Tokyo, Japan between May 4 and May 6, 1986. The venue for the summit meetings was the State Guesthouse in Tokyo, Japan.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) Summit Meetings in the Past./ref> The Group of Sev ...

, Tokyo * 1987 –

13th G7 summit The 13th G7 Summit was held in Venice, Italy between 8 and 10 June 1987. The venue for the summit meetings was the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in the Venetian lagoon.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) Summit Meetings in the Past./ref> ...

, Venice * 1988 –

14th G7 summit The 14th G7 Summit was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between June 19 and 21, 1988. The venue for the summit meetings was the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Downtown Toronto.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) Summit Meetings in the ...

, Toronto * 1989 –

15th G7 summit The 15th G7 Summit was held in the business district of La Défense to the west of Paris, France between July 14 to 16, 1989. The venue for the summit meetings was the Grande ArcheJapan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) Summit Meetings in the ...

, Grande Arche * 1990 –

16th G7 summit The 16th G7 Summit was held at Houston between July 9 and 11, 1990. The venue for the summit meetings was the campus of Rice University and other locations nearby in the Houston Museum District.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) Summit ...

, Houston * 1991 –

17th G7 summit The 17th G7 Summit was held in London, England, United Kingdom between 15 and 17 July 1991. The venue for the summit meetings was Lancaster House in London.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Forei ...

, London * 1992 –

18th G7 summit The 18th G7 Summit was held in Munich, Germany between July 6 to 8, 1992. The venue for the summit meetings was at the ''Residenz'' palace in central Munich.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) Summit Meetings in the Past. Accessed 2009-0 ...

, Munich * 1993 –

19th G7 summit The 19th G7 Summit was held in Tokyo, Japan, on July 7–9, 1993. The venue for the summit meetings was the State Guesthouse in Tokyo, Japan.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) Summit Meetings in the Past. Accessed 2009-03-11. 2009-04-30. ...

, Tokyo * 1994 –

20th G7 summit The 20th G7 Summit was held in Naples, Italy, on July 8–10, 1994. The venue for the summit meetings was the former Royal Palace in Naples.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) Summit Meetings in the Past./ref> The Group of Seven ( G7) wa ...

, Naples * 1995 –

21st G7 summit The 21st G7 summit was held on June 15–17, 1995 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The venue for this summit meeting was Summit Place in Halifax. It was labelled by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien as a "Chevrolet Summit", using a utilitarian autom ...

, Halifax * 1996 –

22nd G7 summit The 22nd G7 Summit was held in Lyon, France, on 27–29 June 1996. The venue for this summit meeting was the Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon (''Musée d'art Contemporain de Lyon'').Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) Summit Meetings in t ...

, 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 The 23rd G8 summit was held on June 20–22, 1997 in Denver, Colorado, United States. The venue was the newly constructed Denver Public Library in downtown Denver.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) Summit Meetings in the Past./ref> The l ...

, Denver * 1998 –

24th G8 summit The 24th G8 Summit was held in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom on 15–17 May 1998. The venue for this summit meeting was the International Convention Centre, Birmingham.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) Summit Meetings in the Pas ...

, Birmingham * 1999 –

25th G8 summit The 25th G8 Summit was held in Cologne, Germany, on June 18–20, 1999. The venue for this summit meeting was the Museum Ludwig in the central city.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affai ...

, Cologne * 2000 –

26th G8 summit The 26th G8 summit was held in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, on July 21–23, 2000. Overview The Group of Seven ( G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, Germany, Italy, Japa ...

, Okinawa * 2001 –

27th G8 summit The 27th G8 summit was held in Genoa, Italy, on 20–22 July 2001 and is remembered as the peak of the worldwide anti-globalization movement as well as for human rights crimes against demonstrators. Overview The Group of Seven ( G7) was an unoffi ...

, Genoa * 2002 –

28th G8 summit The 28th G8 Summit was held in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, on June 26–27, 2002. Overview The Group of Seven ( G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, ...

, Kananaskis * 2003 –

29th G8 summit The 29th G8 summit was held in Évian-les-Bains, France, on June 1–3, 2003. As is usual for G8 summits, there were a range of protests. Overview The Group of Seven ( G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest i ...

