TICAD Ministerial Conference on Energy and Environment for Sustainable Development

March 8, 2007

1. The Government of Japan will hold the TICAD Ministerial Conference on Energy and Environment for Sustainable Development on Thursday, March 22 and Friday, 23 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Conference will be co-organized by the Government of Japan, the United Nations, the Global Coalition for Africa (GCA), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank, and co-hosted by the Government of Kenya, and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
2. The Meeting is expected to be attended by approximately 100 delegations of governments and regional/international organizations as well as non-governmental organizations from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. The head of Delegation from the Japanese Government will chair the Conference. The participants will include Ambassador Mutsuyoshi Nishimura, the Representative of the Government of Japan to Climate Change and Ambassador for Global Environment, and H.E. Mr. Jean Ping, Vice-Prime Minister, State Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Francophonie, and Regional Integration, Gabon. And it is expected that Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, will send a video-message.
3. In African countries, "Sustainable Development" still remains as a distant goal and the serious environmental problems accompanying development have been obstacles to poverty reduction. For sustainable development, it is indispensable for economic development and environmental protection to coexist. This meeting will focus on the environment and energy agenda, which is important to African development including poverty reduction, and will discuss measures that will be made in an integrated manner over the issues of energy and environment.

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