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What's New March 1999

March 31

• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 30 March, 1999
  • Humanitarian assistance from Japan to Kosovo Albanian refugees and displaced persons
  • Official Development Assistance (ODA) from Japan to Vietnam
  • Assumption of office by President Luis Gonzalez Macchi of Paraguay
  • Cabinet decision to revise the Three-year Program for the Promotion of Deregulation
• ODA Loan to Viet Nam - Assistance for Viet Nam's Efforts for the Economic and Social Development and for Shift to Market Economy
• Illustrative List of Ongoing and Pipeline Projects / Programs For African Development As a Reference Document for TICAD II

March 29

• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 26 March, 1999
  • Visit to Japan by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani of the State of Qatar from 18 to 21 April
  • Decision of the Government of Libya to make available suspects in the Lockerbie case to the United Nations
• Statement by the Press Secretary on Libya's Decision on the Two Lockerbie Suspects

March 26

• Pledge of Assistance at Consultative Group Meeting for the Philippines
• Food Aid for Palestinian Refugees

March 25

• On the Situation in Kosovo (Statement by Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura)
• Assassination of Paraguay's Vice President Argana
• Emergency Aid to Refugees of the former Yugoslavia
• Emergency Aid to Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Sierra Leone
• Emergency Aid for Liberian Refugees
• Emergency Aid for Returning Refugees of Rwanda
• "JAPAN SCOPE": the New TV Programs by the Japanese Government via International TV Broadcasting Satellite for Asia/Pacific Region

March 24

• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 23 March, 1999
  • Visit to the Republic of Korea by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi from 19 to 21 March

March 23

• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 19 March, 1999
  • Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Utkir Sultanov of Uzbekistan from 23 to 27 March
  • Contribution by Japan to the United Nations University for establishment of the Akino Project
  • Visit to Japan by Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara of the Syrian Arab Republic from 24 to 26 March

March 19

• Consultative Group Meeting for the Philippines
• Visit to Japan by Uzbek Prime Minister Sultanov
• Contribution to United Nations University for "Akino Project"
• Seminar on Democracy and Good Governance for Tajikistan
• Statement by Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura on U.S.-North Korea Agreement concerning the Suspected Nuclear Facilities in North Korea
• Guilty Sentences on Four Dissident Human-Rights Activists in Cuba

March 18

• APEC Y2K Symposium
• Japan's Recent Situation of Y2K Conversion

March 17

• Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's Visit to the Republic of Korea
• President Jiang's Visit to Japan: A Positive View by Shiro Sadoshima and Tomoyo Nonaka
• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 16 March, 1999
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs Statement on East Timor
  • Grant Aid to Indonesia for General Elections to Support its Democratization
  • Announcement of the Japan-Canada-Malaysia Peace-keeping Operations Seminar
  • Statement by Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura on the Agreement by the Afghan Parties

March 16

• Grant Aid to Indonesia for General Elections to Support Its Democratization
• PKO Seminar - The Changing Face of Peacekeeping
• Statement by Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura on the Agreement by the Afghan Conflicting Factions

March 15

• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 12 March, 1999
  • Extension of Official Development Assistance (ODA) loans by Japan to Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand
  • Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai of Vietnam from 28 to 30 March
  • Accession of Poland, Czech and Hungary to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• On the East Timor Issue

March 12

• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Phan Van Khai. Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, and Mrs. Nguyen Thi Sau
• Visit to Japan by Mr. Algirdas Saudargas, Foreign Minister of Lithuania
• Seminar on Democracy and Good Governance for Tajikistan
• Emergency Humanitarian Assistance for the Northern Territories in FY 1998 (Provision of Diesel Fuel for the Residents of Kunashiri and Shikotan Islands)
• ODA Loan to Indonesia - Assistance Under the New Miyazawa Initiative for the Socially Vulnerable
• ODA Loan to the Philippines
• ODA Loan to Thailand - Assistance Under the New Miyazawa Initiative for Measures for the Socially Vulnerable and Public Works to Create Employment
• Emergency Material Assistance to Mozambique for Flood Disaster
• Emergency Financial Assistance to Mozambique for Flood Disaster
• Current Situation of the Asian Economic Crisis and Japan's Responses to it

March 10

• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 9 March, 1999
  • Statement of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi at the demise of His Highness Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Amir of the State of Bahrain
  • Visit to Japan of His Royal Highness Jean, Grand Duc of Luxembourg and Her Royal Highness Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
• Visit to Japan of His Royal Highness Jean, Grand-Duc of Luxembourg, and Her Royal Highness Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand-Duchess of Luxembourg
• The Second Investment Promotion Seminar for Central and Eastern Europe
• Statement of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi at the demise of His Highness Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, Amir of the State of Bahrain
• Visit to Japan by Dr. Jose Ayala Lasso, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador
• ODA Loan to Malaysia - Assistance to rehabilitate Malaysia's economy
• On the Announcement by the United States on Customs Action on European Imports
• The First Japan-ROK High-level Economic Consultations
• On the Presidential Election of Nigeria

March 8

• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 5 March, 1999
  • On the announcement by the U.S.A. on customs action on European imports
  • Visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Ayala Lasso of Ecuador from 15 to 18 March
  • Assistance from Japan to rehabilitate the economy of Malaysia

March 5

• Visit to Japan of President of Georgia
  • Joint Communique of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia on consultations between the two Ministries
  • Joint Statement on Cooperation in the Areas of Trade and Economy between Japan and Georgia
  • Joint Statement on Friendship and Partnership between Japan and Georgia

March 3

• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 2 March, 1999
  • The entry into force of the Anti-personnel Mines Ban Treaty (Ottawa Treaty) on 1 March
  • The election of Olusegun Obasanjo as President of Nigeria on 27 February
  • The border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea
• Recent Developments in China and Japan-China Relations

March 2

• On the border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea
• Speech of Mr. Naotsugu NAKANO, Senior Assistant Director, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan "International Cooperation for Y2K Conversion"
• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 26 February, 1999
  • Japan's pledge of assistance at the Third Consultative Group Meeting for Cambodia
  • Emergency aid for Iraq extended by the Government of Japan
  • Joint Press Statement issued on the Official Visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs Roberto Robaina Gonzalez of Cuba

March 1

• Global Youth Exchange - Public Symposium -

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