Mr. Masayoshi Hamada, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Geneva, Switzerland

March 8, 2007

From March 11 (Sun) to 13 (Tue), Mr. Masayoshi Hamada, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, will visit Geneva, Switzerland.
On March 12 (Mon), Mr. Hamada will attend the fourth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council and deliver a statement on Japan's human rights diplomacy. He will also attend the screening of a documentary film "Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story" and the photo exhibition on the abduction issues, and have talks with officials of the United Nations and others.
On March 13 (Tue), Mr. Hamada will attend the Conference on Disarmament and will give a statement on Japan's stance of disarmament diplomacy.

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