, Évian-les-Bains * 2004 – 30th G8 summit, Sea Island * 2005 –

31st G8 summit The 31st G8 summit was held on 6–8 July 2005 at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland and hosted by Prime Minister Tony Blair. The locations of previous G8 summits to have been hosted by the UK include: London (1977, 1984, 1991); and ...

, Gleneagles * 2006 –

32nd G8 summit The 32nd G8 summit was held on 15–17 July 2006 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The venue was the Constantine Palace, which is located in Strelna on the Gulf of Finland. This was the first time Russia served as host nation for a G8 summit; and the ...

, Saint Petersburg * 2007 –

33rd G8 summit The 33rd G8 summit was held at Kempinski Grand Hotel, 6–8 June 2007. The summit took place in Heiligendamm in the Northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on the Baltic Coast. The locations of previous G8 summits to have been hosted by G ...

, Heiligendamm * 2008 –

34th G8 summit The 34th G8 summit was held in the town of Tōyako, Hokkaido, Japan, on July 7–9, 2008. The locations of previous summits hosted by Japan include Tokyo (1979, 1986, 1993) and Nago, Okinawa (2000). The G8 Summit has evolved beyond being a gatheri ...

, Tōyako * 2009 –

35th G8 summit The 35th G8 summit was held in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy, on 8–10 July 2009. It was originally to be held at Sardinian seaside city of La Maddalena, but it was moved to L'Aquila as part of an attempt to redistribute disaster funds after the de ...

, L'Aquila, Abruzzo * 2010 –

36th G8 summit The 36th G8 summit was held in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, on June 25–26, 2010. In this year's meeting, the G8 leaders agreed in reaffirming the group's essential and continuing role in international affairs and "assertions of new-found relevan ...

, Huntsville * 2011 –

37th G8 summit The 37th G8 summit was held on May 26–27, 2011, in Deauville, France. Previous G8 summits have been hosted by France in locations which include Rambouillet (1975); Versailles (1982); Grande Arche, Paris (1989); Lyon (1996); and Évian-les-Bains ...

, Deauville * 2012 –

38th G8 summit The 38th G8 summit was held in Camp David, Maryland, United States, on 18–19 May 2012. The event occurred just before the year's NATO summit. The G8 summit was moved from Chicago, where it was going to be held back-to-back with the NATO summi ...

, Camp David, Maryland * 2013 –

39th G8 summit 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 ...

, Lough Erne in County Fermanagh ; Group of Seven (G7), 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 The 41st G7 summit was held in Schloss Elmau, Krün, Bavaria and Germany on 7–8 June 2015. In March 2014 the remaining members of the Group of Eight (G8), G8 declared that a meaningful discussion was currently not possible with Russia, and sin ...

, Schloss Elmau, Bavaria * 2016 –

42nd G7 summit The 42nd G7 summit was held on 26–27 May 2016 at the Shima Kanko Hotel in Kashiko Island, Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan. In March 2014, the G7 declared that a meaningful discussion was currently not possible with Russia in the context of the ...

, Shima, Mie Prefecture * 2017 –

43rd G7 summit The 43rd G7 summit was held on 26–27 May 2017 in Taormina ( ME), Sicily, Italy. In March 2014, the G7 declared that a meaningful discussion was currently not possible with Russia in the context of the G8. Since then, meetings have continued w ...

, Taormina, Sicily * 2018 – 44th G7 summit, La Malbaie, Quebec * 2019 –

45th G7 summit The 45th G7 summit was held on 24–26 August 2019, in Biarritz, France. In March 2014, the G7 declared that a meaningful discussion was currently not possible with Russia in the context of the G8. Since then, meetings have continued within the ...

, 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 The 2008 G20 Washington Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy took place on November 14–15, 2008, in Washington, D.C., United States. It achieved general agreement amongst the G20 on how to cooperate in key areas so as to streng ...

2009 G-20 London summit The 2009 G20 London Summit was the second meeting of the G20 heads of government/heads of state, which was held in London on 2 April 2009 at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre to discuss financial markets and the world economy. It followed the first ...

2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit The 2009 G20 Pittsburgh Summit was the third meeting of the G20 heads of state/heads of government to discuss financial markets and the world economy. The G20 is the premier forum for discussing, planning and monitoring international economic ...

2010 G-20 Toronto summit The 2010 G20 Toronto summit was the fourth meeting of the G20 heads of state/government, to discuss the global financial system and the world economy, which took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, during J ...

