WEF/Annual Meeting/1986
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 Prince Philip, President of the World Wildlife Fund International (WWF) addressing the European Management Symposium, the predecessor of the World Economic Forum in Davos in 1986. | |
| Date | February 1986 |
| Location | Davos, Switzerland |
| Description | The 1986 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting |
| Planners | WEF |
| Participants | Klaus Schwab, Turgut Özal, Andreas Papandreou, Nikolai Ryzhkov, Jacques Delors, Prince Philip, Zhu Rongji, Kurt Furgler, Narayan Dutt Tiwa |
The 1986 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, still known as the European Management Forum, was held in Davos, Switzerland in February 1986.
Own words
H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, President of the World Wildlife Fund International (WWF), made a strong plea for the conservation of nature and endangered species. "Our survival depends on the preservation of every variety of plants and animals," he warned. The prince also underscored that industry had to be concerned about the ways that raw materials were exploited and transformed, the dangers of their exhaustion, the production and use of fertilizers, and the impact of transport infrastructure.[1]
Other leaders made significant interventions during their stay in Davos. Jacques Delors, President of the Commission of the European Communities, defined "the outlines of a world economy which will be in a better position to deal with its problems." His analysis rested on two key ideas. First, the world cannot hope to solve its current problems without continued healthy growth in world trade. Second, global trade cannot expand strongly if the world does not at the same time deal with current deficits and financial imbalances.
Davos diplomacy was again at work when Soviet Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov for the first time addressed a business audience in the West through a satellite link from Moscow. It was the USSR’s debut at the Davos Symposium. Ryzhkov appealed for a broadening of the Soviet Union's international economic relations to help the country speed up its economic development and reforms, and modernize its production systems.
This Davos Symposium was memorable because of the historic public meeting between Prime Minister Turgut Özal of Turkey and Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou. The two leaders even sat on the same panel in an economic session.
Notable too at this Davos Symposium was the Chinese delegation, which was led by Zhu Rongji, Vice-Chairman of the State Economic Commission. He would become China's premier from 1998 to 2003.
Known Participants
6 of the 9 of the participants already have pages here:
| Participant | Description |
|---|---|
| Jacques Delors | Spearheaded European integration and the euro in close cooperation with the European Roundtable of Industrialists |
| Kurt Furgler | President of Switzerland. 3 Bilderbergs, from 1970 to 1980. Wanted a strong central government and integration with the European Union. |
| Philip Mountbatten | "I am tempted to ask for reincarnation as a particularly deadly virus." |
| Andreas Papandreou | Twice Greek prime minister |
| Klaus Schwab | German economist, Bilderberg Steering committee, World Economic Forum Board of Trustees |
| Turgut Özal | 1990s Turkish president covertly assassinated by deep state forces |
