Visit to Japan by Dr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization

July 2, 1997

1. Dr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, will visit Japan from July 3 (Thu.) to 6 (Sun.).

2. During his stay in Japan, Dr. Diouf will meet with Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Takao Fujimoto, and other government officials to exchange views on the follow up of the FAO summit and the organization's activities. He will also visit Yokohama, where the FAO Liaison Office in Japan is planned to be established. There he will exchange provisional agreements on establishing the office, and inspect the site planned for the office and other parts of the city.

3. He will be accompanied by Mr. Moritaka Hayashi, Director-General of the Organization's Fisheries Department.