2010 G-20 Seoul summit The 2010 G20 Seoul Summit was the fifth meeting of the G20 heads of government/heads of state, to discuss the global financial system and the world economy,Cho Jin-seo "Seoul unveils G20 summit's symbol," ''Korea Times'' (ROK). July 8, 2010; ...

2011 G-20 Cannes summit The 2011 G20 Cannes Summit was the sixth meeting of the G20 heads of government/heads of state in a series of on-going discussions about financial markets and the world economy. The G20 forum is the avenue for the G20 economies to discuss, plan ...

2012 G-20 Los Cabos Summit The 2012 G20 Los Cabos Summit was the seventh meeting of the G20 heads of government/heads of state. It was held in the Los Cabos Convention Center, San José del Cabo, Los Cabos Municipality, Mexico from June 18–19, 2012. Background The fi ...

2013 G-20 Saint Petersburg summit The 2013 G20 Saint Petersburg summit was the eighth meeting of the G20 heads of government/heads of state. The hosting venue was the Constantine Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 5–6 September 2013. Syria The summit was dominated by que ...

2014 G-20 Brisbane summit The 2014 G20 Brisbane summit was the ninth meeting of the G20 heads of government/heads of state.

2015 G-20 Antalya summit The 2015 G20 Antalya summit was the tenth annual meeting of the G20 heads of government/heads of state. It was held in Belek, Antalya Province, Turkey on 15–16 November 2015. The venue for the Leaders Summit was Regnum Carya Hotel Convention Ce ...

2016 G-20 Hangzhou summit The 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit was the eleventh meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20). It was held on 4–5 September 2016 in the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang. It was the first ever G20 summit to be hosted in China and the second in an Asian countr ...

* 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 summit The European Council (informally EUCO) is a collegiate body that defines the overall political direction and priorities of the European Union. It is composed of the heads of state or government of the EU member states, the President of the ...
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* 1969 – The Hague: Foreign policy and enlargement. * 1974 – Paris: Creation of the Council. * 1985 – Milan: Initiate IGC leading to the Single European Act. * 1991 – Maastricht': Agreement on the Maastricht Treaty. * 1997 – Amsterdam: Agreement on the Amsterdam Treaty. * 1998 – Brussels: Selected member states to adopt the euro. * 1999 – Cologne: Declaration on military forces. * 1999 – Tampere: Institutional reform * 2000 – Lisbon: Lisbon Strategy * 2002 – Copenhagen: Agreement for May 2004 enlargement. * 2007 – Lisbon: Agreement on the Lisbon Treaty.

Inter-Korean summits

* 2000 – 1st Korean summit * 2007 – 2nd Korean summit * 2018 – April 2018 inter-Korean summit * 2018 – May 2018 inter-Korean summit * 2018 – September 2018 inter-Korean summit

Millennium Development Goals

* 2000 – Millennium Summit, New York City * 2005 –

2005 World Summit The 2005 World Summit, held between 14 and 16 September 2005, was a follow-up summit meeting to the United Nations' 2000 Millennium Summit, which had led to the Millennium Declaration of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Representatives ( ...

, New York City

South American Summit The 2004 South American Summit – the third of its kind, after earlier events in Brasília (September 2000) and Guayaquil (July 2002) – was held in Cuzco and Ayacucho, Peru, on 7 –9 December 2004. Officially it constituted the Ex ...
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* 2000 – 2000 South American Summit, Brasília * 2002 – South American Summit, Guayaquil * 2004 –

2004 South American Summit The 2004 South American Summit – the third of its kind, after earlier events in Brasília (September 2000) and Guayaquil (July 2002) – was held in Cuzco and Ayacucho, Peru, on 7 –9 December 2004. Officially it constituted the Ex ...

, Cuzco, Peru

Summits of the Americas

* 1994 –

1st Summit of the Americas The First Summit of the Americas was convened in Miami, Florida, United States, on December 9–11, 1994. Protests and demonstrations The summits which garnered most general public and media attention were the Quebec City and Mar del Plata events ...

at Miami in the United States. * 1996—Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development at Santa Cruz de la Sierra in

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. * 1998 –

2nd Summit of the Americas The 2nd Summit of the Americas was held in Santiago, Chile, on April 18–19, 1998. This gathering of regional leaders was the first attempt in four years to negotiate conditions for the creation of a hemispheric free trade area. No final agree ...

at Santiago in Chile. * 2001 –

3rd Summit of the Americas The 3rd Summit of the Americas was a summit held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on April 20–22, 2001. This international meeting was a round of negotiations regarding a proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas. The talks are perhaps bette ...

