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The Group of Eight (G-8) is an international forum for the governments of the [[Canada]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Japan]], [[Russia]], the [[United Kingdom]], and the [[United States]]. It convenes annual summits to consider issues of common concern, typically of an economic or military nature. 
At its June 1997 summit in Denver, Colorado, the G-8 called for a worldwide ban on human reproductive cloning. According to the Final Communique of the Denver Summit of the Eight, the leaders of the G-8 nations agreed "on the need for appropriate domestic measures and close international cooperation to prohibit the use of somatic cell nuclear transfer to create a child."<ref name="cnn">"[http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9706/22/summit.final Clinton closes summit, hailing hard work and cooperation]," CNN (June 22, 1997)</ref>
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