Press Conference by Press Secretary
December 2002
20 December
- Visit to Japan by H.E. Dr. N. Hassan Wirajunda, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia
- Adoption by the United Nations of the Resolution on the Question of Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
- Congratulatory statements to President-elect Roh Moo Hyun of the Republic of Korea by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi
- Dispatch of Special Envoy of the Prime Minister Masahiko Koumura to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Question concerning meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nabil Sha'ath of the Palestinian Interim Authority
- Question concerning report by the Advisory Group on International Cooperation for Peace
- Question concerning meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi and Minister of Foreign Affairs Habib Ben Yahia of the Republic of Tunisia
- Question concerning report by the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations Security Council
- Question concerning issuance of travel advisories
17 December
- Joint Statement of the Japan-United States of America Security Consultative Committee
- Dispatch of former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister Masahiko Koumura to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Extension of food assistance by Japan through the World Food Programme (WFP)
- Upcoming visit by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Sergeevich Ivanov of the Russian Federation
- Upcoming visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Habib Ben Yahia of the Republic of Tunisia
- Grant Aid to United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) for the Pakistan Project to Eradicate Poliomyelitis
- Question concerning the visit of Special Envoy of the Prime Minister Masahiko Koumura
- Questions concerning the Joint Statement of the Japan-United States of America Security Consultative Committee
- Question concerning second round of normalization talks between Japan and North Korea
- Question concerning possible transmission of nuclear technologies from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to North Korea
- Question concerning the situation in Afghanistan
- Question concerning Japan's initiatives for free trade agreements (FTA)
- Question concerning current political situation in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
13 December
- Emergency Grant Aid to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for Internally Displaced Persons
- Visit to Japan by the Palestinian Delegation headed by Dr. Nabil Sha'ath, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of the Palestinian Interim Authority
- Expansion of the duty-free and quota-free treatment for least developed countries (LDC)
- Question concerning possible schedule of visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Question concerning travel advisories by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the upcoming holiday season
10 December
- Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi on the Signing of the Agreement for the Cessation of Hostilities in Aceh
- Meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Fayza Abul Naga of the Arab Republic of Egypt
- Review of the Official Development Assistance (ODA) Charter
- Follow-up question concerning official development assistance (ODA)
- Questions concerning the situation in Iraq
- Question concerning entrance procedures at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Question concerning the Japan-United States of America Status of Forces Agreement
- Question concerning the visit to Japan by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage of the United States of America
- Question concerning the kisha club system in Japan
6 December
- Visit to Japan by Foreign Minister Igor Sergeevich Ivanov of the Russian Federation
- Situation in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Cancellation of the visit to Japan by President Lansana Conte of the Republic of Guinea
- Signing of Three Protocols Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
- Question concerning Internet news delivery service
- Question concerning visits by the presidents of the Dominican Republic and the Republic of the Philippines
- Questions concerning dispatch of Self-Defense Forces
3 December
- Japan-United States of America Security Consultative Committee (SCC)
- Situation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Question concerning the recommendation report by the Prime Minister's Task Force on Foreign Relations
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