1. The
Reconstruction Process Enters Full Swing
2.
PM Noda and FM Gemba Attend the 66th Session of the
UN General Assembly
- PM Noda’s address to the General Assembly
- Third Ministerial Meeting of the
Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI)
- G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting (ministerial follow-up meeting on the
Deauville Partnership)
- Ministerial-level side event on the MDGs
3. IAEA General Conference
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JICC
Newsletter
No.5, October 2011 |
2. Prime
Minister Noda and Foreign Minister Gemba Attend the 66th Session of
the United Nations General Assembly
G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting (ministerial follow-up
meeting on the Deauville Partnership):
Announcing the enhancement of support for the efforts
of countries in the Middle East and North Africa, economic
exchanges, and people-to-people exchanges
On September 20, foreign ministers met to follow up on the G8
Deauville Summit held in May 2011. At the meeting, representatives
of not only the G8 countries but also the Middle East and North
Africa, and relevant international organizations discussed the
Deauville Partnership to support the historic changes occurring in
the Middle East and North Africa. Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan,
and Libya, which have benefited from this partnership, explained the
numerous challenges they face and their efforts to reform their
economies and societies and expressed their hope for support from
the international community. In response, participants discussed the
matter and agreed that related countries and organizations would
join forces to improve governance-related issues such as the rule of
law and formation of civil society on the political side and to
promote regional integration.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Gemba pointed out that it was important
for the international community, including the G8, to trust the
desire and self-help efforts of countries in the Middle East and
North Africa towards transition and reform, and to fully support
these efforts. In addition, Foreign Minister Gemba expressed support
for the self-help efforts of countries in the Middle East and North
Africa through establishment of fair political process and
government, human resource development that aides economic recovery
and stability of each country, and job creation and industrial
development and to make the utmost efforts to enhance economic
exchanges, including through the Japan-Arab Economic Forum as well
as people-to-people exchanges such as the Future Dialogue.
At the end of the meeting, the Deauville Partnership Foreign
Ministers issued a Communiqué. |