, in Quebec City, Canada. * 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 ...

Monterrey Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...

in Mexico. * 2005 –

4th Summit of the Americas The 4th Summit of the Americas was held at Mar del Plata, about southeast of Buenos Aires in Argentina, on November 4–5, 2005. This summit gathered together the leaders of all the countries of the American continent, except Cuba. Major se ...

Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" is a s ...

in Argentina. * 2009 –

5th Summit of the Americas The Fifth Summit of the Americas (VSOA) was held at Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago, on April 17–19, 2009. Organizers planned for the Fifth Summit to focus on a wide-ranging theme: "Securing Our Citizens' Future by Promoting Human Prospe ...

at Port-of-Spain in Trinidad and Tobago. * 2012 – 6th Summit of the Americas 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 The seventh Summit of the Americas was held at Panama City, Panama, on April 10 – 11, 2015. Background The Summits of the Americas are a continuing series of summits bringing together the leaders of the Americas including North America (which in ...

at Panama City in Panama. * 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 ...

at Lima in Peru.

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 ...

in Bonn * 2004 – International Conference on Afghanistan in Berlin * 2006 –

in London * 2007 – International Conference on the

Rule of Law The rule of law is the political philosophy that all citizens and institutions within a country, state, or community are accountable to the same laws, including lawmakers and leaders. The rule of law is defined in the ''Encyclopedia Britannica ...

in Afghanistan in Rome * 2008 – International Conference on Afghanistan in Paris * 2009 – International Conference on Afghanistan in Moscow * 2009 –

in The Hague * 2010 –

in London

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, 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, respective ...

, 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, 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 The Malta Summit was a meeting between US President George H. W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on December 2–3, 1989, just a few weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It followed a meeting that included Ronald Reagan ...

, December 2–3, 1989 * Washington D.C., May 30 – June 3, 1990 *

Helsinki Summit Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

, 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 The Slovenia Summit 2001 was a summit meeting between United States President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin (hence also known as the Bush-Putin summit). It took place on June 16, 2001, on the Brdo pri Kranju estate in northe ...

* 2005 –

Slovakia Summit 2005 The Slovakia Summit 2005 was a summit meeting between United States President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin (hence also known as the Bush-Putin summit). It took place on February 24, 2005, in Bratislava, Slovakia. This mar ...

* 2018 – Russia–United States summit * 2021 – Russia–United States summit

Miscellaneous

* 1520 – Field of the Cloth of Gold * 1955 – Geneva Summit * 1967 –

* 1985 –

Shamrock Summit The Shamrock Summit was the colloquial name given to the March 17–18, 1985 meeting between Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and US President Ronald Reagan in Quebec City. It gained this nickname because of the Irish background of the two l ...

* 1986 – Reykjavík Summit * 1989 –

* 1990 – World Summit for Children * 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 transi ...

* 2000 –

2000 Camp David Summit The 2000 Camp David Summit was a summit meeting at Camp David between United States president Bill Clinton, Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat. The summit took place between 11 and 25 July 2000 a ...

* 2003–2005 – World Summit on the Information Society * 2005 –

Sharm el-Sheikh Summit of 2005 The Sharm El Sheikh Summit of 2005 was a meeting of four Middle Eastern leaders at Sharm El Sheikh, in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, that took place on 8 February in an effort to end the four-year Second Intifada which began in September 2000. The f ...

* 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 The 2017 Riyadh summit ( ar, قمة الرياض 2017) was a series of three summits held on 20–21 May 2017 on the occasion of the visit of United States President Donald Trump to Saudi Arabia, his first trip overseas. The summit included one ...

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2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit The 2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, commonly known as the Singapore Summit, was a summit meeting between North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump, held at the Capella Hotel, Sentosa, Singapore, on ...

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2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit The 2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit, commonly known as the Hanoi Summit, was a two-day summit meeting between North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. president Donald Trump, held at the French Colonial Hôtel Métropol ...

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