Ministerial and Other Meetings
G7/8 Development Ministers Meetings
October 17, 2025 G7 development ministers, with guests Indonesia, Peru, Qatar and South Africa, Washington DC (under Canada's presidency)
G7 Infrastructure Investment Council, launched by G7 development finance institutes on October 16, 2025 October 24-25, 2024, Pescara, Italy G7 development ministers
May 18-19, 2022 G7 development ministers, Berlin
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Times of Multiple Crises: G7 Development Ministers’ Meeting Communiqué , May 19, 2022Chair's Summary – Session 5: "Response to Multiple Crises on the African Continent – Focusing on Food Security" , May 19, 2022Statement by the G7 Development Ministers on the Global Effects of Russia's War of Aggression against Ukraine, and the G7's Comprehensive Support for Ukraine, Affected Neighbouring Countries as well as Countries of the Global South , May 19, 2022G7 development and health ministers, May 19, 2022
Chairs' Summary – Joint Working Session of the G7 Development and Health Ministers: Supporting Vaccine Equity and Pandemic Preparedness in Developing Countries , May 19, 2022December 10-12, 2021, Liverpool G7 Foreign and Development Ministers' Meeting Chair's Statements :
Chair's Statement , December 12, 2021
Chair's Statement on G7-ASEAN , December 12, 2021
Infrastructure and Investment Projects [pdf]
August 19, 2021 UK issues statement on Afghanistan on behalf of G7 foreign and development ministers
May 3-5, 2021, London Foreign and Development Ministers' Communiqué , May 5, 2021Equitable Access and Collaboration: G7 Foreign and Development Ministers' Statement , May 5, 2021Declaration on Girls' Education: Recovering from COVID-19 and Unlocking Agenda 2030 , May 5, 2021Defending Democracy from Foreign Threats and Championing Shared Values , May 5, 2021G7 Famine Prevention and Humanitarian Crises Compact , May 5, 2021Chair's Statement on Guest Country and ASEAN Participation , May 5, 2021Press release announcing foreign and development ministers' meeting, April 20, 2020News story: G7 to boost girls' education and women's employment in recovery from COVID-19 pandemic , May 3, 2021
July 4-5, 2019, Paris Education and development ministers
Joint communiqué , July 5, 2019Joint Paris G7-G5 Sahel Communiqué , July 4, 2019G7 Financing for Sustainable Development Declaration , July 4, 2019G7 Tackling Fragilities and Preventing Crises in Developing Countries Declaration , July 4, 2019"Gender at the Center" Initiative , July 5, 2019G7 Commitment Charter on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) cooperation with developing countries , July 5, 2019May 31-June 2, 2018, Whistler, Canada G7 finance ministers, development ministers and central bank governors
Co-chairs' Summary , June 1, 2018Chair's Summary: G7 Development Ministers' Meeting , June 2, 2018The Whistler Declaration on Unlocking the Power of Adolescent Girls for Sustainable Development , June 2, 2018Whistler Declaration on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in International Assistance , June 2, 2018The Whistler Principles to Accelerate Innovation for Development Impact , June 2, 2018The Whistler Declaration on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls in Humanitarian Action , June 2, 2018October 12-13, 2015, Berlin G7 labour and development ministers meetingDeclaration on Action for Fair Production, October 13
May 15-16, 2014, Moscow Development Ministers' Meeting
April 26-28, 2010 G8 development ministers, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaChair's Summary , April 28, 2010
June 11-12, 2009 G8 Development Ministers (under the auspices of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Rome, Italy (originally scheduled for May 21-23 in Pescara; changed as a result of the Abruzzo earthquake)Chair's Summary , June 12, 2009
April 5-6, 2008 G8 Development Ministers, TokyoOfficial website Chair's Summary , April 6, 2008
March 26-27, 2007 G8 Development Ministers Meeting Meeting[HTML] [PDF] Development Ministers Prepare G8 Summit
March 17-18, 2005 G8 Environment and Development Ministers Meeting, Derbyshire, UKAgenda Themes Outreach Carbon offsetting Press release , March 18, 2005
April 23-24, 2003 G8 Development Ministers Meeting, ParisChairman's Summary, April 24, 2003
Interview with France's Minister Responsible for Cooperation and the Francophonie, Pierre-André Wiltzer , with "La Tribune," Paris, April 24 [French only]
September 26-27, 2002 G8 Development Cooperation Ministers' Meeting, Windsor, Ontario, CanadaG8 Development Ministers' Meeting Chair's Summary , September 27, 2002
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