Establishment of the Kyushu-Okinawa Summit NGO Center

June 29, 2000

1. As part of the promotion of dialogue with NGOs about the Kyushu-Okinawa Summit, the Government of Japan has decided to establish, from Thursday 20 to Monday 24 July, an NGO Center in Nago city, Okinawa Prefecture.
   
   
2. To make the Summit broad-based and fruitful, the Government has been exchanging views with NGOs through its officials concerned, and inviting opinions on the Summit from the public and NGOs in Japan and abroad through the Internet. In response to requests from the NGOs for a place for dialogue with the Government on the occasion of the Leaders' Meeting, obtaining information on the Summit, and expression of their opinions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs conducted a series of discussions with the NGOs, and both sides reached basic agreement on the functions of the Center and the rules for its use. Accordingly the Government of Japan has decided to establish an NGO Center.
   
   
3. The NGO Center will provide a venue for exchanges of views between NGOs and the Government, the Government briefings for NGOs, press conferences by NGOs, among others. The Center will be managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the cooperation of the Liaison Group of the NGO Center which has been set up to facilitate the operation of the Center.
   
   
4. NGO personnel will be able to use the Center (seating capacity of about 150) by following the necessary procedures including registration through the Provisional Secretariat of the NGO Center Liaison Group (Contact: Okinawa Environmental Network, tel and fax: 098-832-2962 / c/o Dr. Ui's Office, Okinawa University, e-mail: ui@mail.okinawa-u.ac.jp).
   
   

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